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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 04, 1787
Page
3
Admiralty of England reports a case heard on Monday with details of offences alleged. PH Stephens notes a ruling or proceeding related to the matter and its timing.
Notice from the Stamp Office stating intent to let the duties on steam vessels and related products for a three year term from November 1, 1787. Proposals required by October 24 from interested parties, including name, abode and district of bid. Lists counties and gross sums by district for the year ending 1786. Signed by Bindley Bailey Byng.
Price five shillings for a new translation of parts of ecclesiastical writings. Revise Tow and Notes by the Rev Stephen Greenaway. Printed for Tupman Nottingham and Longman London. Includes omitted passages and additional obscure texts with commentary.
Sept 24 1787 notice from the Navy Office demands Masters and Surgeons not in service to report their current abodes and any removals. It enjoins timely notification of arrivals and changes and warns that leave will cease on port arrival in Britain or Ireland. The second item advertises examination for Surgeons Mates positions with potential immediate deployment and two months advance pay.
The Navy Office announces a plan to hire seafaring men through contractors for service aboard vessels at Portes Berlei Hull and Line cad. Applicants are to present bids on October 7 at ten o'clock. Contractors are warned to avoid delays and ensure they recruit fit seamen including lightmen and inland navigators to meet needs.
A 1737 notice from the United Company of Merchants of Beest isles invites a general court at their hall in Wendenbull Street to ballot on restoring Captain William Smith and Patrick Burt to the Company's service. The vote follows rules dating to Parliament for establishing regulations and requires three quarters of proprietors to be present for the decision.
A notice describes compact farms and holdings at Starston near Oxford with 123 acres of arable meadow and pasture, plus six acres of meadow at Kennington near Oxford and a freehold house with garden by the river in Aldale’s. It lists annual rents and the tenure terms for lessees and tenants at will, with printed particulars to follow.
Advertises multiple properties for sale in the Reading to Wallingford road corridor. Lists a spacious freehold house with stable offices and garden, a county farm with barns and pastures, several cottages and small farms, all to let or sale with annual rents and long descriptions of layouts, acreage, and tenant terms. Printed particulars available on request.
Fragments recount royal audience shifts, appointments, and military concerns in London. Reports include the Marquis da Campo’s audience with the Queen, the Earl of Carlisle’s elevation, and fears of French naval actions affecting Jamaica and the West Indies. Details cover Portsmouth auditors, public accounts, and naval preparations.
Notice for the General Quarterly Meeting to be held at the Trustees office in London. Attendees must file claims for fire losses. minutes, goods, and ships in arbour matters to be listed. Page cites attendance at Craig's Court Charing Cross for related filings and damages across Great Britain.
Fragmentary OCR notes show time stamps and phrases like Sunday Morning Sunday Afternoon and weekday markers. The text lists times such as 3 minutes after 24 0 and 37 minutes after, with partial references to morning and afternoon across days. Names of places appear as London Bridge and High Wavea.
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