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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 11, 1739
Page
2
A report from Hull states a Sixth Rate Min of War of 20 Guns is to be built there with all due expedition. In Canterbury on Saturday last a bell ringing event occurred at Battle in Switzerland where a company from Wye in Kent rang a full peal of 5040 Grandsire Triples in hours and 18 minutes.
Reports from London mention a Lady newly arrived from France facing sleepless nights due to dreams. A foreign minister’s extended stay at court is anticipated. Baron Thomson’s death at Bath shocks his Bloomsbury family. The Earl Waldegrave may visit Parliament briefly. the Earl of Clanrickard impressed at court. Government plans five more Twenty-Gun ships. Suffolk ready for sea. Recruiters offer gold bounty for Gibraltar and Port Mahon regiments and for Four-Guards volunteers. The Centurion’s tender at Justin Fortland Road suffered around thirty drownings. Anna Maria captured by Spaniards in the Bay of Honduras. The Aune Pink seized near Havana. Marriages include Phurflay at Bull and Mouth and Mr. Roffey to Miss Baker. Croydon Horse Races show sparse field for the Plate. Dr Leigh of Baliol College noted in Oxford. Customs appoint Wherry inspector at Harwich and Yandle to succeed him.
Reports show Mr Choon selected Beadle of the Brewers Company in the Room of the late Mr Aland. A child was fatally bitten by a Founder's Dog in White Cross Street. Listings reveal sittings in Middlesex and London before Sir William Lee and Sir John Willes for Michaelmas 1739 with several November dates. Market and stock data cover South Sea stock, bank securities, and commodities including wheat, rye, hops, copper, and bonds.
An advertisement announces the publication of GALL Sores Almanacks for the year 1749 to be issued at Stationers Hall on Tuesday November 16 1739.
Notice from Henley upon Thames outlining race days October 22 23 and 24 with plates of twenty pounds and fifteen pounds value. Details include weights nine and ten stones, entry fees one to two guineas, and horses to be entered seven days early at the Red Lyon.
George Clay of Lynn in Norfolk has been missing with six bank notes of various sums dated August 31. A bankruptcy commission has issued an alarm in the Gazette to recover the value. Notices may yield rewards by the assignees.
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