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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 13, 1790
Page
6
Navy office announces a public tender for bricks and tiles to be supplied under a standing contract. Work to commence April 2 at Deptford and Woolwich. tenders must state price in words and figures with counterparty or agent present. late offers not admitted. low bids favored if terms and security approved.
The stamp office at Somerset Place and the state lottery commissioners publish a list of licensed agents authorized to sell lottery tickets. The notice warns buyers and sellers to avoid tithe schemes or forged tickets and outlines penalties for dealing in unauthorized or fictitious stakes.
Friday’s House of Commons session saw the Barton Lenard Inclosure and Julius Pierpont's Naturalization Bills read a third time and sent to the Lords. The Land and Malt Bills were passed, War Office measures debated, and petitions from London officials urging repeal of the Tobacco Excise Act discussed. The Mutiny Bill provisions for Courts Martial in New South Wales were debated, with focus on Scotland’s quartering usage at the Union.
Postscript notes Brussels mail delays. Antwerp citadel capitulated to Brabancons on the 4th in the evening. garrison of eleven hancreg me. Brussels Gazette rebukes World press for alleged misreport on Princess of Orange seeking States General consent. General Vancermerich arrives at Namur to universal joy as Brabancons receive reinforcements. News from Moscow reports new riots over conscription and shortages. Lisbon sees a ship of the line and a 32 gun frigate noted on December 16.
An 18th century prospectus for The English Peerage volume set detailing two large volumes on the ancient and present state of English nobility. It notes engravings by Heath, frontispieces of the King and Prince of Wales, and a biographical antiquarian account from the Norman Conquest to 1790. It advertises refined print quality and royal-paper copies.
Sir John Miller moved to require Sir William Chambers to present plans of Somerset Place buildings. An inquiry into compliance with the April order for accounts was noted. Sir James Farningstone moved for a statement of expenses and future estimates for the project. The House ordered both matters, then adjourned at four.
London dispatch reports Mr Dundas meeting at Downing Street with Mintier appointees as possible successors are named Lord Falmouth and Lord Winchelsea. Pitt hosts a dinner for ministers while Burke prepares a pamphlet on France and the National Assembly. Berlin intelligence cites imminent Prussian plans for next campaign and a Charter House governors assembly reviews a scholar’s conduct.
The Hon. T. Onslow was thrown from his Phaeton by a crane hook, breaking his collar bone and bruised. He was taken home in Dover Street and doctors hope for recovery. The note mentions the Czar Opera and a Crusade as Covent Garden season closes.
The late contest for the Academy’s position between Bonomi, backed by Joshua Reynolds, and Fufel, favored by Mr. West and Sir William Chambers, ended with Fufel's victory and the resignation of the President of the ALALCLIVs.
The Recorder reports on convicts under sentence of death in war including Mary Talbot for returning from transportation, Ann Jackson for burglary, and several others tied to highway robbery and burglary cases. Execution dates were ordered for Thomas Newton and John Durham with the sentence to be carried out next Wednesday.
A Devonshire murder case figures in this snippet where Jonathan Villans, driven by jealousy, killed Mary Nevill and hid her body in a coven, but the authorities soon uncovered the crime. Separate notes report Balloon Coach crashes near Holyhead injuring horses and ongoing concerns over crude horse care and oil use.
Crowds crowd the Office of the Lottery as buyers wager every price from a pound to seventy pounds. The piece notes a shift toward paying all prizes in full when drawn, praising Hornsby and Co for reviving lottery clubs with new vigor and suggesting town and country interest.
The report records race results and bets at Newmarket meeting, noting horses and purses. Swain versus Galway’s entry Pantlocn and Bramble with other players listed, including De Leegs and For coveying a feather in a feathered event, with totals around 2635.
Listings show various stock terms, percentages, and securities including India Stock, New Navy, Lottery Tickets, Tontine, Exch. Bills. Entries reference stock sheets, annuities, scrip, and South Seas notes with scattered figures and denominations.
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