Sale of East India and other goods at Custom House London
Auction notice from Custon-House London dated April 2 1798 announces sale by order of Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs. Items include East India prohibited goods, textiles, leather, watches, silver plate, books, tobacco, gunpowder, and vessel materials. Viewings at various locations. sale dates April 1 and 13 with times 3 pm. Purchases must be paid within 14 days or deposits forfeited.
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Custon-House
London
Custom-House
Exros Tatrow
East India
Mangle’s
Barking
Esex
Tobacco
Greenland
Rotherhithe
N.B
Assessed Taxes And Carriage Duty In Official Report
Abstract of cases with Board of Taxes decisions on carriages servants and lodging houses. Discusses liability of carriages used after April 5 1797 and exemptions tied to usage before November, service of servants, provincial cavalry exemptions, deductions for income and allowances for children, Rectoral lodging payments, and definition of lodging houses including ready furnished weekly rentals.
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Board of Taxes
Cafe
A&i
Principles of prize law from Aix Tribunal interest commerce
The Aix Provence prize court outlines rules on vessel legality. Bills of lading must bear signatures of freighters and captain. invoices require signatures of cargo owners and captain. ship register and muster-roll must be signed by port magistrates with town seal. Sweden’s strict neutrality is noted, frustrating privateers.
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Aix
Provence
Fes
Agriculture First Report for March Forecasts Grain Rise
March agricultural brief notes rapid sowing especially in midland and southern districts. Northern counties faced frost and easterly winds though showers aided. wheat and barley promise improve while oats rise. beef and mutton prices cited in Smithfield and hay and straw markets. Second report highlights wire worm damage on early wheat, barley setbacks, strong turnip and pulse crops, and lively lambing season with broad market activity in Epping Forest. Batavian constitution summary and other assorted notices included.
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England
Wales
Cattie
Smithfield
St. James’s
É&C
Norfolk
Suffolk
Epping Forest
Dialogue of Fox and Thoke in Reform Era
A satirical verse scene portrays Fox and Thoke praising a reform coalition and aligning with notable figures like Fockey Norfolk and Greys. The dialogue imagines political reconciliation against Jacobin clubs, with references to North and the Bishop of Durham and a later attribution to JernineHaM.
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Fox
Barrass
Barras
North
Fockey Norfolk
Hardy
Vaughan
Thexwall
fFrend
Durham
Jernineham
Fairhall
Graces
London Markets Corn Exchange April 6 Preview
Wheat supplies small with prime dry samples selling briskly at a shift in price, but middling and inferior grades lag. Barley remains short with some fine bran sold. malet heavy last week, peas firm at previous levels, oats arrivals limited with fresh samples up modestly. Current prices list Wheat 44s to 3s bl to q4s, Barley 208 to 245, Malt 9 45 to 37s, Oats 12 5 to 15 3d, Beans 29s 3d to 26s 3d.
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Lts
Mesthenie
Flour and seed prices listed in local market
The notice presents price ranges for flour Arnix fine flour at 453 per sack and seeds by hundred weight and cwt including Clover Turnip Rye Grass Canary Seed and Rape Seed with various quotations and unit measurements.
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Arnix
Price of Tallow and Meats at London Markets
Market prices from St James's Market to Smithfield and Newgate on April 9 show tallow at 38 4d per stone, veal 4s to 8s, mutton 28 4d to 4s, beef 6d to 33 4d, with lower quotes for offal and lambs and notes on per-stone pricing across markets including Clare Market and Gravesend. Readings include sausageable prices for soap and miscellaneous goods and shipping notes for sailors at Ruffiado.
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London
St. James's Market
Clare
Whitechap
Tugiado
Graves
Smithfield
Mensay
Portas
Newgate
Leadenhall
Bil Park
St.Jamens
S. Hay
Whitechapel
Hay
Clover
Straw
Aver
Price of Coals In The Pool
A brief pricing notice states coal costs in the Pool at 375.6d per cos and delivered to Hourskeepers at 445.6d per cos. The terse item lists unit costs and delivery terms without additional context.
New Forest Rifle Light Drae goons extend service areas
At Stoney Cross meeting under General Sir William Pitt the unit agreed to extend their service to Wilts Hants and Dorset with no dissent. They offered to go anywhere in England as needed. Also report on Our Lady Fair where heavy rain reduced cloth trade and cheese dealers left early after a poor day. A boy named John Serrell was committed to Dorchester Gaol for setting fire to a barley man belonging to Mr Hoddinott of Sherborne.
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New Forest Rifle Light Draegoons
Stoney Cross
War Office
Wilts
Hants
Dorset
William Pitt
England
Our Lady Fair
John Serrell
Dorchester
Hoddinott
Sherborne
Mysterious Fire Ignites From Mare Carcass Accident
At Nath near Winslow in Buckinghamshire a butcher trimming an almost dead mare caused a small intestinal wound. The released inflammable air flared to five or six feet, singeing the butcher’s hair as the hat remained off. The flame persisted for minutes, likely from a candle held by the mare’s owner. No medicines were given.
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Northampton
Nath
Winslow
Bodies Exhumed After Execution Near Maidstone
The bodies of two men named Sones and Egan executed last week near Maidstone were dug up on Sunday. One body was found at Maidstone and the other at Alesford, with 45 pints of blood reportedly pooled, said to be part of the deflection plot.
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Sones
Egan
Maidstone
Alesford
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