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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 02, 1736
Page
1
The London Evening-Post records recent lat arrivals of mails from France and Holland, noting their presence and potential impact on correspondence and trade.
Septembers bring dispatches about large mobilizations for 60 000 men and 40 000 horses. Munich and Lafci near Czariczenka gather armies to press toward the frontiers of the Ukrain as troops move from Kiev and Bohemia. Reports from Vienna Genoa and Vienna detail Turkish Persian peace talks and preparations against Bosnia with Turkish officers and engineers studying rivers and terrain while modern cannon and artillery are readied for Futack and Croatia.
Boston reports Capt Lothrop arriving with word that Capt Thurston in a Jamaica to Liverpool snow was wrecked on the Florida Keys. The Charming Betty brings letters from St Augustine July 23 1736. Supplies via Capt Kipp of New York enable a garrison, but most English vessels are blocked. Governors insist on obedience, while local forces expect a large soldier influx and a suspected attack on Georgia or Carolina. A Georgia bound boat was seized, its oars sails and rudder removed with a 500 dollar forfeit if it fled.
In Dublin on September 25, during the mayoral election at Daw son-street with the lord mayor indisposed Daniel Cook of Jervis-street was elected to replace Alderman Thomas Curtis deceased. A separate Kilkenny mayoral election dispute before Lords Justices and Privy Council ended with Alderman Warren declared duly elected over Alder Shervington.
In Rathfarnham a wife's rabbit ferret chewed its way to a crying cradle and removed the infant’s eyes. In Church Town Dublin a large mastiff ripped a grave, dragged out a corpse, and was hanged after parishioners found a mangled child’s body nearby. The letter urges deeper graves to deter such horrors.
Edinburgh Sept 27. Caldwall the Soldier, suspected of robbing the Glasgow Mail, was captured at Sterling Bridge and, after magistrate examination, committed to close Prison. He confesses the robbery and reveals an accomplice. Payment for the bag with letters was reportedly delayed as he had left it in payment for a horse bought in Fife. the bag was found buried near Glasgow.
The Rev Mr Grant, son of the late vicar, requests a Presentation to St Dunstan s West by virtue of a covenant in a conveyance tied to the deceased living. Also noted are obituaries and society notes including Lord Wyndham s Ireland visit, Lady Catherine Shirley s death, and local tradesman Mr Dunbar’s death.
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