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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 28, 1797
Page
3
Readable fragments describe British naval actions and officer reports. Observations on sailors education and newspaper reading contrast with details of Admiral Duncan and Dutch fleet exchanges. Mentions Monarch and Jupiter ships, heavy metal superiority, and a near midship battle, with notes on Duke of York’s accident and Liverpool marine traffic.
A Florence visit unfolds in a playful afterpiece where Predillo swallows a sleeping potion and a caper with Thieves and the Cardinal’s disguise follows. The audience reacts variably with some squeamish objections to the scene, yet the piece earns praise for merit and performers Miss Mellon and Mc Bannister junior for their material business and energy.
The revival at the Theatre offered Abidgton an opportunity to showcase comic talents under the director Mil damont. Shermed with her accustomed refinement, and judgment, the performances drew universal applause. Other parts were spirited and proper. The house was full of genteel company.
Friday night the Coroner inquest sat on Humphrey Bruister, Esq. who shot himself in his Dean Street apartments Soho and the verdict was Lunacy. The nurse-tender testified he had been indisposed for days and on Thursday locked himself in his room after taking a haddock for dinner. A pistol shot was heard at around one o'clock. Bruister lay dead after five minutes. He was about fifty, very infirm, and led a solitary life with rentals of 60 a year. Reports say he was parsimonious, had enemies, and a female intrigue may have influenced his actions.
The report covers wheat meal and loaf prices with per peck and per loaf comparisons, hops market weights in Worcester, and widespread price declines in store pigs across western counties and Oxfordshire. It notes a hemp wagon accident in Kingsstreet, a fatal lodging wound case at London Hospital, a bond dispute at Old Bailey, a four year old medical injury, sightings of footpads near Staines and Hounslow Heath, robberies on Sutton road, a starved excuse, and jewel thefts by a crowd. A Chelmsford area nine-person gang of horse and sheep thieves is identified, with nine offenders committed to gaol.
A historical notice proclaims Crags authenticated by reputable persons confirming Spirnspury and Patent Antiscorbutic Drops cure many ailments including scurvy gout and nervous conditions. It notes demand rising, bottles priced at five shillings, and claims enhanced benefit when used with spa waters or sea bathing.
A garbled 18th or 19th century notice set lists names such as Edward Green of Ware and Harriet Godgens of Colébrook Dale with various scattered references to marriages, births, travels, and Quakers. It mentions places like Mansfield, Mellerstain, and Batworth Park and several dates like the 20th and a year around 1650, but most specifics are unreadable, offering a fragmentary snapshot of social notices.
Wheat, barley, oats and beans show price declines, with oats and barley softening while fine and new malt hold. Prices for flour, sugar, hops, seeds, hay and cattle traded at Newgate and Smithfield markets. beef, pork and lamb values listed, with cattle and sheep totals reported.
A fragmented late entry lists prices for animal products and fuels in London. Fallow items in St James's, Clare Market, Whitechapel, and Raw Hides show prices per stone, per ib, and per unit, with averages and various grades. River coal rates in Newgate and distant markets include wheat, barley, oats, and beans with per bushel and per stone figures, reflecting market quoting style.
The report notes high water levels at London Bridge on Thursday with marked flow after noon. Measurements show river conditions rising and a notable time reference around 12 to 15 minutes past noon. Authorities advised caution for navigation and nearby streets prone to flooding.
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