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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 22, 1797
Page
1
An illegible fragmentary notice lists goods such as porcelain, drugs, groceries, bedding, and tobacco tied to East India prohibited items. It references warehouses, a Long Room at Capieu-House, Greenland Dock, and King's Warehouse. The text mentions ships, beacons, and North Channel safety warnings for vessels navigating the area.
Branscomb's lottery office advertises shares in the Irish Lottery with large profits and emphasizes early purchase. It lists winnings from February 1796 and notes current prices, fractions, and distribution to clubs and individuals. The notice urges orders by post or stage, promises prompt execution, and touts government security negotiations.
The text depicts a fragmented 1797 discourse by Francis Blake referencing Parliament, the House of Commons, public credit, resources, and taxation. It hints at efforts to reassure the nation, preserve peace, and demonstrate resolve against enemies while avoiding fiscal burdens.
Friday reports from Vienna claim Prince Re en is to visit to discuss restoring Poland as an independent state by regaining provinces taken in 1764. Vienna and Vienna cabinet show support while Prussia resists. Lords appoint Skefington Lutwidge vice-admiral of the blue and port-admiral of Sheerness, succeeding Buckner who resigned. Emigres return to France. Bertrand, former minister of the marine, reportedly among those reoccupying estates. The Lord Mayor hosts two conservancy courts and a formal entertainment. Mutiny trials arise as four seamen from the Nonsuch are lodged in Hull. Davies of Gomerfall is jailed for dispersing seditious papers. Ships Providence Narva Industrie Venus and others are reported captured or burned by a privateer in the Cattegat and Baltic routes. The Greenland voyage aims for Narva and Lubeck.
Fragmentary notes recount a 5 o’clock meeting of captains and peers in a trial about assemblies on the London coast. Witnesses praise evident respectability, with Gutherie described as fine, Athrey a patten maker, and Calloway urging peace and liberty at any cost. The court adjourned until Wednesday morning.
The mutiny at sea continues to unfold with details of ship officers and prisoners. Parker and Davies are chained on Neptune’s quarter-deck under guard near Captain Stanhope, while five more mutineers were sent to Maidstone jail. The Prince of Wales’s regiment patrols the harbor as the Inflexible and Belliqueux approach, and the court-martial is urged by Admiral Paisley amid ongoing naval tension.
Report from Plymouth and Portsmouth notes on Saturday that the Amphion, inverted by incredible strength and leverage, was raised bottom upwards by a person who weighed it down with heavy iron in her hold. It is described as the first instance of a man of that weight being inverted by mechanical powers. Additional items mention the Plover ship and the Fly ship returning from a cruise.
Fragmentary June Plymouth item describes captains and ships including Speedwell and Lady Sopias with mentions of brig breaches and sloops captured near Guernsey. It notes three oared sloops captured after a breach action, plus a pantomime and a list of names and vessels, all in a rough, overheard tone.
Public notice from Richardson, Gooptper, and Co announces higher Lady Tickets prices ahead of the June drawing. The letter from Mrs Spilsbury and testimonials describe a long illness and restore faith in an herbal tonic, with sales through the Ditentary in Scho Square and general patent medicine vendors.
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