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Newspaper
Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 21, 1715
Page
2
Amid scattered notes from Amsterdam and Dublin, reports describe troops, levies, and state security steps. The text references Prefunction, port movements, arrests, and authority orders as Britain prepares for potential upheavals. Details include regimental plans, proclamations against Catholics, and calls for martial readiness as officials seek to reinforce cities like London and Portsmouth.
In Bedford Street near Red Lion Street a dwelling was broken into about two months ago. Thirteen items are listed as taken including four damask curtains, a blue ground, white satin quilt, yellow curtains with flowered velvet trim, a green striped edge, two pieces of silk and gold lace, various garments, a black antlered item, a beaded head piece, and a Mecklin head. A reward is offered for the recovery of the property and for questions answered, with a proportionate share for evidence leading to its return.
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