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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 28, 1736
Page
1
The London Evening-Post notes arrivals since the last issue with a mail from France and a mail from Holland. Names and dates are not specified, but the brief cites ongoing foreign correspondence and dispatches shaping the current news cycle.
From Petersbourg to Vienna and Dresden reports detail Empress Catherine’s message about Scheming sultans and Turks massing near Bender. Dispatches note 30,000 Tartars frightened by Russian advances, 80 cannon on each wing, Don Ombo’s 20,000 men cited, and plans to join near the Neifer river. Also mentions peace talks, Austrian mediation, and military moves in Hungary, with 400 wagons of ammunition en route.
Ireland report from Minola notes last week’s racing results with winners Mr Blakes Snip Mare in the twenty pound plate, John Dillon’s Bay Gelding in the ten pounds plate, Daly’s Bay Mare in the thirty pounds, Bourks Black Gelding quitting after the first heat, and Trevor Loyd’s Bay Mare taking the Friday purse. The gathering drew nobility and gentry, with daily public breakfasts and nightly ridotto. In Dublin on August 24, Samuel Gray arrives from England with dignitaries, while Earl of Barrymore and Lady Donerail are awaited or set to depart for England. Clonmell reports the Maid-Servane convicted for theft and murder. she is burned and her associate hanged, drawn, and quartered under treason laws.
Norfolk county records from the August session held at the Shire-house on the Castle premises summarize local governance actions and official outcomes. The note records county affairs, dates, and proceedings with emphasis on public oversight and administrative decisions.
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