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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 08, 1764
Page
2
Notices detail two horse races for various age groups with weights and heats, entry times, and fees at the George Inn Odiham. It lists conditions for eligibility, scoring, start times, and penalties. A separate notice offers a Guinea reward for information about two missing horses, a Sorrel Gelding and a Bay Gelding, with location and contact details.
Racing schedule reads as a three day meeting from September 25 to 27. Colts and fillies race a plate with penalties four pounds, then five and six year old horses and mares contest weight allowances, entries due at the Market Gross, disputes by subscribers, horses to start at one, qualifications certified by the Quartermaster, with entrance fees and roping costs listed.
Reports from Genoa and Leghorn detail Genoese plans with France to station four battalions on Corsica for four years at Bastia St Florent Algagliola and Ajaccio to secure island possession without Genoese combat. If unrest persists before September end the future of St Florent remains in question amid cautious peace hopes.
Relan Od reports in Polcroan a Night of Fear as about 209 Whiteboys fired shots, looted houses, flaunted banners, and forced fidelity oaths to Joan Merkill. They threaten clergy over potatoes and assert arms and ammunition, with suppression seen as essential to save the country. Galway notes General Strode’s regiment reached Cork and then America with detachments at Topehaso St. Vincent and Dominica, appointing Higginson as Lieutenant Governor.
Reports from Worcester Cambridge Norwich and other towns describe the Sept events. The Worcester triennial choir meeting raised 1981 at the cathedral. Cambridge notes summons for mathematics and astronomy professors to review Mr Harrison’s longitude claims. Norwich reports a relief subscription for Palatine poor. Additional Suffolk rectories appointments and Gloucestershire natives feast with 111125 for apprenticing. A fire at Long Buckby and other local incidents are noted.
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