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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 18, 1780
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR summary notes July date references and mentions Beale, Wells, Ranger, and Dromedary patrols. Details unclear but indicates a maritime or patrol sequence with southward bound movement and royal association. No full events or outcomes visible.
Yesterday Sir Hugh Pannier was at court to be sworn Governor of Greenwich Hospital while Sir James Gould reported Royal Court martial proceedings. Intelligence from Jamaica said Don Solano’s fire was seen by a cutter, delaying a Jamaica expedition. The Channel awaits a large neutral fleet to police commerce as Britain taxes neutral vessels. Admiral Geary’s prizes may total around thirty thousand pounds. The Spanish and French West Indies alliance appears confirmed near Antigua with the Cerberus speeding from Barbadoes. The Quebec arrived Bristol after sailing from St Ives. Royal orders called eight ships to Portsmouth for crews and provisions. The Sardinian Chapel fire prompt prompted high level inquiry into who attended the night.
English notices recount privateer activity with French ships, a ransomed vessel, and the Greenland fishery effort. Courts at Guildhall and Bow Street address felonies, riots, and highway robbery while local officials seek justice and public order amid a busy week of ceremonies, marriages, and notable deaths.
Bankruptcy notices for S Bar Almen Ne son of King's Lynn Norfolk and others detailing surrender dates at Guildhall and White Lion venues. Dividends announced for Joseph Sill, Thomas Bridges and Roger Binant, Cornelius Woodhouse, Joseph Bailey, Robert Wynne, and Patrick Lawson with corresponding locations and dates.
Carlisle races scheduled for Thursday July 6 feature horses of varying ages and qualifications. Details indicate a mixed program typical of local meeting conditions with entries across multiple classes.
About four o'clock troops assembled in front of their lines in full dress and powder, received by officers. Lieutenant General Pierson arrived with nobility. manual drill lasted four minutes, then complex firings and grand manoeuvres. The army of about 8,000 men moved to Gravesend and Tilbury Fort, landing and forming into battalions amid extensive firing. Dismissal came at five thirty with thanks. this review hailed as England's grandest ever and to be repeated before the monarchs.
Notice states no letters will be received unless postage is paid by the sender. The terse public notice warns residents that mail from Jr Collett will be refused if stamps are missing.
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