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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 08, 1762
Page
2
Oxford races scheduled for August with purses of fifty pounds for various age groups from four to six years old. Entries require ten shillings per horse now registered at the Flower-de-Luce Inn Oxford. If fewer than three reputed runners enter, entrants receive five guineas back.
In Pursuance of an Act of Parliament this last Session the Fee Simple and Inheritance of four improvable Estates in West Stodeley Devon well tenanted for upwards of 2001 years. Also several hundred acres of woodland and timber. Inheritance and reversions in fee of the Manors of East and West Seeky and lands held by leases. To be sold with Dryhill Farm in West Stodeley. For particulars apply to Messrs Carew Drew Sandford Price Creed and Co.
The article notes changes in a commission for principal clerk positions replacing J Phil Dia Anfrather and James Burn with Robert Wedel of Grawhill. It also reports a virulent influenza outbreak in the town and surrounding counties. An obituary recalls Moreton Slaney of Knowle dying aged 63 after years of corpulence. The Bridgnorth side leads in a seven year contest, winning eight battles and thirteen byes last week.
Shipping notices from Penzance Falmouth and Cowes record arrivals of ships such as True Love Britannia and Mes senger with cargoes of oats lime stone coal and ware. Sailed vessels include the Wilmington and George and Ann. Various arrivals at Dover Murray Firth Guadalupe Moncada Loch Carolina Virginie and Hamburg list ships and origins from London Cork Lisbon and Gottenburgh.
Last night the Princess Dowager of Wales rested at Carleton House marking Princess Amelia's birthday. compliments from the nobility were exchanged at Cavendish Square where the princess resides. An express from Ireland reached Lord Halifax, with reports of large army movements. On Monday the Surrey militia began marching from Canterbury to Dover to replace the 70th regiment.
A London dated miscellany notes regiments marching to relieve Surrey divisions, with the Cheshire militia moving from Chatham to Chester. Reports cover European intrigues, Jesuit affairs in Paris, cannon construction at Geneva, and naval movements including ships near Gibraltar and Toulon, plus various clerical appointments and local incidents.
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