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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 15, 1797
Page
1
An 18th century notice praises C Baker for a wheat smut cure and urges agents to collect subscriber names by the 28th for a forthcoming pamphlet to be published in August. It thanks subscribers and outlines exclusive rights for contributors, with legal safeguards. Also includes details of a lottery and book reviews with editions and translations highlighted.
A late 18th century notice promotes a three volume work on the political life of the Earl of Chatham. It highlights contents from 1736 to 1754, including anecdotes, public papers, and two extra Numbers of a Review, with praise from the Monthly Review for impartiality and usefulness to lawmakers.
A critical notice collects expert opinions from the Analytical Review English Review Annual Register and Gentleman's Magazine praising the work as an authentic informed account. It highlights the book’s timely meaning for readers seeking accurate information on significant events and court intrigues from Britain and foreign courts with an appended state papers collection.
The House met at three o'clock and, after the bills on the table proceeded through their respective stages, adjourned until Monday.
The House met at an early hour and passed the Orders of the Day with Bills on the Table advancing without opposition. Mr. Pitt warned of inconvenience if the Wet-dock Committee does not report this Session and said a motion for its report would be made on Monday. A bill to enable the king to call Parliament in fourteen days after a proclamation was read a first time and ordered to be printed. Adjourned.
Yesterday the Royal Family, with Lord Cathcart and Lady Charlotte Bruce among others, attended church where Dr Hallam preached from Luke 18 16. The Irish Parliament dissolved last Tuesday. Dispatches from Admiral Bridport noted Brest harbor with about 30 ships, 18 of the line, but no enemy sighted. Lord Malmesbury remains at Lisle hotel as negotiations unfold.
Dublin dated report describes Robert Thoroton chief clerk of the House of Commons, who shot himself after a period of mental decline and fear of blindness. The inquest returns lunacy. He left around 80 to 90 pounds in gold and bank receipts, with a pistol found near him. His death shocks Dublin society, and succession for his clerkship is noted as Mr Watson, secretary to Lord Lieutenant.
PORTSMOUTH July 14 The India fleet under convoy of the Pomnee weighed anchor but wind from the south forced them to drop anchor again. The Orestes brig brought in a fishing boat with twenty five men a release granted as no hostility appeared. A man was this day flogged from ship to ship for mutiny.
The article records Sir Edward Pellew's squadron arriving from France, the burial of Mr Burke in Beaconsfield with limited pomp, the procession in Southampton Street, and the inscription on Charles Macklin the comedian's coffin plate. It also notes elections for mayor and sheriffs in Waterford and Cork, and a Shropshire court sentence for theft and receiving.
In an action of travers, creditors acquired goods by stratagem. A verdict favored the plaintiffs, the goods to be shared among creditors as an uncertified bankrupt. Lord Kenyon held the bankrupt could have property, but a different opinion existed and may be brought forward as a case.
HavManger presented The Heir at Law a new comedy by Mr Colman on Saturday evening. The performance received loud applause throughout and was announced for repetition to the entire satisfaction of the audience.
Public office records report two men, Thomas Fotheringham Barrington and George Banter, committed for trial for highway robbery after alleged theft of Guilford Bank notes from Mr. Haydon on Wimbledon Common last December. Additional items note a seaman Gray’s lashes delayed, a carriage accident involving Sir Henry Martin and Capt. Starkey, a fatal accident at Covent Garden Church site, a soap boiler’s fatal scalding, and the suicide of Mr. Robert Spice in Lewes river with a coroner's verdict of lunacy. Spice’s widow and four children left unprovided for, with Free Masonic interment in Lewes and Brighton.
MARRIED On Saturday Claud Stephen Hunter Esq of Lincolns Inn to Miss Free of Broad Street Last Saturday by Rev Weston William Abby Latham Esq of Lincolns Inn to Miss Miller DIED At Copenhagen on the 2d ult Count Beretorff late celebrated Danish minister Lately at Craven-house near Windsor Marrate Esq In March last on board His Majesty s ship Windras in the West Indies of the yellow fever Peter Sige Elq First Lieutenant of that ship
Fragmentary timetable entries record Wednesday morning at 11 19 minutes past, an afternoon block at 45 minutes past on two occasions, and Thursday hints with morning 1x minutes after 32 and afternoon 36 minutes after.
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