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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 15, 1748
Page
2
The piece discusses uncertainty over subsidies and motives behind costly preparations, noting Berlin letters focus on court entertainments rather than finances. It reports assorted society news from London including births birthdays and social events, plus accidents, crimes, and notable deaths with names and locations.
A trustees meeting will be held on Tuesday the 22nd of November at ten in the forenoon at the Red Lion in Egham to appoint a treasurer in place of the late Mr Timothy Harris and to appoint new trustees in place of several removed or deceased.
At a meeting in Grantham on November 12 1748 nobles and gentry agree to aggressive protection of game in Lincolnshire. Unqualified hunters face seizure of guns dogs nets and punishment by magistrates with prosecutions nationwide if needed. A reward offers five pounds plus twenty shillings per additional offence for informers. Noblemen urge disposal of dogs guns and engines by October 22.
Officials offer a 100 pound reward for apprehending those involved in filing and dispersing guineas. Samuel Davies and Joseph Mapham, and several others named, absconded after authorities found filing tools and gold coin filings at Davies’s premises. Descriptions and background details of the suspects are provided, along with the contact forthe Mint solicitor in Clement’s Inn, London.
In Whitehall on September 15 1748 authorities report that Hugh Coffy was jailed in Newgate on strong suspicion of filing and diminishing Guinea coins. They offer a royal pardon to those revealing accomplices and promise a reward of £100 plus Parliament rewards for apprehending anyone involved so they may be convicted.
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