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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 30, 1797
Page
1
The report notes discharge actions and relief in a general court session to be held at the specified place on Wednesday next at twelve o clock. It lists imprisoned persons with small debts under Craven fircet Strand and mentions the accounts to be closed by September 29. Grasswell is cited as secretary.
The notice explains ticket pricing and share values for the November 1797 Irish State Lottery, listing whole and half tickets, total prizes, and ticket counts. It notes ticket prices rose in July and predicts further increases by the drawing, with sales through Britain and Ireland offices and payment options.
A September 1797 report from Captain Boorder of His Majesty's sloop L Espiegle describes an engagement off the Holland coast near the Vlit Island. The Dutch schooner Invincible, mounting 10 guns and 40 men, fled after a fourty minute exchange. two field pieces were seen, and the second lieutenant was killed. No captures were made.
Bankrupts named Beith linen-draper and Moore button-maker surrender dates at Guildhall and Union Tavern respectively. Attornies listed. Bartlett timber merchant of Stretton near Banffshire and Lloyd linen-draper of Brighton highlighted. Dividends to be paid at Symonds Inn and Cheapside warehouses following official notices.
A garbled list of names and occupations appears, including Gathdeed, RE Caitetighth, Cappers, Strand, Neve, Gilda, Forte, Winter, Crowe, H ore, Whitby, J Coombs, Starkie, and others. The text reads as a rough directory of tradesmen and locations such as Preston, Skipton, Ware, Stourbridge, Berkhire, Malton, and Bermondsey, with scattered references to inns and shops.
Admiralty dispatches arrive from Cadiz with news of Lord St Vincent off Cadiz. Virginie sails for East Indies with Mornington aboard. American commissioners reach Paris. Captain Davies captures a French privateer off Land’s End and sends prize to Morlaix. Rumors of Sydney Smith’s health denied. In France, unrest grows with violence in Toulon Aix and Marseilles. Tripoli declares war on Sweden. three Swedish ships seized. Loyalty Loan final payment due. Leicester county election ahead. bread prices under review. excise orders issued to secure grain counts.
Edinburg h, Sept 28 1897 letters discuss a Mr Charley Hope love letter and a motion to publish in The Scots Chronicle. A Public Prosecutor notes inquiries into the matter and seeks guidance from the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates about jurisdiction and evidence. The Dean promises impartial consideration and protection for all Faculty members. The item also reports new sheriffs parading, a reception at Goldsmiths Hall, and various ecclesiastical appointments and vacant livings in Essex and Colchester.
Sporting intelligence notes Lord Fitzwilliam's Wonder defeated Mr Sitwell's Commodore in a close finish. Flood submerges meadows along the Thames from Richmond to Chertsey while roads remain treacherous but travel less dangerous. Accounts recount a Green Gate Street house collapse with quick evacuations, a man devouring eggs and butter in a wager, a found missing woman near Bath, a militia sergeant punished, and petty thefts from a pawnbroker and a nocturnal coach robbery ending with an emptied purse.
Police report Hanson a Liverpool clerk fled from a Prussian vessel near Gravesend with 1600 pounds in bills and cash. Tracked to a Pall Mall hotel, he was recognized after a guard offered a reward. After a magistrates hearing, he was sent to Liverpool for trial.
Died on Wednesday at Ham Commton near Right moad in the 84th year of age Mrs Sykes dies. On Saturday week the Rev Sir T Edwardes Ball served as Justice of the Peace for the county of Salop.
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