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Newspaper

London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 19, 1780

Page

3

Dense list of British peers and places for an election record

A long OCR fragment listing UK and Ireland peers, county seats, and city names. It enumerates members returned in various counties and boroughs, with many aristocratic names, titles, and gentry, spread across locales from Truro to York and Aberdeen to Yorkshires, plus notes on processional returns.

Majesty's Fleet Off Cape Action Aboard Carysfort

Report from the sea recounts his Majesty's ships including Carysfort and Surprizs igutter with outward bound vessels that failed yesterday. Dromedary Renown Pacifick Squirrel Shark floop Flyinghthy Sultana Expedi tion cutter remain with the fleet under orders.

Wis Wind Carysfort Majely Renown Pacifick Squirrel

London news: christening delayed and naval appointments

London notices report the christening of the young Prince postponed to Monday at St James's. Admiralty reshuffles appoint Henry Martin to Portsmouth dock yard, Ord to command the Chatham, and updates on speed and damage to the fleet, plus various captures and maritime incidents across Britain and America.

Prince Grand Council St. _James’s Henry. Martin, Esq Portsmouth Samuel Hood Admiralty Ord Virginia America Chatham Lord Deerhull Bath Road Admiral Gambier Blymouth Grand Fleet Torbay Plymouth Randall Jersey Dunkirk Lily Thornton New York Antique Philadelphia Robert M’killac Archangel Clyde Black Prince Doyle Liverpool Africa West Indies Hedwige Catharina Mark Guernsey Mahon East Country Whitby Road Lytle Hodgson Admiralty Board Bristol Committee of City Lands Guildhall St. Lawrence’s Church Whitehall Tiptree Essex Blackheath Hertfordshire Gravesend Dartford South Hants Reading Yorkshire Greenwich Whetstone Finchley Barnet New Road

Prices for various grains and seeds in bear key market

Price list shows Wheat at 355 and 408.0, Fine dito at 419.2475, Rye 18s a21s ad, Oats 10s a12s, Barley 14s a19s 6d, Malt 245 a29s, Grey Peas 208.4273 6d, White ditto 25s a 2gs, Ferday at Bear Key, Boiling Peas 32s, Tick Beans 17s az68, Small ditto 20s az5s0d, Tares 20s a 26s, Flour 36s per sack, Second fort 335, Rape Seed 181 105 per laft.

Ferday Bear Key

Newmarket Second October Meeting 1780 Race List

Fragment from the Newmarket October meeting details races for all ages with the Grosvenor and Vernon entries and various horses including Potbo, King Fergus, Elegant, and Knight Errant. It records purses, forfeit conditions, and a subscription of rags for horses among subscribers.

Newmarket Ld. Grosvenor D. Grafton O’kelly Town Plate Sol R. C Robson Hazard Vernon Pantaloon Sir L. Dundas Cardinal York Harwood Hatton King Fergus Lord Pat Guildford B.C Zoogs Grosvernor C. Davers Clermont Herodotus D. I Carteret Paymatter Mr. Venn Florizel

Trial of George Bishop at the Old Bailey

An account of the Old Bailey trial of George Bishop a Covent Garden supernumerary letter carrier charged with secreting a post sent letter containing 16 bills of exchange. Mr Henry Greenwood testified that on July 25 his clerk enclosed a 30 pound bill with 15 others addressed to Hitchin and Wood Chandos Street. The clerk identified the handwriting and bills as those sent from Burnley to London.

Windsor Putney Hammersmith, &c Roehampton-lane Brown É&C Hampstead Kent Road Thompson Bow Street Henry Webb Stafford Old Bailey George Bishop General Post Office Burnley Lancashire Greenwood Mell Troo Thomas Roberts Ambrose Sheers Collins Arthur Sparke Hyde Street Ann Newport Calvert Gibraltar Colonel Mawhood John Guppy Cole Bruton Somersetshire Limethwaite Cumberland Robert Walters Glinton Northamptonshire Mr. Wing Duke of Bedford Robert ‘Gilpin Bedford Street Cavert Garden Battersea John Camden Mason Montpellier Row Twickenham Brighy’s Alley Gray's Eorge Bishop Covent Garden Henry Greenwood Meff. Hitchin Wood Cfrandes-street Jerusalem Court Messrs London Sharpless Bradford Front Edward Barnes Post-Office Pointer Bishop Post Office Thomas Williams Chandos Street Williams Jonathan Hitchin Frank Henry Wood Hitchin George Smith No. 1 Clerkenwell Charles Miller Smith Patrick M’manus Jerusalem Cours Justice Buller

Postmaster in London Case Involves Missing Letter Notes

Trial details a Burnley to London mail bag, July 26 delivery failure, and a postmaster Bishop accused of misdelivery. Witnesses describe lodgings in Jerusalem Court Clerkenwell and a cellar with notes and blue paper. Judge Buller urges jury to rely on clear evidence over character.

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