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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 09, 1739
Page
1
Since our last arrival the mails from France and Holland arrive with fresh dispatches. The London Evening Port reports on latest European communications and maritime news influencing trade and travel.
May 27 dispatch from Belgrade reports ridges blocking rivers for imperial army passage and Count Wallis likely to lead operations. Grand Vizir arrives at Sophia with army. bread provision plans at Niffa precede a likely march. Russian and Polish plenipotentiaries sign peace accession. plague prompts frontier horse line.
Private Paris letters report Chevalier Ramsay nearly died, with extreme medical aid. Edinburgh's John Campbell, aged 70, former Lord Provost in multiple years, died. Morpeth races concluded with Sir John Rutherford’s Chesnut Gelding winning the 25 Guinea purse.
Bristol July 9 reports a soldier in the local regiment was severely whipped by the drums and expelled for cursing his male and blaspheming the Holy Trinity. A man accused of sodomy was pelted in the Bath pillory last Monday, with eggs selling at two per penny.
The Hon. General George Wade is named Field-Marshal to replace the late Earl of Orkney. William Ducket is appointed Colonel of the Foot late Colonel Lance's, with Brigadier Elliot and Capt. Brereton as senior commanders. Edwards Williams, a Chester land-waiter, marries the widow of the late Lord Viscount Bulkeley. Multiple diplomatic and naval reinforcements are announced, with court ceremonies and public celebrations noted, including Whit Sunday services and royal offerings.
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