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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 25, 1737
Page
1
The Lord Provost and Edinburgh authorities appoint a Scrutiny by the Dean of Guild and magistrates to examine servants and apprentices who left masters since September to address riot and murder claims. A forthcoming Act will warn absentees to appear before magistrates within a limited time to justify themselves or face penalties.
On the 17th the ship Solomon of Havre de Grace bound for Cork and Martinico was cast away at Bigbury Bay Devon. The French crew fled as a mob looted the vessel, leaving three passengers and 24 crew stranded. Captains Mandevill and Kane and Mr Edward Lynch took gunner roles and, with Lynch’s firing, saved the ship until Sir William Courtney arrived with help and pacified the crowd.
London reports there will be no sermon before Parliament on the fast day, noting the Charles I anniversary. It lists deaths and burials, bishopric prospects for Oxford, Wake burial plans, Drapers School elections, and various clerical and civic notices with details on wills, matrimonies, and legal appointments.
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