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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 15, 1739
Page
1
A dated letter from the Worthy Parisooners of St. Botolph Without Bishopsgate disputes calumnies about the Common-Council conduct in parish affairs. It asserts impartial lamp, watch, scavenger, and sewer rate making, rejects alleged misuses, defends officers and expense, and cites specific names and figures.
In Bishopsgate Ward on December 17 1739 a precin meeting nominated Gentlemen for Common Council to serve the next year. Names include Henry Wily deputy William Benn John Holland John Forty Arthur Radcliffe Noah Titmet Perigtine Phillips Jamies Carter Joseph Eyles Sir John Lock Sir Edward Bellamy and James Colebrook. The crowd favored the old members but a division demanded by new candidates caused many friends of the old council to leave.
Yesterday arrived the mail from France reporting Russian troops marching toward Petersburg and Guards regiments moving to Russia. Vienna notes factions in Constantinople over peace, while Belgrade citadel demolition is suspended. An incident at Frankfurt an der Oder where nine English deserters clashed with guards ends in multiple deaths and many wounded. Multiple ships near Marseille and Copenhagen routes are noted. From Rome, the Pope's health remains fragile.
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