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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 11, 1738
Page
2
The article recounts several crime notices including a man sent to Newgate for stealing a mare and others jailed near Southwark for highway robbery. It also covers European diplomatic chatter from The Hague on the Barrier Treaty and troop quotas, with financial market snippets and racing notices from Harleson.
Shrewsbury hosts two horse races on June 26 and 21 offering purses of thirty and twenty five guineas respectively. Entry fees apply for subscribers and non-subscribers with age and weight limits, stalls at the Raven in Shrewsbury, and early gates opening daily.
A garbled notice describes horse racing at Worthy Downs near Winchester. It lists race days on Friday and Thursday with purses of twenty and forty guineas, entry fees, weights, and conditions. The document references officials, breeders, and entry procedures, plus a cockfighting event and social notices in 18th century Winchester.
The decree outlines that Bachelor of Arts degrees may not be conferred by any university other than Cambridge. It states a Master of Arts in this university will be determined for the bachelor’s degree and admission decisions must occur before the specified July deadline. The registrar, Taylor, is tasked with the final determinations.
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