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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 04, 1797
Page
1
Bank of England notes the Spanish dollar issue is postponed to Thursday the 6th due to fair day. Bankruptcy notices enlarged list trades and names with Guildhall dates for creditors and defaults including Carey, Ranger, Lafabloniere, Taylor, Evans, Cook, Ayard, Lear, Thompson, Walls, Hall, Smith, Rogers, Roberts, Gregory, Fros, and others among maltsters, victuallers, watchmakers, bankers, vintners, and merchants.
CUSTOM-HOUSE London March 2 1797 By order of the Honourable the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs On Tuesday the 7th Thursday the 7th and Friday the 16th infant At three o'clock in the afternoons In the Long Room Custom-House London The Sellerizing GOODS allotted in small quantities for dears and private persons to become purchasers Goods include ram brandy Geneva cordials wine tea coffee chocolate and many other items Clear of all duties The boats materials of vessels and other goods may be seen at the Tobacco Ground near Greenland Dock Rotherhithe The tobacco snuff ashes cinders and goods at the King's Tobacco Wareroute Towerhill and all other goods at the Majely's Warehouse Customs House London Catalogues to be delivered Saturday the 4th card Monday the 6b infant from nine to one in the forenoons
Captain Fork reports to Evan Nepean that his Majesty's ship Stag arrived at Spithead after capturing two French privateers off Scilly. L Appocrate brig, fourteen guns, sixty five men. L Hirondelle cutter, six guns, forty five men, the latter destroyed.
Bankruptcy notices list numerous debtors from trades and towns including Lombard Street stationer R Marth and upholsterer J Robarts surrendering in March and April at Guildhall with several attorneys named. other names cover brewers, vintners, tailors, tanners, potters, innkeepers, merchants, and manufacturers from Bermondsey, Westminster, Wapping, Carlisle, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Oxford, Liverpool, Manchester, Evesham, Wiltshire, and more. Henry Smith of Penzance is noted as superseded.
Reports from London note Dutch and French squadron activity near Dun kirk Ostend and Texel with a 30,000-strong force ready for possible English debarkation. Commodore Nelson led bold boarding actions against a Spanish ship Salvador del Mundo, earning praise for courage amid a large disparity in fleet strength.
Dispatches report Archduke Charles leading Austrian forces in Italy as France presses Venice and Mantua. Reinforcements from Rhine and Bohemia move to Italy while Hoche heads toward the Rhine with 25,000 troops. Bavarian defense plans and Papal forces feature in the ongoing campaigns across Europe.
A fragment lists lottery draws Nos 42 754 and 56 616 with prizes of 1000l plus other draws. It records numerous marriages and engagements including Rev John Lane to Ann Dury of Banbury and Capt H Furzer to Dixon’s daughter, with other notices of deaths and public figures.
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