Elegant Piano Fortes Gratis
An 18th century advertisement announces the weekly Piano Forte Magazine starting March 3, offering portable volumes for voice harpsichord organ and piano. It promises cheap prices a promissory note for a bespoke piano forte and a specimen instrument for inspection with stock available for immediate delivery to subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison, Close, and Co
Fleet-street
England
Scotland
Ireland
Messrs. Harrison, Clure, and Co
Firsh
Piano Forte Magazine
Freehold Estates in Staffordshire and Warwickshire Auction
Private contract sale of capital and valuable estates across Shenstone Aldridge Sutton Coldfield. Lot descriptions include Aston Hall mansion with water features and Little Aston Manor, Little Aston Mill with 45 acres, Aston Forge mill and pond, Hill Hook farm near Sutton Coldfield, Little Afton farm, and additional cottages and crofts. Properties advertised with leaseholds, rents, and locations in Staffordshire and Warwickshire.
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Staffordshire
Warwickshire
Shenstone
Aldridge
Stafford
Sutton Coldfield
Warwick
Aston
Little Afton
W. Tennant
Little Aston Mill
Bowrie Brooke
Birmingham
Licheld
Wailsall
Joan Mirzé
Aston Forge
Shenfiéne
Braca
Lichfield
Walia
Hill Hook
Theodore Price
Loris
Bowrie Pool
Axn Apcéocr
Coldfield and Common
Cross
Samarr
Croxall and Holbeche
Sutton Goldfield
Mr. Lander
Wifttaw
Embassy to Chin a horses and manners noted in transit
Loap Macartney's embassy to China observes Chinese horses as strong and bony, with mules valued for labor. A leopard spotted breed is rumored from crossings of opposite hues. Saddle gear differs from English neatness, and Chinese riders show deference by alighting to greet superiors.
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England
China
China Life and Customs From An Old Textual Sketch
The passage describes Chinese agriculture and domestic life, noting meat and grain practices, women’s labor and foot binding, family duties, and urban peasant homes. It contrasts charitable norms with strict family bonds, and cites palace practices and concubinage, along with a note on imperial memorials and a crime report involving officers Vennel and Lawler and a reward for arrest.
Ireland. Dublin Report on Army Officers Violating a Maid
A Dublin dispatch details a murder case linked to Mr Uniacke and exposes a brutal assault on a maid in Fermoy. An officer from Clare Militia and another from the 8th Regiment, aided by a sentry, violated the girl. The two officers fled. the sentry remains in custody as investigations continue.
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Dublin
Fes
Uniacke
Fermoy
Clare
London Markets Corn Exchance Grain Prices Today
Brisk trade with scanty grain supply as dry heats push prices higher. Malting barley and malt rise. beans up sixpence per quarter. rye pears and ticks steady. Oats arrivals limited with fresher samples selling for more. Current prices of grain as under.
Market prices from Smithfield and London stalls
February reports list beef, veal, mutton, and pork prices at Smithfield and Newgate Leadenhall markets with ranges from 3s to 8d per pound. Hay and straw prices shown for Saturday, with averages and regional variations across Whitechapel and surrounding markets.</s>
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Smithfield
Newgate and
Leadenhall
Barley Prices Hold Steady as Imports Watch Rise
Grain trends show a gradual price decline with barley steady at near prior levels. Rumors of large barley arrivals at Bristol prompt cautious buying by Maliters. Bread corn sells under 73. per bushel with top quality not exceeding 7s 3d per bushel. Clover seed at 5 shillings per cwt.
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Bristol
Cornish Mount Fire Destroys Sign and Adjoining House
Bristol notes a dreadful blaze at the sign of the Cornish Mount on the Quay destroying furniture and an adjoining house. The following day labourers on the Bath Road drank spirits from a wagon reed, five victims with two dead, two gravely ill, one recovering, Bricker left widowed with several children.
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Bristol
Bath Road
Saltfort
Globe
Newton
Bricker
Brimble
Jarrow-Slake
Shields
Newcastle
Gefner
Blakefith
Sheffield
Rearsby
Leicestershire
Extraordinary Berkshire boar and fattening experiments reported
Lewes notes government plans to billet 1090 men at Silver Hill near Butter, while farmers boast a Berkshire boar at Coultershaw measuring 7 ft 7 in long and 7 ft 10 in around the chest. Estimates put slaughter weight between 42 and 48 score, with similar hogs at Petworth and Ecremont. Recent Petworth trials suggest large animals require far less food per weight than smaller cattle. Also, an outer boat capsized near Copperas Gap, drowning two men and a boy, later buried at Hove Churchyard.
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Lewes
Eren Barracks
Silver-hill
Buttie
Dale
Mr. Molfan
Fittleworth
Rd. Fuller
Dirking
Earl of
Hove Churchard
Free School to be founded in Plumblands Cumberland
A historical endowment from Mr Lipson will fund a Free School in Plumblands parish Cumberland upon his widow's decease. The Tellator, born in that region, rose from humble origins to wealth and now provides for similar hopefuls. Nearby marriages, curiosities, and accidents fill the tale with local color and tragedy.
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Plumblands
Cumberland
Lipson
London
Whitehaven
Ian
Wayford
Somerset
John Frampton
Greenham Farm
Elfwood
Blackdown
Samuel Raithby
Hogsthorpe
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Loap Macartney
Chin
Sir George Staunton, Bart
Europe
Thc
Clare Militia
89Th Regiment
William Vennel
His Majesty’s
Syth Regiment of Foot
Thady Lawler
Clare Light Company
London Markets
Camp and Mareus
Essex
Farnham
St. James’s
Clare Market
Whitechapel
Gloucester
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