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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 14, 1797

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Irish State Lottery for November 1797 Tickets Rise in Price

The article notes the Irish State Lottery for November 1797 with tickets increasing from 61 48 to 71 7s as drawing nears. It states the lottery uses the same number of tickets and the scheme is universally approved. Tickets and shares are available at licensed state lottery offices in Great Britain and Ireland through country correspondents and London offices.

Beshelete Tithe Britain Ireland London

State Lottery Office Adverts for Prizes and Tickets

English state lottery begins drawing February 26 1798 with prizes of thirty thousand, twenty thousand, fifteen thousand pounds and many smaller awards. Hornsby Co and Trewmam and Son advertise tickets Halves Quarters Eighths Sixteenths with registered numbers six pence per number and prompt prize payment terms. Shares sold at No 26 Cornhill London opposite Royal Exchange plus offices in Exeter Livergood and other locations.

Beith ATOZ EtCeeRe Goodluck, & Co Artheir Cornhill King's Mews Mefirs Hornsby & Co Stoce-Baoxras Ofice Royal Exchange London Méfirs Trewman and Son Exerix Thomas Billinge Livergood Corres Opty Postwater Orden South Sea

Privateer captures and naval reports from distant seas

Admiralty letters from 1793 1796 recount captures by British ships including Speedwell Concorde and Cerberus. Reports detail French privateers Le Flibuttier Le Poisson Volante and Spanish San Noberto with crew, cargoes, and dates near Bourdeaux Cape Finisterre and Madeira.

Admiralty Graff St. Michael's Lisbon Barratt Robmis Evan Nepean Madeira Cape Finisterre S.B. By Latarte Bourdeaux Guadaloupe

Bankruptcies and Enlarged Dividends Noted at Guildhall

A list of bankruptcy surrender dates for multiple debtors including Alex Smith Duke’s Court Bow Street victualler and A Tedesco of Wilson Street Finsbury Square, with attorneys named. Enlarged bankruptcies include W Reid and P Macdonald handkerchief manufacturers. Dividends scheduled for J Hart paper-maker and others at Guildhall and Legalis Inn Fields.

Alex. Smith Duke’s Court Bow-street Victualler Guildhall Mr. Foss Essex Street Strand W. Reid P. Macdonald S . Louis la Sabloniere Goicester Fields R. Hennell W. Heonell Foster-lane R. Terry Hadleigh Suffolk

Miscellaneous appointments and notices from English towns

The item lists several location based notices including W Chambers in South Shields at the Black Lion Stockton and HB Pope in Folkestone Guildhall Canterbury, IT Ys Studios Lincolnshire horse dealer November 9 and Swan-Inny Wolverhampton with a certificate to be granted on or before November 4. other names include leby botfe-dealer King’s Bench.

Chambers South Shields Dutham Knett Draper Black Lion Stockton Pope Folkestone Kent Taylor and Draper Newell Guildhall Canterbury Ys Studios Lincolnshire Horse, Dealer Swan-Inny Wolverhampton Leby Botfe-Dealer King's Bench

War news from Europe and Atlantic reflections in October

The report notes ongoing negotiations in Adina with warlike preparations on both sides, Dutch and French naval strength, and political shifts in Prussia and Russia. Windsor lights celebrate a Dutch victory while the British fleet secures seas, and Tom Paine arrives in Philadelphia amid mixed receptions. Local crime notes and transport of convicts to Woolwich and Portsmouth are included.

Hamburgh Adina Germany Rhine Sieg Main Upper Rhine Cologne London Lisbon Oporco Portugal England Russia Prussia Austria Udina France Poland Cis-Rhinane Windsor Holland Republic Executive Directory Ireland Nore Duncan Brest Cadiz

Brontes and Louisa Lead at Newmarket Cardings

Sporting Intelligence from Newmarket reports Heathcote's Brontes and J Honywood's Louisa winning their races. Tanrade, Buckingham, and Sober Robin show strong bids with close finishes in the day’s early undercard. Camelion, Sans Prendre, and Flyaway appear in two year old course events with noted odds and horse weights.

Heathcote Howorth J. Honywood Louisa Buckingham Sackville Soner Robin W. Afton C. Banbury Ch. c. Poplar Clarendon Egremont Mr. Villiers Sans Prendre

Births in England and Wales during the week

Notices report several births at Shugborough Staffordshire and Wolborough Yorkshire to the Anson and Martin families, with others at Rotherhithe and Portman Square. A sudden death at Postman’s Chapel is noted along with the death of the sole daughter of William Moreton of Upper Grosvenor Street.

Shugborough Stafford Shire Thomas Anson Wolborough Posteman Chapel

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