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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 07, 1736
Page
1
The London Evening-Post notes the latest arrivals of mails from France and a separate dispatch from Holland since the previous issue, reflecting ongoing European correspondence.
Petersburg reports Mughal Count Munich advances near Bilograd after capturing Koslow and Kimbrun, taking Tartars prisoners and booty. Ottoman 100,000 strong Grand Vizir marches toward Ukstaip. Austria plans reserves and 40,000 Tartars, Cossacks, Calmucks to guard the Black Sea. Vizir may seek armistice, while Vienna notes Bonneval refused command and rumors of strong Imperial support against the Porte.
Letters from Launceston describe a monstrous colt with a horn like feature, while obituaries note the deaths of Henry Peers and Jonathan Raymond, with a royal mourning for the Portuguese queen's sister. The Lord Chancellor rules in favor of the South Sea Company in a major case, and Lord Baltimore witnesses a medical demonstration in Gracechurch Street. Races at Lympsfield and Kent Town Course draw crowds as horse matches unfold, amid royal projects and a large fire in Peartimore.
In Edinburgh on August 3 the Earl of Strathmore and Countess departed for Glamis in Angus. A grand Assembly occurred last night at the New Assembly Hall on the Countess's account. She is the daughter of James Nicholson of Renton Durham and arrives with a fortune of 20,000. Yesterday the King's Plate was contested at Leith, won by John Crofts’s Yorkshire bred black mare. The City Plate of 461 was also run at Leith, won by Sir James Cunningham of Milcraig’s grey mare, with the Bonnie Lass of Livinston mentioned and the betted item.
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