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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 19, 1777

Page

3

Ship News From July 22 Inbound and Outbound Vessels

Tuesday July 22 shipping news reports multiple ships sailing to Dominica Gibraltar Smyrna Dublin and New York with government stores and arrivals at Hull New York and Plymouth. Several vessels depart for London Marseilles Spithead and other ports. Multiple ships listed with captains destinations and origins in concise maritime ledger style.

Deal Speke Capt Elliott Dominica Trerham Gibraltar Bryne Smyrna Williams Britannia Ellis Dublin Barrowdale Bristol Invincible Boyce Tower

Emperor Travels From Fontayabia To St Sebastian

Paris reports widespread consternation over bad weather and scarce goods with cold rain hurting crops and life’s necessities. In a grim Paris scene, a baker and his wife were executed near Paris for murdering an invited associate. the man broken on the wheel and his wife hanged.

Testerday Holland Paris Fuly Bayonne Pyrenees Kingdom of Spain Fontayabia St. Sebastian’s Scerux Boke

Death sentences and executions in Salisbury and beyond

Reports from Salisbury state five prisoners were sentenced to death for murder and robbery. Burke and Coony were executed at Fisherton after confessing, while Coxhead and Garret were reprieved. The pages also recount naval engagements near Flamborough Head, up-to-the-minute London parliamentary prorogations, privateer activity in the Channel, and various other crime sentences and public notices across England and Ireland.

Country News Salisbury Michael Burke Connor Coony Thomas Scutz Pediary John Garret James Rawlings Bradford Wm. Coxhead Burke and Coony Fisherton London Burke Coony Newcastle Fab Flamborough-head

Baltic Trade Convoy Sought After Privateer Threat

A petition to the Lords of the Admiralty calls for a convoy to the Baltic trade amid fears of American privateer activity in the Cattegat and Norwegian coast. The report notes many killed and wounded on both sides in the latest conflict. Also mentioned are Duke of Northumberland passing through town and the death of William Allan, maltster, in his garden near Westgate.

Westminster Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Weymouth Molly Randall Newfoundland Pool North America Nantz St. John’s Admiralty Montague Averjay Fox Jord Sandwich Cfas Pegasus Bolton Larkin East India House Tie of Wight Prince East- India House Isle of Wight Bombay Shrewbury Jones Downs Indian House Triton Elphinsone Royal Henry Rous Lord Holland Lawson Nassan Gore Greenwich Carr Coutt and Bay Dublin Portaferry Ireland Carlingford Drogheda Belfat Balbriggen Newcastle Messrs Hocham King’s Wharf Howth Harwich Belborough Holland Prussia America Profia Elmeden Plymuth Birrington Channel Lord Townshend Lord Anshur Defagulier Wwoolwich Dilagulier Warren Kew Hertford Thomas Neel John Leach Thomas Maxwell Utrecht Mantua Duke of Gloucester Verona Royal Trent Chelmsford John Gofden George Gilliman King York John Baxter Roger Bailiie London Sheffield St. Margaret’s Hill Southwark Mary Eagle Rose Macdonald Ann Uncerwood Peckham Camberwell-fields Croydon Duchess of Queensberry Saville House Drumlanrig Scotland Frillegen Somerset-house Strand Shirley Kinz Sloney Baltic Cattegat Norway Duke of Northumberland Percy Alnwick Wm. Allan Westgate

Dogs and Lions Unite in Tower Threats Urging Peace

A correspondent muses on unlikely harmony between Britain and America. The dog, now a loyal aide to the Lion in the Tower, reportedly bears on the Bear with persistent barking, seen as a sign of possible peaceful relations between country and colonies.

Friday's City Elopements and Theatre News

Friday reports two clerks eloped with a banker’s money while a new opera by O Hara is in rehearsal at the Haymarket Theatre. Meff Weber and Henderson secured ten pounds weekly at Drury Lane with a benefit, and Probin faces further inquiry for forgery. hops and grain prices are listed, and a Cambridge attorney Thomas Wright was found dead by hanging with a coroner's verdict of lunacy.

Haymarket Theatre O.hara Midas Meff Weber Henderson Theatre Royal Drurylane Bow-street John Fielding Cambridge Thomas Wricht Thetford Newmarket

Glee at Vauxhall Gardens With Mr Vernon and Cast

A period entertainment titled Murust Compritance Domestic Happiness is staged at Vauxhall Gardens featuring performers Mr Vernon Mrs Weichsel Ms Wrighten Mrs Warrell Alfa Weller Mr Hudson Mr Howard and Mr Billington with music by Dr ARNE. The libretto follows visiting neighbours and married couples amid playful exchanges and a chorus about indulgence and home life.

Vauxhall Gardens Vernon Weichsel Wrighten Warrell Alfa Weller Hudson Mr. Howard Mr. Billington Arne

The Fight of Fights and Walk In Tonight

A lively promotional snippet invokes the show FELLOWS with music by Dr Arwe. It promises a dramatic lineup including The Electric Eel, the Ruffian Bear, Jason and the Golden Fleece, and a walk in admission priced at sixpence.

Dr. Arwe Jason Golden Fleece

Death of the Duchess of Queensberry and Kitty’s Fame

ExTeEmpero on the Death of the Duchess of Queensberry celebrates Kitty as a muse and patron of poets. It recalls her beauty, charm, and influence on English bards, then notes her loss and vows that her virtues ascend to heavenly realms while her memory inspires British poets.

Kitty

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