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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 04, 1738
Page
1
Dispatches report arrivals from France and Holland since the last update. The notice covers postings dated November 4 to November 7 1738 and references ongoing news coverage by The London Evening-Post.
Reports from Constantinople describe public demonstrations for Osman Bashaw Count Bonneval amid victories at Orfova and the Niester. Bonneval reportedly drew up two campaign plans for future action against Ruffia and Vienna, now under Grand Signor scrutiny. News from Vienna and Belgrade mentions proposals for peace separated from Russia, while Paris notes favors for the Countess de Toulouse and a potential Spanish move in Tuscany. In Ireland, Cork elected Joseph Bennet recorder. Coleraine reports record rainfall and flood damage. Dublin notes a Diamond Sloop inquiry and the death of MP William Cunningham with succession by Henry Cunningham. Caleb Cartwright named Professor of Natural Philosophy.
In Stirlingshire last Saturday a gentleman’s son named Buchanan and his father’s servant drowned while crossing the Water of Killearn. On the same day Mr. Robert Hepburn Writer to the Signet died after acquiring a gaft fortune with a fair character.
In Brisol on Nov 4 the Colliers of Kingswood gathered with guns and clubs threatening to block passage for those who did not join. Magistrates and Brigadier Harrison's regiment deployed, imprisoning ringleaders and guarding Lamb Inn and Lawford's Gate. Soldiers seized weapons, pits were abandoned or damaged, and the mob fled when confronted, while a grand inquest assessed damages and local works were halted.
ExtraG of a Bath report notes that on November 4 the Mayor and Corporation waited on his Royal Highness and presented him with his honour or ceremonial token, reflecting a formal city reception and greetings from Bath.
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