Valuable Estates and Property Sales Near Reigate and Reading
Auction notices detail a Swan near Reigate leasehold estate with a barn and acre, plus extensive Reading offerings. Properties include Bear Inn Reading and farm with out-buildings, stables for 83 horses, and a freehold farm near Great Leigh. Viewings and further particulars via local inns, solicitors, and offices. sale dates to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan
Reigate
Samuel Eig
Greyhound and Cock Inn
Sutton
Rack's
Mitcham
King’s Head
Tooting
Graham
Reading
Berks
Bear Inn
Straceys &c
Great-Lee Ey
Newbury
Oakreetamaes
Johnie Mage
Winslet
Staines
Mevcyn
Rew
Fokom
French Cook Debacle in Thornton Trial at London
Law report details Colonel Thornton's dispute with a Frenchman who served as cook and surgeon, claiming wages and goods after a brief tenure in London and Yorkshire. Lord Kenyon criticizes debt collection for a man earning 10,000 pounds yearly, urging gratitude and open houses for countrymen while condemning idle bonds from diverse origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienville UV. Thornton
Thornton
Dehan
London
Yortak
Thorn-ton
Yorkshire
Kenyon
Pisinulf
Spilsbury’s Antiscorbutic Drops Wonders in Cures
Remarkable testimonials from London and Taunton claim Spilsbury’s Antiscorbuit Drops cured incurable cases at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and eased rheumatic fevers, scurvy, gout, and asthma. Witnesses from Wellington, Barnstaple, York, and Mitcham back success with multiple patients including a fourteen year old boy with the scurvy. The drops, sold at the Dispensary Soho and via patent medicine vendors, are promoted as swift relief for coughs, consumptions, and hooping coughs, with various bottles priced and a strong warning to request the Improved Battam of Honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spilsbury
Mary Esdale
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Croft
Traylor
Fleet-street
London
Jonathan. Roberts
Wellington
Somersetshire
Joshua Toulmin
John Poole
Taunton
Devonshire
Murch
Barn- Raple
John Mitchell
Glover
Mitcham
William Barker
Wooton
Norfolk
Bungay
Richard Ody
Erie
Gil
Great Britain
Ireland
Condell
Henry
Condelle Chymitt
Eatchy
Candell
Eiotfon
Druggit
Ward
Holborn
Opponte
Evans
Wes Sasehfield
Rick
Druggitt
Cock-hill Rael
Whitaker
Jugent
Davis
D T
Broadway
Deptford
Braine
Greenmahs Smith
Apothecary
Paradise-row
Ifca
Baxter
Adinburgh
F Sp
Action Over Not Repairing Under Lease Rules Verdict For Defendant
In a Bedford Holt case the defendant argued the lease prevented an action for not repairing a house. After evidence and view of the premises, the jury found no fault in repairs and returned a verdict for the defendant. Lord Kenyon noted that actions for repairs may arise before lease expiry to speed tenant repairs, though not in this case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Ees
Lord Kenyon
Cowan v Phillips Drags Through Lengthy High Court Record
The case Cowan versus Phillips involves penalties exceeding one million sterling. Counsel Mr Gibed pleads concern over costly delay due to a mistaken scheduling. Lord Kenyon suggests countermanding witnesses and delaying until the long vacation as the record is extremely long and cannot be divided. The court notes judges and juries cannot handle a record beyond their capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibéd
Cowan
Erfine
Court of Common Pleas verdict in naval adultery case
In a December term a naval officer sued for damages over a wife's seduction by a younger man while he was abroad. The jury awarded 4001 pounds to the husband for injuries from the affair, while acknowledging subordination issues on shipboard. The judge and Lord Renyon stressed maintaining discipline at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays
Carter
Crim
Con
Lary
His Majesty’s Navy
Deptford
India House
Lombard-ftivet
England
Cecil
Big-Barriot
Cockle
Erskide
Halfewell Lndiaman
Court of Common Pleas
Lord Renyon
Court of King's Bench Trespass Case Over a Noisy Dog
In a trespass action over hanging the plaintiff's dog, Erskine spoke on the atrocity of killing it while William Fray testified to the dog’s noisiness. Mingay argued no neighbour slept within 20 yards. Lord Keon warned that malicious killing would deserve heavy damages, but assessed one shilling, with defendants to pay costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fray
Upsdell and Bush
Erskine
William Fray
Mingay
Lord Keon
Assault on Chief Mate Aboard Arabella Case at Sea
RTE, Y. Oliver reports a trial for assault aboard the Arabella near St. Eustatia. The captain, cited as defendant, struck his chief mate after an accusation of drunkenness. Provocation was offered as a defense. the vessel lay within three leagues of St. Eustatia, then in French possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RTE
Y. Oliver
St. Kitt’ss
Exein
Agriculture Monthly Report for November
November agricultural conditions show slow wheat growth on heavy lands due to continued rains, with thinly planted crops lagging but appearing promising. Tares rye and cloversweed thrive, turnips yield high feed per acre, beans scarce at fairs reduce fodder. Prices in Norfolk Suffolk and East Anglia steady around 40s per acre. Hay cheap. Edible lands perform well for fallow. Meat markets weak and lamb trade pressured by imports. Prime beet 3s 5d per stone. inferior quality scarce. Pork low. lean beef best, stock rising in aged cattle. Wool and hop trades unchanged from last report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Suffolk
Ha.x
St . Lean Tock
Ireland
Frail Marine Ghosts Hover Off Sussex coasts and Dublin Jury Fraud
The article notes English coastal disturbances by French marauders near Brighton and a charitable relief effort for stranded fishing families. It also reports a Dublin Sessions House incident where only eleven jurors appeared, followed by a Recorder’s fine, plus a Dartmouth man’s murder attempt on Miss Ruffell, his suicide, and police custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine of France
Sulex
Brighton
Mircsen
Tanker Willes Carrington
Gonfrey Weaster
George. Warren
Aner
Mrcexecy
Sessions House
Dublin
America
Ove Benbridge
Dartmouth
Russell
Rufsell
Shoreham
Harrow Garden
Cheshire Cheese
Milford-lane
Strand
Wm. Ryfell
Hm. Mansell
Henry Norton
Charles Viril
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Romney
MARSH
Marsh Pitty
Tor
Nail Gees
Marthal
Pariet Banin
Rool
Dyacay
Mefirs
V. Codkey
Freeres Lincoln
Henry Kem
Canterbury
Tournay
Hyehe
LAW Report
Court of King’s Bench
Holt
Bedford
Phillips
Court OF King
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