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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 05, 1738
Page
2
A Mayoral session in the Guildhall Orders collectors to demand arrears from Lady Day 1736 to Christmas following and to seek warrants of distress if needed. It bars suits against officials and requires indemnity and public notice in daily papers.
The Committee appointed by the Common Council will meet at the Guildhall Council Chamber on Tuesday May 16 at four o clock to receive proposals for masons bricklayers and carpenters work on the Lord Mayor s House, and for sale of materials from Tokenhouse Yard near Leadenhall with removal at purchaser s expense. Further details at Town Clerk s Office and Comptroller s Office.
The Chamberlain gives notice of intention to lease several properties including tenements in the Lime Street passage to Leadenhall Market occupants and others in Chilwell Street Finsbury. A committee will meet on the 6th of May at four o clock to receive proposals, with details at the Comptroller's Office in the Guildhall.
Auction notices announce sale of 14792 fine walking canes imported aboard the ship Richmond under Captain Charles Gough. Viewable at a warehouse in Thames Street from morning through afternoon with catalogues available at the warehouse and sale site. Sale adjourned to the stated day by merchant request.
An advertisement for a movable musical machine to be placed in a London library beyond the Sea after five years of study. It offers a public demonstration for 2 shillings 6d, claiming the device cuts a minute’s time with mathematical wheels. The notice also promotes a Royal Licence edition of a General Dictionary and names several notable figures and publishers connected to the volume.
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