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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 09, 1765
Page
2
Details announce main of cocks near Birmingham and cock fight entries. Also horse racing at Preston and Wisbech with purses of fifty pounds, ages and weights, entrance fees, and rules for entries, with officials and lodging for gentlemen.
On Monday February 15 Balward Pierce, apprentice to Willian Longhurst, Hawkhurst carpenter, left to journey for five or six days and has not been heard from. He is about twenty, five feet ten, with black curled hair, wearing a blue duffil surcoat coat and buckskin breeches. Reward offered by Mr Edward Bateman at the Queen's Head in Hawkhurst for information leading to his found.
POR NEWS reports April 8 to 9 shows ships entering and leaving, with arrivals at several ports including Ditons Success Bristol Dublin Aberdeen Liverpoole and Kingston. Vessels named include Diligence London Merchant Sally Royal Bricon James Turitte Fortune Jamaica Earl of Effingham Charming Nancy and others from Dublin Seville Bordeaux Dunkirk and Spain.
Reports from London on a royal levee at St James's and introductions at court. News from Warsaw and Paris about Polish knight orders and French author du Belloi s. Dunkirk tavern dispute prompts French move to expel English. Liverpool receives cattle ships. Cambridge and Campden church appointments worth nearly 300 pounds yearly. Archer and Harker named to vicarages in Leicestershire and Lincoln.
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