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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 09, 1756
Page
1
Dispatches from Lisbon to Madrid and Paris recount ongoing maneuvers of European courts, naval movements, and political alignments. News from Naples Genoa and Turin note military drills, fortifications, sieges and strategic postures.
From Edinburgh March 4 a vessel from Campbeltown with twelve casks of herrings was struck by lightning and sunk. On Monday the Court of Justiciary banished Hugh MDonald the Popish Bishop from Scotland for life with death to follow on return.
In Salisoury news from Andover an officer of his Royal Highness the Duke viewed inns to determine how many horses should be quartered locally. The corpse of Richard Beckford Ely was carried through the city toward Fornhill for burial. Gloucefer reports March 6 and CalAra bia's Regiment of Foot arrived. several men were impressed for the King's service. Birmingham March 8 notes Mr Taylor the Druggist wed Miss Buckland. John Smith, suspected of counterfeit coin, escaped Handsworth Gaol. Samuel Edward who robbed a carrier fled Warwick Gaol.
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