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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 23, 1763
Page
3
A courier from Vienna brought ratification of the Infanta Anna Maria's marriage contract with Archduke Peter Leopold, to be celebrated next year. Reports assume the Emperor will cede the Duchy of Tuscany to the Archduke, with unrest and political maneuvering surrounding the alliance in Europe.
Extracted news letters describe horse troops marching from Navan toward Ulster to quell the Hearts of Oak and details of the Dungannon disturbances with rioters swearing in leaders, dragging a Tithe Farmer, and widespread oath associations across Armagh Tyrone and surrounding areas. The Americas report a planned Augusta congress with Choctaw Cherokee Creek and other leaders, plus regimental postings in America and Cuban affairs. Bristol and other notes report a cat with eight legs, trials for forgery and theft, and a court case involving a soldier assaulted for refits with lashes, alongside local executions and punishments.
PORT NEWS REPORTS ships and transports departing and arriving around Falmouth Portsmouth and Southampton. Vessels include the Fly cutter the Charlotte cutter the Galley the Maidstone the Rainbow the Viper and other warships sailing for Newfoundland North America and Gibraltar. A French man of war the St Antonia from Havannah arrived and put back due to wind. Continuous wind from the northwest remains.
London dispatch describes King on a bay horse reviewing Col Elliot's Light Horse in Hyde Park with princes and dignitaries. An accident wounded Col Elliot’s thigh and several spectators fell from a hollow tree. casualties were treated at St George's Hospital. Subsequent reports note the Duke of Cumberland's Derbyshire trip, Ottoman and Dutch shipping news, and several local deaths and appointments. A gullible imposture tale ends with a cautioned household warning about a 23-year-old woman named Miss Thomas traveling with forged Jamaica ties and deceiving several hosts.
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