Hi Paula Thank you very much for the information. Could you tell me what the newspapers were called so that I could perhaps get a copy? Many thanks. Deborah

Deborah Collins wrote: > Hi Paula > > Thank you very much for the information. Could you tell me what the > newspapers were called so that I could perhaps get a copy? Many thanks. > > Deborah > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > The same announcement was copied by several papers. Two papers carried the announcement on Tuesday 30 Sept 1800 - the Whitehall Evening Post and the St James's Chronicle or British Evening Post and stated: On the 28th ult. at Brighthelmstone, after a long and painful illness, in the 69th year of his age, the Rev. William Stevens, D.D., formerly of St John's college, Cambridge. Other papers copied this and notices appeared in different ones int he next few days. These included: Oct 1: Lloyd's Evening Post Oct 3: Oracle and Daily Advertiser, and the Star Oct 4: Jackson's Oxford Journal and the Morning Post and Gazetteer A slightly longer announcement was published on Thursday Dec 4 1800 in the Oracle and Daily Advertiser: On Sunday last, at Brighton, after a long and painful illness, in the 69th year of his age, the Rev. William Stevens, D.D., formerly of St John's college, Cambridge; a man whom nature had endowed with some of her choicest gifts, those intellectual and moral qualities which branched forth into the the higher order of human virtues; whom learning had not made pedantic; whom the partial regard of friends had not made vain; who in a long and habitual course of living, with persons of the highest rank acquired the polish of high life without one of its failings, and in the midst of a contaminating age preserved a simplicity of character, a liberality of sentiment, and a benevolence of heart, which would have given him a place amongst the best men in the most virtuous period of the world. ============================================================================================================== All papers were London based except the Oxford Journal The /St James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post/ began publication on 12 March 1761, as a large folio of four pages with four columns of closely-packed print. It appeared on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and had a varied content with relatively few advertisements. It succeeded the /St James's Evening Post,/ which was among newspapers that was purchased shortly before by the printer Henry Baldwin. Nathaniel Thomas, a graduate of Oxford University, was engaged as editor a few months after the /St James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post/ first appeared and remained with the newspaper until 1795. The earliest proprietors of the /St James's Chronicle/ included the dramatist George Colman the Elder and the celebrated Drury Lane actor-manager David Garrick. Colman was not only a partner, but also a frequent contributor. His early series of essays for the newspaper was signed 'The Genius'. Later proprietors included the scholar and Shakespearean editor George Steevens. Henry Baldwin ran the /St James's Chronicle/ as an anti-government newspaper. He was prosecuted when the newspaper reprinted the /Public Advertiser's/ letter from Junius of 19 December 1769 criticising King George III. In 1771, when the /St James's Chronicle/ printed extracts from parliamentary proceedings, he was fined and forced to apologise before the Speaker of the House of Commons. When he retired in 1808, Henry Baldwin was succeeded by his son Charles who had become a partner in the newspaper in 1799. The /St James's Chronicle/ continued publication until 1822. The earliest copy of the /Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer/ to survive is dated 6 May 1746, and the tri-weekly newspaper probably began about February that year. Its masthead included a woodcut showing the architect Inigo Jones's famous Banqueting House in Whitehall, London, and it had four folio pages in all. The newspaper mostly contained a mixture of London, British provincial and overseas news, with political comment and various commercial and financial notices. Only its last page was given to advertisements. During the 1760s the /Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer/ increased its three columns per page to four—allowing the printer to pack more news into the available space. By 1770 the newspaper had changed its title to the more succinct /Whitehall Evening Post./ It had much the same serious content, with very little in the way of light reading and fewer advertisements than in earlier years. The newspaper's editors included, from March 1797, Stephen Jones who was the nephew of the journalist Griffith Jones (who had been editor of the /London Chronicle,/ and London-published /Daily Advertiser/ and the /Public Ledger)./ The /Whitehall Evening Post/ continued to be published until 1802. The / Oracle . Bell's New World / began publication on 1 June 1789. The newspaper's proprietor was John Bell, who employed the dramatist James Boaden as editor. In the first issue, Bell set out his version of the events which had led to his departure from his previous newspaper the World. He also declared that for the / Oracle . Bell's New World / 'His Plan will be novel, interesting, and useful' and 'Every exertion shall be made to gratify public taste, and completely to answer the best purposes of a Daily Print'—clearly signalling his intention to rival the /World./ The / Oracle . Bell's New World / copied the format, layout and content of the World. Like its rival, it had four folio pages carrying advertisements on the first and last page, with a variety of news from home and abroad, as well as financial notices, social and cultural comment, and poetry on the inside pages. Over the next few years there were small revisions to the newspaper's title, although it did not otherwise change. It had become the / Oracle . Bell's World / by 1790, and from the 2 January 1792 was simply called the / Oracle . / Peter Stuart (brother of Daniel Stuart, the printer and later the proprietor of the /Morning Post)/ joined the / Oracle . Bell's New World / in late 1789 or early 1790. In 1794 he purchased the newspaper from John Bell. That same year, the / Oracle / merged with the /Public Advertiser/ to form the / Oracle and Public Advertiser. / The merger was announced in the / Oracle / for 28 February 1794, and the newspaper appeared under its new title the very next day. It changed little in appearance or content until the 8 September 1798, when the / Oracle and Public Advertiser / merged with the /Daily Advertiser/ to become the / Oracle and the Daily Advertiser. / The first issue of the new title, on 10 September 1798, declared that the merger 'will be equally beneficial to both—the one deriving the most Valuable Commercial Connections, the other a considerable Accession of Literary Strength, and both a Great Increase of Circulation'. Stuart, who remained proprietor, assured readers that the newspaper would have 'better Channels of Information—greater variety-or more Originality', qualities which would put it ahead of its rivals. The / Oracle and Daily Advertiser / continued to appear until 1802.