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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 18, 1797
Page
1
SUN FIRE-OFFICE recalls premiums due for the Lady Day Quarter. Payments must reach the office at Cornhill near the Royal Exchange or Craig’s, Charing Cross, or be paid to country agents on or before April 9 1797. After the grace period, coverage lapses at Fifteen Days beyond.
Extra from the London Gazette reports Admiral Bridport's squadron recaptured the Cynthia brig from Lisbon to Poole, and French frigates La Resistance and La Constance were captured after action with Sir Harry Neale and Captain Cooke aboard the St Fiorenzo and La Nymphe. Details praise officers Durell Irvine Masters and others. notes casualties and ship dispositions. Also Kingsmill reports capture of the privateer Veillant, and a Bishop of Bristol appointment.
Listing of bankruptcy surrender dates for Barnett, Wright, Stead, Sutton, Gould, Back, Green, Killingly, Handley, and others with guildhall sittings and solicitors. Followed by dividend payments to Cephas Webb et al and multiple tradesmen in London and regions with specific May and April dates and venues.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Greenwood Liverpool merchants in April at Stag and Garter Tavern Liver pool. References to Ball Heady Manchester and ERFIfIC FES grant by April 8. Contains names like Little James and Bedford-rom with scattered parts and punctuation errors.
Report from Admiralty Telegraph confirms outward bound Bafkelndia section failed on Saturday morning under convoy of the Raisonable and ships Ville de Paris Theseus and Bellerophon. Reinforcements for Sir J Jervis detained by high winds. large supply of anchors and cables included. Jamaica and Bermuda mail delays noted. Court of Directors at East India House, exchange rates rise, gold shipments heavy.
William Smith alias Count was re examined and committed for trial on a charge of stealing a metal watch and two guineas from James Diamond of Bristol. The watch was later brought to Diamond by a man who said it came from the prisoner. Richard Roberts of the Angel Inn testified the prisoner lodged there and fled after a hurried breakfast, a seal found on him identified by Diamond as his property, and the prisoner offered no defence.
Notes list multiple draw numbers with prizes of gol. For the thirty-fourth day numbers 41,730 52,487 24,393 36,172 14,098 25,187 show prizes of gol. For the thirty-fifth day numbers 44,216 19,488 show prizes of sogol with 1000 and a total prize tally of gol 7,494 31,315.
The report records the deaths of Mr Badcock of St. Paxi’a Church and Mr Sathuel Whartha aged 96, long-serving footman to the Majesty. It also notes Dr William Hayes of Oxford, a University professor, arriving to preside at a musical fund festival and Chapel Royal events, with local commentary on his health and stature.
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