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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 16, 1759
Page
2
A robbery occurred about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night. The victim displayed presence of mind by throwing the loot into a sand-pit, where it was recovered the next morning. After the robbery, Mr Stevens's servant, knowing one robber, rode to Kingston to alarm the master's people, who pursued and captured them.
The common council of London orders printing of resolutions and requests Lord Pitt’s response regarding a voluntary subscription at Guildhall to fund bounties and recruitment for king's forces. Chamberlain to receive £1000 credit. deputation to seek Lord Ligonier’s help. city clerk to inform Pitt and deliver royal message. Subscription book opens daily 10 am to 4 pm at Guildhall.
London August 16 1759 the Guildhall Subscription Committee announces a bounty of five guineas to every able bodied landsman who presents himself within a month for enlistment as a soldier to serve the king during the current war. Upon discharge a certificate of good behavior will allow the soldier to trade within the city. The committee will meet daily at Guildhall after Sunday next from eleven in the forenoon until one in the afternoon.
A notice from Surrey County to relocate property to the Powder Mills on Hounslow Heath in Middlesex. The action is set for Thursday next the 7th at ten o'clock in the forenoon at the King's Head in Egham.
Reports from Halles detail a capitulation after a Prussian siege with the garrison marching out with honors. Messages from Berlin and Paris describe Austrian defeats, French losses near Furstenwald, and Royal news of the king’s steadfast resolve and battlefield casualties.
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