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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 08, 1778
Page
3
Incoherent OCR fragment references battleships or gun types and a Vice Admiral proposal. Mentions defense of merchant lines and protection of meritime routes. The text is garbled, with partial names and quotes, making precise details impossible.
Readable scraps list arrivals and origins of ships from Dominica to Glasgow and London. Mentions Kite Wells and Troe Briton cargoes, Margery, Robbler, and several vessels including Duke of Shire and Duke of Yoon with destinations like Barbadoes Grenad.
Extensive 18th century naval dispatches describe engagements and captures near Brest, Dover, and Liverpool. Officers like Lieutenant Mibemarie Bertie coordinate signals and repairs while ships such as Aquilon and Aquifon change hands. Privateers and frigates operate against East Indiamen, with multiple vessels taken or retaken and crews reporting casualties and wounded officers.
A long report lists condemned prisoners and sentences from the September sessions. Names include John Holt, John Davis, Andrew Carlton, and Alexander Carlton for burglary and theft at the White Horse Inn and related properties. Additional convicts face execution or transportation. other cases name Mary Williams, Sarah Corderoy, Ann Waderwood, and John Meadows among those implicated in highway robbery, burglary, and theft. A separate note mentions Rowland Ridgely's arrest for treasonable offences and Hatch the highwayman’s ongoing cases, with details of the Bow Street office proceedings.
In a fragmentary notice, the obituary references Cratched-friate Wilitee Ibh am as son of Stephen Gill and grandson of Richard Grabant, with unclear ties to Campbellland. The sparse text implies a family burial with limited legible details remaining.
A critical note praises Miss Farren for her lively yet tasteful portrayal of Mile Rasport in Crary-Jane Sage. Observers compare her to Mrs Abingdon and Mrs Abington, noting her ease, humor, and expressive features while urging restraint to avoid overlightness.
A Thursday morning duel between Lieutenants Wallen and Stapleton of the Middlesex ended after quarrels near the Parade. The first pistol shot wounded Stapleton in the groin, life thought despaired. General Keppel traveled to the coast to arrange winter army quarters.
A deedable tract of about twenty acres of land adjoining the Downs, situated near the turnpike between Market Iifley and Avingdn in Berks. Includes good stabling and other conveniences. Enquire of Mr James Head, attorney, at Newbury, Berks.
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