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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 29, 1739
Page
2
An excerpt notes the Master of the Free School in Norwich and two livings connected to Miles Branthwayt and Hon. Sir John Pettus. The former living is in Branthwayt's gift, the latter in Pettus's. The text reflects patronage arrangements for parish livings in the area.
London reports a city election at Guildhall with Lord Mayor election drama and orderly conduct. Notices praise Sheriffs and Mr Glover for opposing corruption and urging limits on Place Men. Other items list naval commissions, court appointments, marriages, deaths, and royal expenditures as Parliament debates and foreign affairs unfold.
Last Friday a house at the bottom of Hay Hill near Hyde Park Corner collapsed trapping the master mistress two servants and a child on the stairs who were rescued with injuries and are recovering. Four others in the lodging were unharmed. Also reported were arrests of notorious pickpockets Robinon Izard and others at the playhouses. Shipping news mentions whales caught near Hamburg and cargo exports of wheat meal to the Streights and Portugal. Stock prices and bonds list various instruments and values.
The Sun-Ffire-Office announces the general quarterly meeting at their office behind the Royal Exchange London on Friday October 12 at ten in the forenoon. Persons who have sustained fire losses are asked to file claims for satisfaction. Constant attendance is offered at Craig's Court Chaving Cross for insuring houses goods and merchandise from fire losses across Great Britain.
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