Trials and Leasing Notices From London Court Proceedings
A London court heard depositions about a man misrepresenting his trade as he sought to avoid evidence in a case about alcohol sales. Witnesses described a notorious inn and a maid, while a separate elderly woman faced info regarding retailing spirits. The City of London’s Lands Committee also announced lease proposals for multiple properties in Lime Street and Houndsditch with a meeting date set at the Guildhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long-lane
Smithfield
Mr. Jones
Drury-lane
Fox
Gambier
Stracey
Jones
Lord Mayor’s Court
Light Water at Loddon Bridge 47 Minutes After
An afternoon report notes water-related activity at Loddon Bridge lasting forty seven minutes. Authorities continued monitoring the river and its surroundings for any evolving conditions. Local residents were advised to avoid the area until further notice.
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Loddon Bridge
Fragmented Historical Bond and Stock Terms Summary
A garbled OCR list of 19th century financial items. Mentions South Sea Stock and Annuitie values, Bank Circulars, India bonds and premiums, Royal Exchange Assurance, English copper, South Sea Bonds, Emperor's Loan, Exchequer issues, and various per cent rates. Dense with abbreviations and currency marks, lacks coherent narrative or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
London Common Council Order on Sheriff Eligibility 1738
The Common Council in the Guildhall London on Friday June 2 1738 resolves that any person nominated to be Sheriff of London and Middlesex who pays four hundred pounds to the Chamber for city use and twenty marks towards prison ministers maintenance shall be exempt from the sheriff office for life unless later serving as alderman, in which case eligibility resumes. The order ties the exemption to specific acts and fees and specifies ongoing liability if alderman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of London
Limestreet
Leadenhall-Market
Stephen Pokins
Hounsditch
Thomas Biggs
John Montague
Thomas Prince
Callender
Nathaniel Ruft
John Welch
Hubbard
Humphry Vale
William Hampden
Robert Smith
Richard Orton
Jeremiah Levidge
William Phipps
Guildhall
London
Comptroller
Barnard
Geogge
Great Britain
Middlesex
Chamber of London
Common Council
The Life of Cervantes Saavedra in Fourty Volumes
This Day is publis’d a forty Volumes in Quarto adorn’d with copper plates designed by Mr John Vanderbank and includes Vida de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Compiled by Gregorio Mayans y Siscar librarian to the Catholic King and translated from Spanish by My Ozell. Printed for J. and R. Tonson at Serand. Also available is The Life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra by Don Gregorio Mayans y Siscar with the same translation and library provenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vanderbank
DA Y Hechos del Ingenioro Hidalgo
Quixote de la Mancha
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Vida de
Mipviel de Cervantes
Saavedra
Autor Don
Gregorio Mayans
Sifcar
Transa ctions for October 1736 issue contents and notices
This Day publishes number 443 of Transactions for October 1736. Contents include Mr Ellicote’s instrument to measure metal expansion by heat, Belchier on bones from food, Hodgson’s Jupiter moon timings for 1738, Burton on viper remedies, Mor timer on venom experiments, Newton fluxions and curves, Amyand on inguinal rupture, Boerhaave medico lectures, Weidmer’s observations, and an eclipse note. Printed at Fleet Street price 1s 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellicote
John Belchier
Lse
Royal Observatory
Greenwich
James Hodgson
London
William Burton
Windsor
G Mortimer
R.s.seer
Royal Society
C. Mortimer
M.D
Issac Newton
Knt
Claudius Amyand
Hermanni Boerhaave
A.L.M. Philo
Doét
Medicing In Universitate Leiden
Chirur
Scienr
Acad
Parilens
Soc
de Mercuria Experimenta
Eclipsis
Witembergz
Remarkable Cures Reported From Pemberton Powder for Stone
The author praises Mrs Stephens medicines but asserts the most striking cures come from Mr Pemberton's powder. Notable cases include Mrs Tomlins of Malling voiding 35 stones and large kidney bean stones, Crompton of Boflox passing several stones, Roff of Bromsgrove and others recovering from bladder stones and gravel. Chelsea Hospital patient regained mobility after long bed rest. Price 5 shillings per dose, with directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pemperton
Fleet-trget
Pemberton
Mr. Crompton
Boflox
Lancashire
Strand
John Rofe
Bromergrove
Effex-street
Ward
Throgmorton
Joe
London
Robert Levitt
Chelsea Hospital
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York
Newcaste
Edinburgh
Red-Lyon Inn
Cold-Bath-Fields
Thomas Blackmore
Europe
England
Wales
Ireland
America
Aventures de Telemaque Fils d
Ulysse
Feii
Francois de Salignac de
Fenelon
Precepteur Des Meffeigneurs Les Enfans de France
Depuis
Duc de Cambrai
Prince du Saint Empire
J. Brotherton
Bible
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
The
Daily Post
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