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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 01, 1780
Page
1
A readable fragment notes a printing order for G. Robinson at a location referred to as Paternofter row. The text hints at potential defects or missing items and mentions complete sets or angle numbers as possible items involved.
An Admiralty dispatch from St Lucia describes near engagement with the enemy fleet as winds shift. Albion suffers casualties while other ships ride out the action. Additional items note elections, volcanic activity near Mount Etna, trials at the Old Bailey, arrests, and public notices.
A terse notice states that no letters will be received and postage is prepaid at Collett. The item records a postal service update affecting mail handling and payment terms for correspondences.
Letters from Free Burgesses of Newcastle deny misrepresentations of Mr Bowes speech at the Hole in the Wall Fleet Street on May 16. They assert harmony at the meeting, defend Bowes against insinuations, and claim a few club members pressured a rival candidate in opposition to the majority.
Foreign intelligence from Marseilles reports a Chamber of Commerce ordinance directing privateers and armed vessels to strictly observe neutral ship regulations. Captains are warned to aid Russian vessels, avoid intercepting navigation, and not seize ships unless clearly tied to English subjects or disguising flags, or carrying contraband to the enemy.
London announces His Majesty will hold a levee at St James's on Wednesday next and then go in state to the House of Lords to deliver the Speech from the Throne after which both Houses will be prorogued.
Government State Lottery for Ireland 1780 announces tickets and shares offered by Richardson and Goodluck from morning to night during the drawing. Accoutageods and charges set at two guineas one guinea and half a guinea each, with payments made promptly at Bank Buildings Cornhill and Charing Cross offices. Tickets insured to return undrawn Irish tickets or shares in ensuing English lotteries.
Sharman and Co advertise a lottery scheme at multiple offices offering half a guinea per drawn number to secure two English Lottery Tickets worth twenty seven pounds if the number exceeds twenty pounds and thirty tickets valued above four hundred pounds if it is the last drawn. Half a guinea premium is refunded if the prize is twenty pounds or less, giving capital chances at no expense.
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