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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 12, 1737
Page
1
A fellow proprietor urges careful selection of directors for the East India Company. He warns against self interested candidates and argues only honest, disinterested leaders can protect fortunes of widows and orphans and uphold the community’s trust. He cites governors trading for personal gain, urges rejection of those driven by private interest.
News from May 1 notes a ship arriving with a ton of half-pence minted for the realm’s use. A fire swept the old Sir Robert Maud mansion near Dunnrum Cashel on Tuesday night, destroying the old offices but sparing the new house due to a favorable wind. In Vicar Street, merchant Richard Corkoran died suddenly at his home on Sunday morning.
Scattered notes from Edinburgh and London describe a riot in Canon Gate Folbooth where recruits tried to escape, wounding guards before being restrained and sent aboard a ship for Holland. Reports also cover a Winchester murder case of a grandson by his grandfather, with details of execution due, and a series of court sentences and peerage news including the Duke of Atholl and the Earl of Holderness.
Report describes a man referred to as Rev Archdeacon Roles fton from 61 in Money and his Watch being challenged by others at about nine o'clock near Nine-Mile-Water on the way to Salisbury. A malt bundle concealed in a handkerchief was carried by the same man who allegedly assaulted a gentleman at Fixbury-Ring earlier that morning.
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