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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 12, 1797
Page
1
A damaged fragment mentions Brice Four Shillingss, The Seventh Edition, and an apology to Thomas Palne. It references biblical series, pricing hints, and publication notes with unclear context and broken phrases.
Friday October 13 London reports Admiral Bridport ordered to cruise off Brest to deter Dutch French fleet union. Dispatches arrive from Cape of Good Hope and Cadiz. Royal events include Yorks’ Tunbridge Wells visit and a parade illumination. Copper coinage and mint progress noted. A Rotterdam inventor touts a lifeboat design for mariners. Ship arrivals include Thetis, Bar ington, and others. carews about piracy and a theft case ends with damages.
A French privateer captured a vessel heading to London on September 23 but the ship was recaptured by HMS Pompee and HMS Priton near Belle Ile. The fleet under Captain Stopford and Captain Vathon sailed to the west with the Spitfire, Pallas, and Nymph joining the Channel fleet. The Iea tender arrived with men for the navy from Milford.
Portsmouth reports a government alert after intelligence that the Dutch fleet left Texel. Ships at Spithead were ordered seaworthy under Rear-Admiral Curtin and prepared to sail instantly, though no final order to depart had been received by noon. The St George returned from Chatham, and the Arrow of new frigates sailed for St Helen's.
Report of a Baltic fleet sighting off Scarborough and nearby gunfire heard at sea as ships were chased by armed vessels. Included are crimes and accidents in England with sentences, a fatal fall into a Nottinghamshire well, a Glasgow fire, and arrests in Threadneedle Street for attempted pocket-book theft.
A review praises Miss Betterton in The Tragedy of Percy and Eyavina roles, noting her youth, elegance, expressive voice, and natural passion. It commends her acting tempo and stage presence while cautioning on overemphatic punctuation and urging smoother diction in future performances.
A letter from John Cole of Queen-Anne Street dated August 1, 1797 attributes a thirteen year scurvy cure to SPILSBURY Soup-SQUARE Drops. He describes initial hardship and notes improvement after one bottle, praising the remedy alongside Georg Cusson as a distributor. Drops sold in bottles at gs. and rl. 28 each through the Dipentary and vendors across Britain.
MARRIED. On Monday last, at Streatham, Thomas Draper of the Treasury to Miss Sophia Porter, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Porter of Ashlesford. DIED. On the 2d ult. at Naples, Lieutenant General Gunk ning, Colonel of M Jelty's 65th Regiment. Also, on Sunday last, at Hockerill, Christopher Hand of Cheveley. Lately, at Chethunt, Mrs. Penelope Sedgwicke widow. On Thursday seven night, at Thirsk, Mrs. Smelt. On Sunday fall, suddenly, in Hatton Garden, Mrs. Faageurt.
Weathered notice lists tide times and heights for multiple days at London Bridge. Sunday morning tides are noted as two minutes after two, afternoon around thirty eight minutes after ten, with Monday through Tuesday inscriptions showing varying minutes after hour marks.
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