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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 20, 1759
Page
3
News from Dresden reports a severe corn scarcity with rye selling for five crowns per bathel. Francfort notes France has not yet asked for money but has received 80,000 rations of forage and provisions and now demands 200,000 more.
News from Newcastle reports a servant who exposed an arsenic poisoning attempt and a magistrate case. It covers riots by Manchester weavers, 32 leaders jailed to Lancaster Castle, and forthcoming trials before Lord Mansfield amid fears of harsher outcomes. Also notes deaths and a bizarre horse autopsy finding stones in the animal's gut.
Deal news reports ships remaining in the Downs and others arriving at Deal. His Majesty’s ships Conqueror Southampton and Liverpool plus the Amazon Scott prepare for Boston while Amherst Campbell head to Nova Scotia and the Saunders Friend voyage to Oporto. Winds east to northeast blow.
Reports from London describe a Wiltshire militia general meeting at the Bear Inn Devizes to finalize drill times and routines for ten companies of 89 men. Letters from Lisbon note Jesuits held in Lisbon Convents. Danish actions show no English fleet order, while several privateers ply Baltic and North Sea routes. News include ship arrivals at Falmouth and Plymouth, mutterings of court martial, and local obituaries and marriages added to the broader European war context.
Dear Sir I deny the insinuations about the recent election in this place I was on site during the vacancy from nine in the morning until the afternoon and witnessed a calm liberal and even handed contest The day before the election the presiding gentlemen agreed to strict fair rules for voter qualifications ensuring even handed treatment though some of Lord 47s friends felt the impact of these rules
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