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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 17, 1737
Page
1
Since our last arrival the mail from France reports Keene meeting with M de la Quadra in Madrid and conferences with the Rocca envoy. In Paris a trunk of gold and silver coins from Francis I to Henry IV was found under a house foundation and sent to the Mint.
Yesterday in Dublin the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, Recorder and Common Council congratulated the Lord Lieutenant on arrival, and the Recorder spoke eloquently as knighthood was conferred. Trinity College fellows also paid respects, a Latin oration followed, and the Countess received visitors. William Henry Dayton married Miss Damar at Referea, fortune listed. A Drogheda tragedy reports the drowning of John Cott ington’s son, a 22 year old heir to 12000 a year, amid a hunting party crossing the Boyne.
Sept. 13 report from Cotland describes ten tides men at Leith disciplined by Commissioners of Customs for corruption and bribery. Also notes Orkney Shetland synod reading Parliament act on Capt Porteous and rumors of a marriage treaty between Thomas Gordon of Earlston and Miss Kety Campbell of Shawheld.
A young lady of fine character and fortune notes the sudden death of Mr. Robert Gordon of Hallhead, a wealthy merchant recently arrived from Bourdeaux, last Wednesday.
Canterbury reports the election of Mr. Alderman Davis as mayor for the year ahead. A London imported chaise accident near Harbledown injures Thomas Tath with two leg fractures. he is improving under surgeon Richard Botting. Bristol notes Nathanael Day as mayor, John Blackwell’s succession as sheriff, and the death of Thomas Elbridge. A reprieved boy, Benjamin Young, and a brutal pillory punishment of Thomas Hull and Robert Rawlins are also described with mob violence and Hull’s serious injuries.
Reports from the era record Lordly visits at Kew and Carleton House, a royal plan to grant 8000 pounds yearly to Princess Augusta, stag hunts at Hampt on Court, and changes in royal household staff. Also noted are elections for Rochester mayor and local customs including races at Lichfield with notable horses and noble spectators. The piece intertwines court intrigue, governance, and regional sport in a broad, period-voice summary.
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