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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 17, 1770
Page
1
The continuation of premiums offered by the Society established in London to encourage arts manufactures and commerce. This notice outlines renewed grants and criteria for eligibility, naming the Society and its aims, with emphasis on supporting industrial advancement and trade growth in the era.
The Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce announces premiums in polite arts. Prizes include a silver gilt pallet for best drawing of beasts or birds, and a hundred guinea history painting prize, with entries due by specified dates in 1770 and 1771. Candidates must prove original work and follow age and entry rules.
Florence July 30 report on vessel infected with plague at Leghorn and orders to burn ship and cargo if disaster strikes. Tuscany health authorities prescribe measures to halt cattle disease. War Office lists numerous commissions and promotions across regiments including Royal Horse Guards, 7th and 15th Dragoons, 76th and 37th Foot, and Royal Guards, with purchases and rank changes among officers.
Bankrupts Sr John Otter and Joseph Taylor of St Ride London Bricklayers and Copartnery to surrender July 24 31 August 3 at Guildhall. Richard Beart of Loddon Norfolk innholder to surrender August 4 28 at White Swan Inn St Peter Macroit Norwich. Certificates to be granted. Aug 7 John Olive frome Selwood Somersetshire dyer. Aug 7 Edward Griffit's Whitehaven jeweller. Jabez Davison Cornhill haberdasher of hats.
Hugh Gervis and John Bridges of the 38th Regiment of Foot are seized and sent to Newgate by Sheriff Swettenham after being charged with, along with three other soldiers, assaulting and cruelly abusing Mary Francis wife of recruit William Francis on Friday night the 6th of the month in Dublin.
Letters from The Hague Paris and Berlin report moves toward treaty adjustments and military aid amid Rhine commerce disputes. din of trials and civic appointments unfolds at Guildhall and Old Bailey with transports, fines, and marriages noted. major court actions and edicts reveal royal and noble maneuvers.
A long dated notice from Richard Warren of Marybone Street London announces new perfumery stock including soaps and powders. It also covers Ludlow Races in Shropshire for 1570 with detailed entrance fees and race conditions across two days, listing entry rules and prize purses with various age classes and penalties.
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