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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 17, 1740
Page
1
The London Evening-Post reports that yesterday the mails from France and Holland arrived, bringing latest dispatches and updates on continental affairs.
Letter from Petersburg reports Court orders Zoop Men to march to Cronstadt to serve on galleys and sail to the Gulf of Bothnia to make descents if needed. Porte aid to Sweden is uncertain, while the Swedish fleet may be reinforced. Al Madrid and Naples dispatches discuss war, forts, and diplomacy with Portugal and Spain. Extras mention Waldegrave Fleury talks on suspending arms and possible Sardinian alliance. An Amsterdam extract notes funds for a force augmentation and conflicting Carthagena reports. Bristol crime brief: two soldiers robbing tradesmen, assault on Jonathan Jones near Keynsham. investigation of soldiers’ quarters underway.
Ireland May 10 Henry Singleton by his Majesty's Prime Serjeant is appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in place of Reynolds who sails for England. Master French eldest son of Richard French MP for Bahaher died yesterday. Mrs Martin, mother of Henry Martin convicted in Galway for rape, petitions Lords Justices to commute sentence to transportation amid support from Miss Yelverton and other ladies.
Extract from Bath dated May 17 reports Nath arriving from London to present two capital pictures of the Prince and Princess of Wales to the Corporation and a town hall celebration with bells and toasts. Also notes Earl of Marchmont leaving for Scotland, Maidstone case delayed, Lord Harrington ill and bleeding, Admiralty crews manning ships Lively and Lime under Captains Jolly and Coates, and Oxford University granting Doctor of Laws to the Earl of Coventry in Convocation.
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