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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 27, 1790
Page
3
The piece surveys weather effects on crops and live cattle markets. It notes soft corn declines and beans performing well, with graziers forecasting strong winter markets. Prime beef fetches high prices in Smithfeld while inferior stock lags, signaling a potentially profitable season if feed and meat prices hold.
A fragmentary report from the Court of Directors of the East India Merchants Company in London notes a General Court to be held at Leadenhall on Wednesday the 5th of December from eleven in the forenoon. The text mentions directors and individuals in attendance, though several words are garbled.
The House met and proceeded to the bar of waiting members as four guards conducted the oath taking. The speaker adjourned the session to tomorrow for the consideration of this May Day speech.
The morning mails from France and Piescher brought nothing new at Vienna besides a report of a coronation in Hungary. Lecherny mentions a recent event while names Saraa Reynolds Ava Santa arrive on the scene. The Dutch mail service also reports slight updates but no major changes.
The dispatch notes the English Charge d Affaires presenting to the Prussian minister and moves in Berlin with Prince Henry influence. It records a massive fire at Brody destroying many houses and mentions the resignation of Comte de Hertzberg and Duke of Brunswick stepping back from Prussian affairs.
Reports say the National Assembly gains vigor as it refines a new code, with the King of the French showing hearty support. His aim is to preserve peace and prevent further bloodshed.
From Bruxelles on the 23d, no new dispatches were printed as private letters were opened. The Congress remained quiet while it determined to refuse the Emperor's offers.
Last Friday the Lowestoffe frigate under Captain Stafford was paid off after three years at sea from Ramie head to Start-point. Captain Kilson to command Druid station. Several ships dismantled for disposal next week including Royal Sovereign and others. Daphne to Jamaica under Lieut Derham. Gardner to command Cygnet. Smugglers land at Torpoint. Minerva and Windsor Cattle news. Zebra sails to Gibraltar. Iris to Chatham. Winds SE moderate.
In Westminster Hatle a motion for a new trial was heard before Baron Eyre. The case, brought by the Society of Matter Shoemaxers against the Vanners, concerned felling tanned leather for sale in open market. After three hours the jury verdict for the plaintiffs stood, and the court unanimously denied the motion to set it aside.
Dispatches report Lord Elgin’s planned journey to Vienna via The Hague with a congratulatory note from the Court to the Emperor. Other items note Count de Stadion’s interview with the Ali siter, a courier from Paris, and Cabinet dinners as political shifts unfold in London.
Heavy rains force the crown to move a chase to Sale Hill as a fox is driven through Wooburn Common and Windsor Park before being captured after a three hour pursuit. The Duke of York's fox-hounds prepare a later throw off at Est Hampstead with the pack in fine condition.
A two year increase in lighthouse construction across the island is noted with new beacon near Scilly and another at Ayr port, plus one near Lancaster. An extract from Beating Nov 27 reports a fatal accident at Anvil Farm, Basingstoke, where a servant’s horse overturned a cart into a river, killing Mr Barton’s four year old son and injuring his three daughters and other children.
A slate of obituaries and notices lists George Niathew Fig uncle to the Roeu who died at Thomastown, Lord Lanad.f and Major James Campbilli in Glasgow, James Swarklick a long tenant elder, Joseph Perll near Maryport, Rev Henry Talboe in Borethiwn, Charles Sealy Esquire from Bengal, and Mass Affect of Lacence Pount ney lane among others.
The text records drawing outcomes with prize amounts listed as 23,050 160i 49 19,289 36,135. It refers to the twelfth day and mentions Nobos or Nos as part of the drawn numbers totaling several sums.
Report lists several individuals who were forfeit by buying their picks as shares of various venues in the rhootery. Among names are Mr Nil Holson Cornhill VII and Mr Court Thorpe Argel Inn Dencaster with prizes noted. Advertises selling under draft terms and ready buyers for prizes and shares with schemes offered gratis.
The report lists current prices for oats barley and malt with fluctuations across rye beans and flour. It notes lower barley costs yet weak demand and details prices for fine flour middlings pollard and bran. Also includes Whitechapel hay market figures coal exchange prices and hops market entries with per cwt and bag rates.
A short note reports that banks and public offices observed the holiday with closures. No unusual events or services listed. normal operations resume the following business day.
Fragmentary OCR listing shows mixed stock prices and terms. references to Pank Stock 7 percent red 73 percent and India Stock ditto scrip and annuities. Mentions South Sea Stock old and new, 3 percent, lottery tickets, and Navy du. Lottery items appear with unclear figures.
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