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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 23, 1740
Page
1
Extracts from Utrecht and Amsterdam detail ongoing discussions on peace proposals tied to Spain and navigation rights. M Buffys mediation may yield a winter settlement if Spain agrees to remove a key hurdle. News also reports naval movements, squadrons, and shifting English, French, and Portuguese positions amid war anxieties.
Charles Town Assembly selects William Bull as Speaker replacing Charles Pinckney. Capt Edward Jones sails with 150 men and 14 swivel guns to hunt a coastal foe after sinking a Spanish sloop near Havana. New York reports Captain Mefmard from Carracoa fleeing a Spanish privateer by torch and tar bucket. His Majesty's Ship Squirrel under Captain Warren pursues the privateer as several gentlemen join as volunteers.
Dublin reports an order by the Lord Mayor restricting butchers from selling fat oxen and other livestock to prevent forestalling and ingrossing in markets. In Wicklow, Patrick Murphy was jailed for robbing and violently assaulting Sarah Caufry, leaving her life in danger. he is believed linked to escaped transported felons near Waterford.
A Scottish nobleman defends his service to the king and country, insisting he acted with zeal and honesty while denying dependency on others. He condemns self interest among friends and forgives enemies, pledging future conduct to prove virtue its own reward. He hopes his sincerity will convince all who can be convinced.
Gloucester reports the September death of John Trigge late of Newnham and attorney at law, and Edward Machen, mayor of the city. Newcastle notes the Sons of the Clergy anniversary with a sermon by Rev Dr Stonyers and a formal dinner at the King's Head, with a 25 pounds 21 shillings 15 pence 6 allowance collected. A Spanish sloop captured off Yarmouth by a flyboat commanded by Captain Wakeman was brought to the Roads. Durham notes the Lady of Sir Robert Eden has given birth to a son and heir. Plymouth reports the fleet from Torbay joining another fleet under Commodore Union at St Hellen’s and sailing west with a strong wind.
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