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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 18, 1797
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a dated note about Paclin and a "730th day" in May. Missing context makes precise event or identities unclear, but the fragment points to a ceremonial or commemorative reference tied to Paclin and a May date.
The rehearsal for a charity concert will be held at St Pauls Cathedral on Wednesday the 29th, featuring works by Eber Handel Boyce and the Messiah chorus. Lord Mayors, deans, and notable clergy attend. tickets and donations are urged to support apprenticing daughters of clergy and related expenses.
The notice reports thousands of lottery tickets sold with prizes up to 20,000, listing office names and numbers. It notes dense demand, limited Irish tickets compared to English, and offers for remittance by bank note, post order, or carrier, with tickets registered at sixpence per number and prompt forwarding of success news worldwide.
Branscomb’s lottery office at No 11 Holborn advertises tickets and shares with large past prizes. It notes a 30,000 pound prize once split among halves quarters and sixteenths, cites a 1796 state lottery division, urges early purchase as tickets rise in price, and offers post stage and mail order execution plus government securities negotiations.
Seventeen performers led by Mr Handy present a grand royal farewell show at Astley's Westminster Bridge with spectacular equestrian vaulting wire dancing and new pantomime acts. The program includes Hymen’s Gift a marriage farce the Hermit of the Alps and a novel Gaston spectacle as royalties attend a gala performance.
Ceremony of the nuptials at the Chapel Royal St James s yesterday at one o clock. The procession of the bridegroom described with drums trumpets kettle drums serjeant trumpeter and master of ceremonies with heralds. The text records the ceremonial specifics for the Prince of Württemberg s marriage to the Princess Royal of Great Britain daughter of King George III.
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