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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 23, 1759
Page
2
Certificates of ages and qualifications must be shown before running at multiple inns including Mitre, Red Lion, Greek Man, and White Lion. Owners must subscribe 31 8s or double, with at least three reputed running horses per plate. Disputes fall to the Marquis of Carnarvon or appointees in his absence. Cooking at the Green Man as usual.
The notice advertises two race purses at Stratford upon Avon on August 7 and 8, 1759 for horses and hunters with restrictions on age, weight, and prior winnings. Entrance fees apply, with subscriber and non-subscriber rates, and stipulations on riders and disqualifications. Cocking as usual.
Estates belonging to the late Mr Janes Ralfe of Durley in Burbage parish near Marlborough Wiltshire to be sold by auction. Day and time to be announced in a subsequent issue. Inquiries to Nobbes Strand Salisbury Dench Marlborough Hill Ratfe Durley to view premises.
A chancery sale advertises the imminent auction of the Great Walworth estate in Durham with manor house gardens farms and about forty acres, offered by order of the court. The property lies four miles from Darlington six from Bishop Auckland ten from Richmond and Market Towns, with limestone and coal nearby. Prospective bidders may inspect at the Register's Office Durham or via local solicitors and agents.
A dense dispatch recaps urgent military movements across Europe and colonial matters. Reports from Naples Vienna and Berlin describe sieges, troop movements, plundered churches, and strategic alignments. Naval actions near Toulon and Mecklin are noted alongside fiscal reforms and political debates.
In the Downs remain His Majesty's Ship Chesterfield with Commodore Boys and the Argo Frigate. On June 24 a vessel came down after port and sailed westward. Overnight the Sandwich, Penzance, and Tweed moved to the Downs with the Chesterfield, Commodore Boys, and the Argo. Winds were northerly to northwesterly.
Noravich reports a fierce hailstorm Thursday afternoon between five and six o clock. Large hailstones, some over two inches long and one and a half inches wide, weigh about three quarters of an ounce. Gardners suffer substantial losses with numerous broken glass panes and damage to fruit and vines.
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