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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 01, 1762
Page
2
The Knutsford races schedule lists prizes of fifty pounds for four year olds and five year olds in heats of up to four miles. The Town Plate offers similar stakes with weighted allowances, entry fees, and certificates required at George in Knutsford. Stewards include Lord Grey and Lord Grosvenor, with Heber as one of the officials.
A historical notice from Bedford describes racing events on Tuesday August 3 with a purse of fifty pounds for horses not having won forty pounds since March. It includes weight allocations for various ages, entry requirements of two pounds seven shillings to the clerk, conditions for three heats over about three miles, and rules on disputes. Additional plates planned for Wednesday August 4 and Thursday August 5 with similar entry terms and weights. The entry point is the Market Cross in Bedford with officials named, including the Earl of Upper Offory and Captain Richard Orlebar.
In Ludlow Shropshire a July race meeting offers purses of fifty pounds for horses, mares, or geldings that have never won a King’s or Royal Plate. Weights vary by age from nine stone seven to eleven stone. Entrance fees apply with subscriber discounts, certificates of age required, and conditions forbidding horses that have won nearby plates from racing. Races are two four mile heats with additional weights for recent winners. Entries close at the Ludlow Market House on July 13 and 14 with strict attendance rules and stabling requirements. The Right Hon. Lord Clive and others are noted in the program.
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A fragmentary notice describes a Wartisham Suffolk family afflicted with severe, spreading leg and foot mortifications affecting the entire household. It records the parents and ten children, some with amputations, and notes parish care has been costly. Local justices urge charitable aid and propose distribution through London bankers.
On Easter day the king, attended by the Duke of Rutland and others, granted royal assent to multiple measures including a million pound loan, funding for the sinking fund, annuities for Arthur Outlow, and bills on militia, judiciary salaries, naturalization, harbor improvements, and coast guard needs. He closed the session with a gracious speech urging continued war effort, economic restraint, and praising Parliament for support and royal provisions for the Queen. He cites Prussia, Russia, and West Indies gains, warns against Spain, and seeks favorable terms with belligerents. He thanks the Commons for funds and discipline, expressing confidence in future security and commerce.
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