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Newspaper

London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 18, 1777

Page

3

Windward voyage notices batch from Liverpool listings

Shipping notices show vessels including Phipps tender Neweasle s aid Woolton Phillips for Liverpool and Majety s ship Aurora Ranger sloop and Adventure tender from London Malaga ranges. Other ships list arrivals at various ports such as Nice Beaudeaux Havre Bremen Hull Petersburgh Dunkirs Copenhagen and St Domingo.

Deal St. George Williamson London Malaga Tralian Merchant Boyle Holt Nice Saville Robinsil Dit Ditto Maria Elizabeth Brusswick Mambro al- UE Felicéte de

Rumors Reach News of Washington Victory and Other Dispatches

Reports from Bourdeaux and Dreex recount unconfirmed claims of General Washington defeating General Howe at sea or on land. Messages mention ships arriving from Holland and Paris, a poisoned Hotel-Dieu staff near down, and Heister receiving a grand reception from the Landgrave, signaling rulers’ approval amid unclear dates and details.

Yvisterday Holland Paris Bourdeaux General Washington Howe

Cricket charity match ends with denouement in county tale

A cricket match at Elstowe-down in the county offered a bar ale as prize, won by eleven married women over eleven single men by eleven notches. Marriages include Rev John Laugharne uniting with Miss Ann Polden at Steeple Aston. Obituaries note W Hodges Parry of Easton Gray and Mrs Baker of Ipswich. A Brantham mill fire destroyed the works, looms, and sacks. three thousand pounds loss. Drayton Mill fire consumed dwelling and household goods. miller and wife saved some items.

Elstowe-doiwn John Laugharne Steeple Afston Ann Polden Easton Gray Taylory Taylor Ieworthe Marleilies Newgaremarke Reading Drayton Mill Abingdon

France and Britain on the brink of war warned by a French envoy

Sunday dispatch from Karl Cholmondeley reports France musters 50 000 troops to the coast and raids Dunkirk as tensions rise. British ministers fear miscalculation as Captain Jarvis averts a clash while public opinion grows wary of policy and war talk.

Karl Cholmondeley France Flanders Germany Lifle Montreuil Bologne Dunkirk Jarvis Capt. Jarvis England America Great Britain Lord Mansfield Fall Mr. Forth Thos, Mills

New Markuer's Second October Meeting Concluded

A crowded October meeting report covers racing results and consigns, with detailed placements for 4 and 5 year olds stars, including Sir Charles Sedley’s Ratcatcher and Lord March’s Slims. The piece also notes promotions, marriages, and a dramatic storm event in Long Holton near Pontefract.

Markuer Exir D. Grafton B. H. Magnet Ange Ld Clermont Charles Sedley B. c. Ratcatcher Jenning S.br D. Bolton Parker Herod Compton Gascogne C. Daver Ld Offory Titan Tilbe St. Sib D.C Offory H. Defiant Sattagk Clermonts Dictator Match Farnham C. Prince Woodpecker Absingdon H. Garrick Hare S ‘Froilas Lord March

Late atrocious murder described in public print

The account identifies Joseph Moudroyte, a Paris jeweller who arrived six weeks earlier on business. He booked Ze Mercier as interpreter, trusted him as a confidant, and Mercier learned of Moudroyte’s valuable property.

le Mercier Iris Hice le Quinte Hey Satiday Alisi Joseph Moudroyte Paris Ze Mercier Mercier Mondroyte

Sentence Pronounced Death In Mercy For City Murder

The Recorder then passed sentence on Ellison amid sorrow and solemn warning. Sarah Ellison lamented the sickening deaths of many, urging morality and restraint to protect the community. The judge warned against pardons, urging prayer, meditation, and repentance before the mercy of the law.

Sarah Ellison Aed Ruffen Stein

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