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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 12, 1762
Page
2
Fragmentary notice announces events related to Hamilton with race items and a public sale or advertisement involving weights and measures. It references the month of July and upcoming notices to be published.
Racing notes list from July through August detailing entries at Peterborough, York Hambleton Worcester Preston Tetbury and Tetbury courses, purses ranging from fifty to one hundred guineas, weight limits, entry fees, and rules. Also mentions maritime arrivals and departures, with ships and convoys in the Downs and from Barbadoes to Bristol and Dublin ports.
Announcement of Oxford horse races on a Wednesday and Thursday in 1762 with multiple purses. Lists entry rules for subscribers and non-subscribers, weights, ages from four to six years, and prize breakdowns. Details venue Flower-de-Luce Inn near Oxford Town Hall, entry fees, and conditions for running heats, with provisions if fewer than three horses enter.
June 12 port schedule notes arrivals from Salcombe London and Portsmouth for Plymouth and Palerno. Ships named Rebecca Mary Charles Town St Antonio de Padua Palm Tree Bridger Mary Cross Oak and others docked. Sailed vessels include Elizabeth and Sarah Dorsetshire Catharine Weymouth and more. Continuous movements reflect 18th century coastal trade patterns.
From Charlestown April 3 reports say the Spanish Indians, long known for cruelties to shipwreck survivors, are removed to Cuba after Creeks hunted them. A Providence voyage saw Indians mistaken for Floridans fire on board, killing two enslaved men and wounding a captain. nine Creeks reportedly killed, with large parties ready to seek retribution. Boston details include a ship voyage report and political shifts in the province. A London agent for the province is chosen, and a strange account from Wrenvhac describes a man attacked by large snakes while drinking, surviving after removing the constrictors with a knife.
Last Monday the Lord Chief Justice Afton and Mr Serjeant Malone arrived in town to hear trials of the White Boys of Levellers. Next morning two defendants, John Banyard and Daniel Carthy, were convicted of feloniously maiming Mr Keating’s bullocks and sentenced to death to be executed next Saturday fortnight.
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