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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 17, 1738
Page
1
The Genoa letter of August reports a bark arriving from Calvi with 750 soldiers, some disbanded others absorbed into the city garrison. It confirms a Catalonian pink landed firearms and other war supplies for the Corsican unrest, bought at high prices.
In Dublin on Aug 9, 150 sailors from three regiments were boarded onto two harbor vessels bound for Cork to join others en route to Gibraltar. Some mourned parting with families while others celebrated revenge, as Dublin reported a skirmish on a vessel in the Liffey with the 2nd Regiment's sailors repelling the attackers. Coals rose to 16s a ten due to sailors fearing navigation.
Chester August 12 A farmer's three year old daughter in Brombrow Worrall was seen feeding a yard long adder with one hand while the other held the tail end. The mother, spying the creature, cried out as the serpent retreated to rubbish. The child calmly later pointed to the adder.
The report describes a month long contact between a child and a dangerous animal at a certain place. The child repeatedly visited feeding spots, returning with blistered palms while the rest of the body remained unaffected. It suggests saliva from the animal may carry poison and influence the skin, leaving readers to judge the connection.
London reports the death of Sir Joseph Jekyll at Bell-Barrow Hertfordshire from a bowel mortification. He served as Master of the Rolls MP for Rye Surrey and Privy Councillor. Provisions suggest his estate to Lord High Chancellor and family. Sir Joseph’s successor may be Mr Verney. Additional items note repairs to Portman Square access, high society entertainments, and ongoing war sentiment against Spain.
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