Gambling Stakes Between Dukes Over Horses and a Tragic Duel
The Duke of Bedford and the Duke of Queensberry wager two large bets with odds on Young Grant versus Cheveley and Sir Peter Teazle versus Daft. Queensberry holds twelve thousand to six thousand, Bedford leading, and faces an off bid with Queensberry claiming fifteen thousand guineas. A fatal pistol misfire follows a quarrel near Chester, ending in a man’s death.
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Duke of Bedford
Duke of Queensberry
Young Grant
Duke of Queentberry
Duke of Rutland
Young Giant
Cheveley
Peter Teazle
Daft
Sir Peter Teazle
Bett
Frodsham
Chester
Chester Market
Hns
Buckingham administration proposes reform program in Ireland
In Dublin on January 1 the Buckingham administration outlines reform in public offices with retrenchment and discharge of supernumeraries. A broad commercial plan will guide to dockyards for building royal ships and measures to aid the empire, while addressing tythe oppression and inland navigation. Mr Grattan to propose questions on these issues as the church resists.
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Dublin
Buckingham
Mr. Grattan
Noted horse thief Clark in Kingston goal leads to more arrests
GLocester reports Clark, a notorious horse thief linked to Cheltenham, has implicated eight horses and accomplices as six of his gang are seized. Several farmers travel to Kingston to claim seized mounts, while named suspects include Stock, Cheer, John Cheer, Gordon, May, and Holloway.
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John Cheer
John Gordon
John May
Richard Holloway
Birmingham
Spiceal-street
Lambert
St. Martin's
Manchester
Exchange Street
England
London
Norwich
Ambassador Sir Edward Herbert Defuses French Rift in France
An anecdote recounts Sir Edward Herbert, ambassador for King James I, mediating peace between Protestant France and external powers. He faces De Luines, handling insults with dignity, asserts royal obedience and purpose, and returns to court after a tumultuous recall. Herbert resumes as ambassador when De Luines dies.
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Edward Herbert
James I
Lewis XIII
France
de Luines
England
Great Britain
Palatinate
Germany
Monsieur
Edward
Aentleman
Sir Edward
James
Hornsby and Co Lottery Office No 26 Cornhill London
Ornsby and Co advertise continued sale of English State Lottery tickets Harves Quarters Ercatus and Sixteenths with schemes gratis at their Cornhill office They publish drawn prizes after each drawing and answer letters promptly They propose a public amendment to extend sharing time and guarantee prize payments from twenty pounds to twenty thousand upon demand
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Ornsby and Co
Cornhill
Royal Exchange
London
Hornsby and Co
N. B
Hornsby
Or'nhill
Friends of
Hazard and Co
Loxpon
Hazard
N.B
India
South Sea
Extraordinary Efficacy of Dalby Carminative in Infants
An 1787 Bristol advertisement extols Dalby s Carminative and James powder for infant bowels and child bed fevers. It cites rapid relief from griping pains and convulsions in a month-old child, praises safety in fluxes and cholicky complaints, and urges guardians to equip households for emergences. The notice also markets Dr James s Powder for fevers in puerperal cases, measles, smallpox, and inflammatory disorders, with dosing guidance and high hopes for recovery.
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Dalby
William Fawkner
Shoc Lané
Fames
Cephalic Snuff Promoted as Head Ailment Remedy
Ill. By the King's Patent. The Cephalic Snuff is praised as a grateful remedy for head disorders. It claims to relieve drowsiness giddiness and foggy sight while curing recent deafness and aiding memory. It is recommended for travelers sickrooms hot climates and as a preventive against infection.
Oriental Vegetable cordial promises swift aid in stomach and bowel disorders
An older advertisement extolls the Oriental Vegetable cordial as a century‑long remedy for sudden stomach and bowel disorders, indigestion, and cholicky pains from fruit excess, claiming rapid relief in rheumatic and gout attacks. promotes a new Treatise published at fixed price with London Gazette sourced cures and faculty endorsements.
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Great Britain
London Gazette
Haymans MAREDANT Drops Advised By Patient Letter
A signed testimonial from a Mr Willis endorses Merchant's Drops as a cure for a severe knee illness and widespread skin eruptions. He states he recovered after taking eight bottles and urges others with similar disorders to use the remedy, noting no other medicine was taken. The letter references Newbury and dates in 1785 and 1787.
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Christopher Curious
London
R. Randall
Shoe Lane
Rambler’s Magazine
Charles Clarke
D.D
Yorke
Oxford
C. Stather
Stationers Court
Ludgate Hill
Josephus
Vatican
Rome
Hayman
Great
Marlbre’-treet
Londons
Newbury
Berks
Marchant
Tam
Sirk
Willis & Fuller
Joseer Poore
Opodeldoc advertised as medicine and embrocation
A London and country advertisement cautions buyers against imitations of Dr Steers Opodeldoc. It notes the genuine bottle bears F Nawsery lamp branding from the Stamp Office and claims effectiveness for rheumatism cramps sprains and burns. It also touts horse use for back sinews wind galls cracked heels and heaves.
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London
F. Nawsery
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