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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 15, 1780
Page
1
Readers are urged to heed a call for worthy, free, and independent voting in Hindon Borough as a civic message opens with a formal invitation to gentlemen.
An 18th century advertisement touts Dr Noris Drops as a near infallible remedy for fevers, fevers, and malignant throat infections. The copy claims gentle action, health restoration with perseverance, and references letters about cures. Sold in London shops and various city outlets in bottles priced at 25 6d and 108 64.
A 1780 letter from Thomas Clement of Treworth Middlesex endorses Merchant's Drops as a cure for many ailments and urges publication. It notes Mr Norton of Golden-square London as supplier, with bottles sold at half a guinea and 3s 3d, listing numerous outlets in London for purchase.
An old advertisement lists the New MU Sure speaking pantomime at Theatre Royal Covent Garden with songs by Dibdin, plus a music book by Arne. It then catalogs razors, strops, shaving furniture, combs, travelling cases, teeth instruments, writing goods, pocket books, scent bottles, and more, all sold by R Seng v ing at the Rise No 38 opposite New Round Court Strand.
The issue lists royal appointments appointing Joan Heath to the Court of Common Pleas in place of the late Sir William Blackstone and Sir Hugh Palliser to oversee the Royal Greenwich Hospital. It also records multiple bankruptcy discharges and dividend notices with surrender dates at Guildhall and various cities, naming dozens of individuals and firms across England and Ireland.
London Gazette reports praise from Edinburgh for royal arms, hopes for peace, and order. Plymouth letter notes St Domingo men captured with convoy under Admiral Geary. French sugar ship values and possible gains. mail packet Speedwell named for Charleston voyage. Weymouth and Portsmouth letters describe frigates, convoy movements, and arrivals. Liverpool notes Baltic ship engagement with Black Princess privateer. London Association troops lecture and court news on Gordon trial delay. Newmarket July meeting results and horse racing outcomes.
The proclamation grants a free pardon to James Purse who was convicted of rape in May and released during the riot, then surrendered. It lists executions for 16 convicts across Newgate Whitechapel Bethnal Green and Moorfields on specified days, naming each offender and the crime. It notes marriages, a divorce, and deaths including the Rev Mr Coates and the Hon Mrs Roper.
Foreign Intelligence reports La Bellone a 36 gun frigate with 280 men arrived June 1 from Brest and, after an hour battle on June 5, captured the English Fox of 18 guns. The prize, part of a convoy sailing from Plymouth and Torbay May 29 under Commodore Wulfingham, was driven to the middle of the sea on the night of June 6.
An English convoy slips away under cover of darkness aided by timely favors and careful tactics. The night provides concealment as troops execute planned movements with precise discipline.
An old notice warns Masters of Taverns and Public Houses to beware spurious tobacco sold as Rowley’s genuine Sort. It touts James Rowley’s herb snuff and Fifteen-penny Cannisters, claims cures for head doths and lung complaints, and lists London address and printers as sources.
Water levels at London Bridge noted as high with readings around morning and afternoon times on Wednesday and Thursday, indicating elevated tide conditions. Unclear exact figures due to damaged text, but alerts suggest rising water and potential flooding risk for nearby areas.
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