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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 07, 1739

Page

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Lords Wentworth to Travel Three Years and Hyde Park Reviews

London reports Lord Wentworth heir to the Earl of Scrafford will set out for three years. Navy commanders will stop carrying merchandize to Gurney and Jamaica. Hyde Park reviews for Horse Guards on May 28 and June 2. A Dean Swift pasture sale and a Deanery portrait gift attract high praise from Oxford. Chester notes a money counterfeiting ring led by Downes, tied to Lord Vaughan. Duke of Devonshire horses compete at Newmarket with major noble attendance. The Silver Christening Four to be moved from the Tower for the new prince. Plymouth candidacy for Joan Byng to succeed Robert Byng. Drake engaged off Cuba. Dutch ships wind-bound at Portsmouth.

London Viscount Wentworth Earl of Scrafford Gurney Jamaica Horse Horse Grenadier Guards Hyde Park Foot Guards Dublin Swift St. Patrick’s St. Patrick Oxford John Barber Ely St. Anne’s Church Lewes Susfx Joseph Atterfel Northgate Downes Mr. Vaughan Lord Vaughan Lisburn Meff Forris Chester Duke of Devonshire Newmarket Mr. Grewood Mr. Riley Duke of Somerset Kiang Charles Joan Byng Plymouth Robert Byng Barbadoes Cays Cuba Guarda Costa Drake Havannah East India Portsmouth

Ancient dispatches recount European and Asian political moves

Venice reports indicate the Grand Signor plans to travel to Adrianople to monitor Hungarian troop movements while awaiting French ambassador instructions. Paris notes Madrid accord and Vienna treaty progress, with Spain and France tightening ties. Edinburgh reports storm wrecks at Leith and trials over grave desecration, others seized for public scandal.

Death Sentences Pronounced by Warwick Assizes

Worcester and surrounding towns report multiple executions as Warwick Assizes impose death sentences on six criminals for burglary horse stealing murder and related crimes though three later reprieved. Gloucester sees riots indictments and a devastating fire at the Golden Heart while Canterbury records a coach robbery by a single highwayman who relieves a wedding ring and offers a meager restitution.

Country News Worcester Warwick William Butler John Jones Mary Brittain John Leaky Robert Barns John Lattin Bristol Mr. Gardner All Saints Gloucester Lawrence Price George Ruddle Golden Heart Atkinson Canterbury Laft Rufborn Westbeer Peter Twyman Francis Sail Shooter’s Hill

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