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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 27, 1740
Page
2
Letters from Cadiz dated the 13th Inft. N.S. say the French Fleet from Toulon was at Malaga and expected to sail there soon, while the Brest fleet was already dispatched for the West Indies.
Edinburgh reports that on Sept 22 Duke of Argyle will dine with the Lord Provost. A soldier on a ram biased sheep-stealing expedition near Arthur's Seat fell with the ram after the animal pushed him from a rock, breaking both necks. Leith news notes Boulogne ship James Ogilvy trapped by a Spanish privateer. James Duncanson escaped by night.
Dublin merchants involved in exporting Irish linen cloth met at Bacon's Coffee-House to draft a petition presented to the Lords Justices. They request convoy for four ships the Providence Henry Stewart Draper Sam Leech Duolin Merchant John Thomas and the Success John Watt. The Lords Justices reportedly gave a favourable answer. Abel Ram Ram Sen Gorey MP died at Ramsfort seated in Wexford.
Country news reports Edward Hooper junior declared a candidate by the Earl of Shafteburys county interest at the end of the election. The piece also covers wagers and a Gloucester rider event, a Colchester assault and robbery, and Kingswood collier actions with local unrest in Bristol.
The crowd enters Lawford's Gate marching to the Council House led by a Mare bearing their grievance. They seek corn at 6s a bushel as bakers hold to 7s, while a military guard restrains violence. Henry Combe is named mayor, with William Martin and Walter Jenkins as sheriffs for the year.
Extrait notes the Sept 24 elections for mayor and stewards with Alderman Heathcote and George Heathcote prominent. It mentions Lord mayoral election at Guildhall, Heathcote’s health, and Godschall’s triumph, plus court reactions, public sentiment on Liberty, and city events including a Drapers Hall supper and a baptism at Life-street.
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