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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 05, 1738
Page
3
Letters from Leopold narrate a brutal seafaring episode where mutineers killed crew and enslaved others, later escaping to Cayenne after a hunger-driven massacre. Other dispatches discuss Abdallah, Bashaw of Bender, and Ottoman forces at Warsaw with plans to defend against Russians, alongside market quotes and bonds for South Sea, India, and various government securities.
Races at Chipping Norton Oxfordshire run on September 12 to 13 and 4th day schedule with purses of thirty ten and fifteen guineas for horses and galloways with weight allowances. Entries due a week before each race at the Market House with town purse contributions and restricted entry rules. There will be a ball each night and an ordinary each day during the meeting.
Trustees appointed to execute Acts of Parliament for repairing the highways between Tyburn and Uxbridge will meet at Mrs. Fletchers Red-Lyon in Southall on Saturday 12th instant at ten o clock in the forenoon.
The Chippenham meeting lists three days of races on the West Mead with purses of twenty and ten pounds, entries at the White Hart in Chippenham, weights for horses and hunters, and entrance fees. Prizes go to second place, with funds allocated for contributors and a plate to be won by the top horse. There are daily lectures, dinners at Inns, and a ball for ladies, with conditions on entry and disputes to be settled by subscribers.
A green Pocket Book belonging to William Boyle is missing after an August 3 1738 incident between High Wickham and London. It contains a Bond of 9601 pounds a Note of Hand for 171 and four Letters. A half guinea reward is offered to anyone who returns it to James Gray at the French Horn in Wild-street or to William Brittain at de Phoenix in Tilzworth. The finder is said to have fled along the road at Iver and went by Hleworth to Lon. The book is of no use to anyone but the owner as all payments are stopped.
On Wednesday near Malmesbury in Wilts a pair of black leather saddle-bags with a pocket book and writings plus linen and stockings were lost. Anyone delivering them to the Gloucester Printing Office will receive ten guineas. The owner requests the pocket book and papers be returned directly to him, or no further reward will be paid.
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