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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 22, 1770
Page
1
In Portia November letter, a correspondent defends Sir Edward Hawke against attacks by an unnamed Individual. The author urges restraint, calls for truth and good manners, and warns against repeated defamatory rhetoric while predicting eventual repentance, ending with a tone of pity.
A late 18th or early 19th century column notes a cutter battling passengers near Kinsale with one killed and others wounded. Reports from Cork carry troops to Minorca aboard transports from London. Ireland sees import of 400000 quarters of corn in twelve months costing about £500,000. White Boys active in Tipperary. a brutal assault on James Fannin ends in his death. Floods along Hampstead Heath to Bayswater devastate gardens and homes. Obituaries and local notices follow, with shipping and financial details and high water marks for London.
Monday will decide if war is to be invoked in Spain as a formal measure. Reports note shifts in leadership including Cornwallis becoming Comptroller and Chief Governor of the Tower, and Sawbridge’s illness preventing attendance at the Lord Mayor’s. Harbour lists show ships at Spithead and Portsmouth with gun counts. The Trinity House offers a bounty for seamen entering service. Thames floods disrupt travel from Bath to Oxford, with numerous bridges damaged and cattle losses on the Bedford Levels. Lottery prizes are drawn and army appointments update upper ranks and naval offices.
CIR John Fielding writes London Evening Post to rebut Veritas's accusations against late clerk William Marsden who died in January 1769 from a violent cold causing lung inflammation. Fielding recalls Marsden’s years of service to him, his widow and four children, and notes moral regard from all ranks. He cites attending physicians and urges retraction to spare the widow from further harm.
William Haynes testifies he attended the late Mr. Marsden with Dr. Jebb and Dr. Addington during his fatal illness. He states no wound caused death and that the fatal disease was lung inflammation from a neglected cold. Marsden lived near Haynes and was regarded as a modest quiet neighbor.
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London present a remonstrance and petition urging the Crown to restore election rights and curb ministers causing constitutional breach. They plead for royal wisdom to remove advisers, preserve parliamentary liberty, and heal national wounds amid fears of tyranny and public unrest.
A lengthy 18th century document records the Common Council approving a bounty of one shilling for able seamen and ten shillings for ordinary seamen, plus related court orders. It notes a forgery incident involving Mr. Taylor Barro and a clerk, with rewards offered for the forger’s discovery.
A colonial era advert promotes “Royall Letters” for teeth and gum remedies by T. Greeough apothecary and Francis Newbury junior, claiming cures for toothache and scurvy of the gums. The tinctures are described as cleansing teeth, whitening, preventing receding gums, and easing tooth pain. Sold in Ludgate Street and St Paul’s Churchyard with Paris distribution noted.
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