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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 04, 1771
Page
3
Paris news reports a royal edict allowing sale of hereditary estates to fund capital revenue shared among pastors. It also notes a rumor of assassination of local intendants and a separate edict requiring newly ennobled individuals to pay 10 000 livres to preserve noble privileges.
The Earl of Harcourt plans leave from his Paris embassy duties while commissions prepare to appoint the Duke of St Albans and the Earl of Northampton as Lord Lieutenants of Berks and Northampton. Reports detail a vast fire in Saint Petersburg and surrounding areas with multiple blazes, suspected arson, and extensive property loss, alongside various court and city notices and naval arrivals.
A London notice advertises a quarterly issue of The Gentleman and Lady s Miscellany by Charles Hutton of Newcastle. It promotes new mathematical questions and essays, inviting readers and booksellers to subscribe and purchase at low prices, with printing to be neat and correct. It also markets Believed remedies including bilious colic pills sold by Speediman near Arundel Street Westminster.
A garbled OCR fragment describes Warwick races events with dates, purses, weight rules, and entry details. It mentions jockeys, horses, and party participants, plus notices for funds and attendance, but the text is incomplete and hard to parse.
Ancient race notices detail a July events at Blandford and Lewes with entries for horses mares and geldings. Prizes include plates valued in guineas, weights by age and breed, entry fees one to five guineas, and rules on subscription limits and purses. The documents reference venues such as the Crown Inn Blandford Verals Lewes and Lingokys Inn Fields and mention authorities like the Duke of Richmond and local stewards.
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