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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 30, 1741
Page
1
Numb 245 notes that the London Evening Post reports the arrival of mails from France and Holland. The brief item signals dispatches and market or political tidings from continental sources. The terse note acts as a newswire cue for readers awaiting further details.
Milan May 24 reports a proposed regulation to evacuate Corsica by Genoese to the French, who will then deliver it to the Spaniards for Infant Don Philip. Baron Neuhoff may return to Corsica with éclat. A French ship from Toulon adds Corsican transports planned for the island. Madrid notes the Infanta Dona Louisa’s pregnancy and a large courier dispatch.
New York dispatches recount Captain Fullerton from London reaching Philadelphia after encountering a Spanish ship bound from Newfoundland to St Gebattian with fish and oil. Fullerton, lacking a commission, released the crew. 18 Spaniards were ordered aboard. Captain Hazard from Georgia reports Augustine Privateer capturing a brig and two sloops off Carolina bound for provisions, with one vessel belonging to this place and the other to Philadelphia. Another letter notes Captain Gux capturing a Spanish prize and boasting of further rewards at St Christopher's.
May 21 1741 in Kinross Sir John Bruce of Kinross was unanimously elected to represent the county in the next Parliament. Edinburgh May 25 Patrick Haldane appointed Solicitor to the Board of Excise. Reported robberies of Ross and Munro tenants near Dingwall with a trial ruling John Down alias MacEan guilty and to be hanged June 26.
Report of a Lancashire county election on May 26 noting the unanimous choice of Lord Strange and Richard Shuttleworth for the county interest. The piece lauds Shuttleworth’s long parliamentary service and loyalty, praises his son, and highlights opposition from various factions and civil servants who failed to sway the result.
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