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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 21, 1744
Page
1
Reports from Warsaw to Brussels detail Prussian troops backing the Emperor, Austrian sieges in Alsace, Sardinian commissions to Vaudois for reprisals, and various troop movements toward Bohemia, the Rhine, and Lombardy. Dispatches mention Demont, Vaudois actions, and Fortifications in Toulon and Orchies with ongoing weather and harvest notes.
News from Cork details the Old Nol Privateer of Liverpool returning with two prizes including the Thurloe Privateer. The Thurloe, later captured by a French 36 gun ship, lost 40 of its men and was recaptured after a clash with the French. Philadelphia merchants allegedly funded a large privateer that sank with 120 drownings after ballast shift. Rhodesland reports two small privateers capturing a rich Spanish register ship after an eleven day attack.
An Edinburgh report dated August 16 notes that some hailstones from the previous Monday measured over five inches around. The fragment mentions substantial hail and local observations.
Last night near eight o'clock three Custome House customers attended by a party of the Four Guards felled tea weighing about 1009 pounds in a Swan Alley stable, later moved to the King's Warehouse. The Earl of Stair set out for Scotland with a grand Retinue as Admiralty appoint Captain Steward Purveyor of stores for Jamaica. Marriages include Mr Roper of Mile End to Margaret Farmer, and Richard Sharp of Gravesend to Louisa Chambers of Mount Street with fortunes. Obituaries note Sir John St Aubyn's death in Cornwall and other local losses. A Centurion frolic caused an assault on watchmen. several wounded and lamps damaged. two men’ s lives feared. Authorities urge restraint to prevent further disorder.
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