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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 31, 1764
Page
3
Gentlemen on horseback nearby heard cries of murder and chased toward the scene. The highwayman fled, leaving Mr Amphlett unharmed but with torn breeches as he clutched a purse to prevent robbery. The robber rode off at full speed, abandoning his whip.
A London letter reports the Prince and Princess of Brunswick departed Harwich by Monday morning. Notices announce a new writ for Steyning Sussex and candidate Richard Fuller. Amid global items, coal prices rise, a Paris poem prompts debate, and ships ashore near Dover trigger loss forecasts. Also reported are deaths, crimes, a midwife inquiry, robberies, and police trials in London and surrounding counties.
Robert Boyd master of the Brilliant faces felony charges for causing the ship to be sunk or destroyed to defeat insurance policies. Authorities Sir John Fielding Browne and Smith offer a fifty pound reward for information leading to arrest and conviction. Boyd described as about thirty five, five feet ten, slender and plausible, born in Iceland and recently lodging in Virginia Street then Fenchurch Street.
A letter to the London Evening Post condemns General A'court's dismissal without a court martial as alarming to loyal officers and feared to set a precedent for arbitrary power, arguing it threatens liberty and national unity amid deep partisan division. It urges慎 unión and cautions rulers against overreach.
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