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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 01, 1746
Page
1
Reports from Petersbourg Cadiz Madrid and other capitals detail troop movements and fortifications. News from Antwerp and Hague notes large bond lotteries to fund war efforts and ongoing military preparations. Ireland reports William Macartney elected as Burgess in Belfast and Carrickfergus amid intensified political shifts.
8 COTLAND Edinburgh Feb 24 This Day the Regiment of Hef fats quarterd in the Cannongate is to march towards Aberdeen The Army under his Royal Highness the Duke reachd Aberbrothwick on Thursday last Montrose and Breden on Friday and this Night is floppeter will get to Aberdeen his Royal Highness left Perth on Friday Morning and went by Cowpar Glams Forfar c He proposed to join the Army on Saturday Proper Detachments have been made to guard the Passes of Importance to prevent the Return of the Rebels South wards where Motions of late have been very dark It is agreed that one Party is gone by the Coast Side and the other through the Mountains but whether they intend to re unite or totally disperse is uncertain Edinburgh Feb 23 The Remainder of General Guise s Regiment which have garrison d Inverlochy and Fort Augustus during the present Rebellion pass d the Forth this Day to join their respetive Corps and as they are to march by the Highland Roads it is presum d they are now clear oo The Bridgwater Man of War is come to the Road of Leith and has on board the Captain and Mariners of the Spanish Privateer taken off Peterhead On Friday last Sir John Scott of Ancrum in Roxburghshire Bart died here of a Paralytick Litness His eldest Son Lieut William Scott of Barrel s Regiment succeeds him in his Honours and Estate
The Rev. Mr. Cookson, Vicar of Leeds and Sub-Dean of Ripon, died Thursday morning of lingering decay in his 66th year. Described as pious, charitable, learned, eloquent, and beloved by friends and people, his loss is noted as public and profound. He was revered by superiors, affiliates, relations, and the metropolitan.
Letters from Carlile dated February 17 state the Earl of Hallifax was in London with his regiment. The group had been recently reviewed by Major General Howard in a huge public gathering. The troops displayed their full exercise, drawing a grand turnout of ranks and onlookers for the occasion in His Majesty's service.
An express from the Duke reports Inverness rebels taking the town while royal troops press northward from Montrose to Aberdeen. Ships, pilots, and stores move. the Buckingham joins as new naval appointments unfold. Also notes promotions, elections, and marriages among nobility and officials.
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