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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 30, 1738
Page
2
London bridge flood alert issued after water rose rapidly at dawn. Emergency crews monitored river levels as residents near the Thames were advised to stay clear of the waterfront. No injuries reported as authorities logged the incident and prepared containment steps.
Yesterday values show South Sea Stock at 997 rising to 1001 with 8th opening. Annuities quoted at 111 and 1091 for new issues. Bank prices at 141 for opening. Bank Circulation 21 2s 6d premium. Various securities including Three per Cent Annuities, Royal Exchange Assurance Wharf listings, Africa and India items, and Exchequer Orders quoted with mixed premia and discounts.
Paris on March 28 1738 announces a public sale on April 15 of the vast valuables belonging to the late Duke d EsTREEzS including Japan works crystal porcelain gems coins medals paintings and a library catalogue of rare books and types to be auctioned before virtuosos and the public with descriptions of ancient and modern curiosities and art objects.
Proposals by the Master of the Spring Gardens for a music season to run late April to June with a band and improvements. A thousand tickets at 5 each admit two persons per evening except Sundays. no servants in livery. tickets must stay with trusted subscribers. Receipts urged to ensure timely delivery from Cox and Stage outlets.
An advertisement announcing a collection titled She Britih Muse edited by THOMAS HAYWARD. It lists prominent poets and topics from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The work claims extracts from Shakespeare, Johnson, Beaumont, Fletcher and over a hundred more, with an historical critical review. Printed for F. Combe and J. Nourse, with nobility names mentioned.
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