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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 07, 1780
Page
3
Readable fragments mention ships and a long list of names and places including Dublin Leward Islands Britain and various individuals. The text appears as an OCR fragment with multiple garbled entries and no clear event or outcome. No coherent story or dates are present to summarize.
Ireland, Cork. Lord D stood trial at the Affizes for assaulting a priest and his aged maidservant on the priest’s estate. The motive arose from the priest excommunicating a married man for adultery. Lord D ordered the priest to lift the excommunication, the priest refused, and the lord beat them cruelly. A jury awarded damages to the priest. Dublin also notes the death of John Van Noft, secretary to His Majesty, on Mecklenburg Street.
Monday lattice John Erafraus Blacket elected mayor for the ensuing year with Christopher Fawcett recorder and sheriffs named. Other towns choose mayors including Stockton Carlisle and Nottingham. Obituaries note Mrs. Marriot and Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffure. Benjamin Beighton dies in Leicester gaol for refusing church levies. John Smellie becomes Mayor of Nottingham and Alder man Edwards Mayor of Derby.
London notes that Cornwallis led a disciplined force against Gates in the Camden region near the North Carolina frontier. The piece contrasts experienced British troops with Gates’s raw forces, praising Cornwallis while warning that recent victories may prolong the war and strain finances. The Grand Admiral and a voyage from Torbay are also mentioned with weather delaying a distant return.
Reports from the Atlantic theater describe Spaniss and French movements, ships reaching Artecs and Gibraltar, and Admiral Rowley engaging transports bound for the West Indies. Captured vessels and troop disembarkations are noted, with other ships racing toward the Downs and Westward convoy movements.
Mercers Hall in Landn announces notices from Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Meters. Notices involve annuities payable at the Clerk's Office and Meters Hall on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday around the coming dates. Readers are advised to attend in the mornings for payments and related matters.
Notice from Wardens and Collegiate of the Mystery of Mercers of London that on Tuesday November 7 and 8, local weeks, a half year’s proceeds become due under new bonds. The clerk’s office in Mercer’s Hall will provide attendance hours and times as usual each Tuesday Wednesday Friday for relief of bonds and other costs. Robert Cawne, Clerk.
Captain Ross delivers Cornwallis's dispatch detailing the Camden victory over General Gates. The report covers troop strength, move to attack by night, the decisive front assault, heavy enemy losses including generals, captures of wagons and cannon, and Tarleton's pursuit of Sumpter's detachment.
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