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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 05, 1747

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State of Genoa and surrounding ops in Italy and Holland

Private letters from Florence Genoa and Turin discuss conflicting reports on Genoa's siege and French aid, with fears of civil strife and strategic shifts. Other dispatches from The Hague and Amsterdam celebrate Orange’s rise, note small French setbacks, and describe coastal preparations and defenses along Walcheren and Zeeland.

Noted Captain William Owen awaits death for house breaking

From Carmarthen comes word that the Affizes ended there the prior week with Captain William Owen sentenced to death for house breaking and murder. Reports from Wantage describe two men suffocated by nearby stench while opening a passage to a well, a third narrowly saved by a rope, and a fourth dying later after a near miss. In Tizley James Clarke dies at age two after sustaining his senses until the end. Newcastle news notes Cuthbert Fenwick Esq, alderman and brother to the mayor, died on May 2 at Pilgrim Street with substantial fortune bequeathed to his son Robert Fenwick. His funeral followed at All Saints Church with a ceremonial pall bearing by notable townsmen.

Country News Gloucester Carmarthen William Owen Wantage Berks Laft Tizley James Clarke Newcastle Pilgrim Street Cuthbert Fenwick Robert Fenwick Lemington All Saints Church Matthew White Thomas Fenwick Thomas Liddel Thomas Clavering Matthew Ridley William Coulson Henry Ellifon Robert Ellifon

Ridicule and state blunders loom in a London piece

The column denounces actors and political pretenders while reporting military deployments to Zealand. It notes High Regiment movements, a possible third Highland regiment, and reinforcements for Holland. Obituaries and official appointments fill entries, with Great Seal grants and dispensations to clergy and officials.

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