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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 17, 1797
Page
1
A compact note reports ARDY the cat performing during the week at Mohaston venue, drawing weekend attention from attendees and local press, with playful stage presence and steady audience turnout.
The London Gazette reports on June 14 1779 79 His Majesty in Council appoints the Right Honorable Chases Lord Romney as Lord Lieutenant of Kent Canterbury and related counties. He takes the oaths to replace allegiance and supremacy. Also a Royal Navy report from Yarmouth June 13 1797 notes capturing the Dutch privateer Schaw a ten gun vessel, forty eight men, near the Schaw with no prizes taken.
A sequence of bankruptcies and surrender dates for merchants and tradespeople. D Elliot, Jos. Frowd, James Math, J Gibb, R Martin the younger, P Forley, A Allcock, J Jones, T Gibbs, W Jefson, E Jones, S Watson, and B Bryan are named with June 20 to July 29 surrender dates and the Guildhall venue, with associated attorneys and locations across London and beyond.
A garbled historical OCR shows multiple names and trades with dates and locations such as Guildhall and various streets. Individuals include merchants, mercers, carpenters, and coroners, with entries mentioning July and June dates, and places like St Johns square Clerkenwell and Liverpool. The text reads as a garbled register of names and occupations with ritual Guildhall notices.
Private letters from Calais report eighteen rebel delegates and four women landed at Calais on Friday and were instantly imprisoned. The Journal de Paris notes a cabinet mission for a separate peace with Britain and a push to form a general peace at the Congress. Royalist dispatches mention Prussia’s growing military preparations in Wesel and Silesia as a show of strength. Parker the delegate to be tried by court martial. pardon issued for many sailors at the Nore.
Portsmouth report notes the Fly sloop arriving from the island, and the Ganges from the West Indies. It records ships Boyton Britannia Sovereign Sea Nymph sailing May 3 under convoy of the 44-gun Experiment, with further details unclear.
A dated testimonial from Henry Hamilton lauds Sprszyspuxy’s Drops for chronic gout, recounting decades of pain across England Ireland Scotland Canada Bermuda and Dominica. After Relapses and treatments, the remedy reportedly eased symptoms including feverish sleep phlegm and nodular swellings, with health improving aboard Dominica. The letter notes the drops sold nationwide by patent medicine sellers and distributors.
Fragmentary OCR text reports two marriage announcements and a Wednesday notice involving Tharnad Sdaner of Charts Kent Efq and Mig Sarah Pysraby of Parkples, plus a Mrs Woodbridge reference. Reading is hindered by garbled names and misplaced punctuation.
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