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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 29, 1738
Page
1
In the London Evening-Post report the Hussars in garrison rout the Turkish force, killing a great number, forcing their retreat, and taking several prisoners including an Aga.
London notes report pensions altered and brigadier Campbell taking Edinburgh Castle governorship. A West Indian merchant Mr George Spence wed Miss Ruffell. obits include surgeons Nourse and Whitehorn, and noble retirements. The Duchess of Northumberland’s fortune passes to her brother Captain Dutton. royal child news, a potential Britain Spain treaty, and stirrings of peace. Bath season begins, multiple deaths, marriages, and listings of ship arrivals, with extolled blessings for Henry VI’s founder.
Reports from Leghorn and Venice describe Baron de Neuhoff and Barons de Croft and de Wellhoff in Corsica with hints of hostage exchanges, supplies and a possible arrival of Baron Theodore on foreign ships. Movements near Marseilles Toulon and in Istria reflect plague measures and naval preparations as Danube regions report uprisings and sieges with Turkish forces pressing toward Temeswar and Belgrade.
Edinburgh reports a gang of Irish thieves posing as beggars have invaded the north, two captured long ago and others pursued cross country. One robber, in a woman's disguise, sought lodging to rob a home but was betrayed by a servant and the family foiled the attack. A private letter from Holland notes the death of Rev. Mr. Jervep, minister of the Scots Congregation at Campore.
Morpeth Aug 18 Last Sunday in the Evening the Right Hon Earl of Caslisle arrived in town and on Thursday gave a grand entertainment in the Town Hall to bailiffs aldermen and burgesses and nearby gentlemen. The crowd showed joy with loyal healths hogsheads of strong beer ringing bells bonfires and illuminations marking a festive conclusion.
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