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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 10, 1734
Page
2
On the 13th at night the King returned from Rambouiller Castle and will visit often until October 4 when the whole Court travels to Fontainebleau. A few nights ago four rogues were seized in the parish church of St. Pierre after scaling ladders and a clerks discovery.
Remmington who murdered the poor country fellow for watering horses at Finchley Common has received the King's pardon and will be hanged at the next Old Bailey sessions. News from Kensington and the Rhine frontier covers nobility, courtly arrivals, and military expectations. Returns from Bristol report a bountiful harvest while East India ships bring dispatches from Madrass and China with officers and soldiers.
Maritime notices report Forta Nova and Nightingale movements with arrivals at St Helena on May 31 and June 16, while the Eifle sailed from St Helena on April 15 for Benecolen. The Nightingale chased by two Spanish sloops near Bristol and Jamaica run details include Derby Norwich and Hereford affizes sentences, plus a royal letter from Versailles praising General d Asfeldt after Philipsburg reduction.
Noon figures show South Sea stock at 78 1 half with annuities rising, and new South Sea annuity quoted at 103 1/2. Bank rates listed at 137 5, with premiums and equities including India bonds, Three per Cent annuities, and Royal Exchange and London Assurance listings.
The commissioners of bankruptcy will sell the goods and furniture of Forn Fhomson, late of London merchant, at Guildhall London on Friday the 16th at three in the afternoon. Items include white lead house at Limehouse, tools, and various materials in iron-bound casks. Purchases via Mr. Clowse, attorney, Furnivals Inn Court, Holborn.
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