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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 20, 1746
Page
1
A terse OCR fragment from the London Evening Post numbered 2972, providing minimal readable text. No identifiable names, places, or events are clearly captured for fuller summarization.
Newsletters report Elefot in Treves lodging due to French moves toward Provence and a public treaty between Vienna and Munich. Dispatches recount Imperial negotiations at Breda, Harrach’s possible reception, and France pressing for peace or continued war. Obituary notes Rev. Gabriel James Maturin and church appointments in Ireland.
An extract from Wexford reports rapid troop movements into Limerick from Passage and Cork. Brigadier Bragg’s five companies, Highland regiments under Lord John Murray, and Royal troops entered Cork and Dublin area barracks, then moved toward Limerick. Detailed rosters note battalions, landings, and quartering, with Bragg’s forces to follow. A separate Wexford incident describes a cloth dealer robbery by a 14-strong gang, capture of two men and two women, with pistols hidden in a haycock and pursuit underway. Dublin mourns prominent officials William Noy and Robert Lyng. Proclamations promise rewards for robbers of James Wogan’s house in Castlekeely.
Country Wnews reports James Reid of the Rebels was drawn from the Castle to Tyburn and executed as per his sentence after devout conduct and psalm singing. Others spared include Duff, Ogilvy, and Wilkie who received the King's reprieve. Canterbury notes a vicarage induction and Hatfields Heath tea seizure by Hawley’s Dragoons.
London reports on two Franco Savoy invasions in 1692 and 1709 led by the Duke of Savoy and Eugene, detailing money plunder and casualties, plus concerns that a renewed invasion could push Dauphiny and Provence into conflict. Also notes Kent smugglers defying Parliament, trafficking tea and wool with aid to France, prompting swift legislative action.
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