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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 20, 1740
Page
1
A brief note states that since last night the mails from France and Holland have arrived or been received. The fragment hints at ongoing correspondence or shipments affecting local affairs. No further context or details are provided.
An 1739 account details Kouli Kan’s rise after defeating Mahomet Chach at Delhi, seizing vast Mogul wealth, and forcing a political settlement with Shah Nadir. It critiques Mogul misrule, cites troop numbers, treasure, and a brutal fiscal collapse, and warns against repeating such collapse elsewhere. Paris and Berlin dispatches discuss Anglo-Spanish tensions, French naval preparations in Brest and Toulon, and European court movements including the Augusta-Waldegrave exchanges and royal marriage news.
Dublin reports Lord George Sackville appoints Mery dith, Esg. as Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council in place of the late Mr Harris. The Curragh race for King’s Plate saw Merry Andrew’s Infant win the first and third heats, Bourk’s Grey Mare second, while Infant and the Dun Horse failed in the first heat.
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