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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 05, 1766
Page
2
Wiltshire 1766 race notice details purses of fifty and town plate of fifty pounds, conditions for four mile heats and two mile heats, entry deadlines at the Market House Highworth, fees for subscribers and non-subscribers, penalties for owners and provisions on liquor sales, with officials to produce articles via Clerk of the Course.
August 19 to 21 features Plate races for five to six year olds with set weights, entry fees, and prizes of fifty guineas. Horses must enter seven days prior at John Child’s Stockbridge. Includes a Wednesday assembly at the Town Hall and daily ordinaries with halfa Guinea subscriptions toward future Plates.
Details of September racing events on Kersall Moor with purse money and weight scales, entry rules, and steward permissions. Also Newcastle and York Flying Post Coaches routes from Holborn and an auction at Garraway's for Ridley and Hartley manors with rents, lands, and leases, listing estates five to six miles from Dartford and Gravesend.
Brandy at 5s 6d and raisin wine at 3s. a gallon sold by Margery MasdCo on Katherine Street in the Strand. Fine French brandy and Jamaica rum also offered neat as landed. Rum at gs 64 per gallon, brandy two gallons minimum. Orders from the country obeyed with integrity.
Reports from Smyrna and Leghorn describe the 7 KE bombardment of Trebizonde ongoing from May 6 to 16 and Prince Heraclius of Georgia moving on Nea Cesarea to aid Amaffia. Cornea notes Paschal Paoli becoming Doge Captain General Admiral with a lifelong doge tenure after conferences at Corre. Paris reports Lally losses and Quito rebellion details amid wider European intrigues.
IRELAND Dublin May 31 The Earl of Lowth reports to the Lord Lieutenant about the severe scarcity and high cost of provisions in Galway town and county.
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