Notice of Reward for Bill Exchange Offender
General Post Office records a reward offer of fifty pounds for information leading to the offender who presented a bill of exchange in 1799 at Lombard Street. The ad seeks assistance to identify the culprit, promising Crown evidence and urging prompt response. Also advertised are a surgeon and apothecary business opportunity, and a large English lottery scheme with multiple prize tiers and prompts to purchase tickets or shares via Cornhill offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Post-Office
Decemver
Max-fimwe, Stones, Co
Lombard-street
Beng
Rancis Freeling
Messrs
Jenkins and James
New Inn
London
Estes Qaca
Beneses
Cornhill
Ready money only sugar tea and spice merchants notice
OR READY MONEY ONLY. To Fairies Dearers and Others Sugars dearer yet Moist only 434 to sd per lb Lump only Lid to od per lb better sorts cheaper in proportion One Ounce to every Pound of Tea over weight to the Fer Coffee Chocolate Cocola and Spice Customers Sc. of Messrs. EDW. EAGLETON and Co near Cheapside Bishopsgate Street Cornhill London Orders Retail or Wholesale for Town or Country post or coach carrier inclosing Bank or good Bills No connection with any house of the same name Printed Lists of Terms Prices Articles etc retail and wholesale Enquirers may pay post
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meffis
Eagleton and Co
Grasshopper
Cheapside
Bishopsgate-street
Cornhill
London
Scv
Neéweate-street tea prices from Winver Hyenes and Co
At the Original Tra Prant opposite St. Martin's-le-Grand the shop announces tea prices lower than in a year. Brands include Hyanes and Co Green Tea and various Hyson, Congo, and Souchong grades with savings up to ten percent plus a bonus ounce per pound. Also noted are reduced prices on coffee, chocolate, and fruit with attention to location opposite St Martin's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinter, Hugnes, and Co
Tra Prant
Neéweate-street
Ss. Martin’s-le-Grand
Pharoy Chow
Winver, Hyenes, and Co
Ent India Company
Congo
St. Martin’s-le-Grand
Musical age inspires cabinetmaker ruse in piano peddling tale
An editor hears a witty exchange about music shops turning piano fortes into sideboards and dressing tables. A Humstrum suggests clever ploy to fit pianos in small city rooms, prompting comic disbelief at such cabinetmaker tricks and concert-hall space constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonatino Humlrem
Humfisum
Ian
Packer
Humstrum
Lani
Homstrum
Inventions for a sick room piano and odd gadgets
A lively, humorous dialogue shows a vendor touting an organised grand piano forte for a sick person, plus proposed bed room instruments and whistling to horses. The exchange ends with a brisk, comical farewell to Mr Editor Squaretoes.
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Ayil
Letter to Bonaparte on Monarchy and Happiness
An anonymous pamphlet, circulated in Paris, argues against a republican government. It advocates restoring Louis XVIII and the throne, claiming true peace requires a monarchy. The author contends liberty is secondary to happiness and urges Napoleon to seek lasting happiness for France through a stable monarchy and reform.
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Paris
Bonaparte
Louis XXVIII
Servius l'tLirus
Boynavarti
France
Great
Esteam
Europe
Snow drift halts Edinburgh Mail near Ayton Hill
Last Thursday morning about two o'clock the Edinburgh Mail on route to the city was stopped by a snow drift atop Ayton Hill three miles from Barwick. It stayed till daylight then returned to Berwick and continued to Edinburgh by horse. A dark band said to inhabit the Forest of Dea has raided granaries at Ross Linton Hope's Ark and Zeccleswall-court stealing horses to haul away the hoard.
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Edinburgh Mail
Ayton Hill
Barwick
Berwick
Edinburgh
Dea
Ross
Linton
Hope's Ark
Zéccleswall-court
Marriage Restrictions Reflect New French Civil Code Proposals
The text summarizes proposed marriage rules from the Paris Commune era, detailing age minimums, parental and family consent requirements, and restrictions on blood and kin relationships. It notes mechanisms for contested unions, the roles of fathers mothers grandfathers and grandmothers, and consequences for noncompliance. It also outlines duties of spouses, civil effects on inheritance, and conditions under which a marriage can be annulled.
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Paris
Amar
Cates
Wong
Iber
Taft Privateer Attacks a French Collier at Newhaven
An early 18th century report describes a Taft Saturday afternoon privateer near Newhaven, observing a French cutter privateer cruising and looting a harbour collier. After a brief engagement the privateer struck colors and towed the prize into the harbour amid reports of splintered ships and captured sailors. A Bristol market note follows, detailing a butcher’s inflated price and a humorous tale of a luxury calf sale.
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Newhaven
Lee
December Monthly Agriculture Report Highlights Wheat Increase
The December weather boosted farmers with more wheat sown than expected and improved fodder use. Wheat and barley yields are described as better than last year, while frost timing favors later harvests. London prices are noted for flour, with frost delaying field work and limiting manure use in wet areas.
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Mont
Walt
Kingdon
England
Wales
London
Market prices for Corn and grains in London and districts
London markets report large corn supplies with price variations since the last sale. Wheat ranges from 168s to 110s per quarter with high demand for fine wheat. barley and oats show mixed demand, imports of different grain qualities adjusted. Current shipboard prices and regional reports from Smithfield Newgate and distant markets list values for flour, seeds, hops, and hay alongside cattle and pork prices.
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Niéres
Suffolk
Degembek Tiehuixe
Joos
Goa
Rgos
Kent
Farnham
Smithfield
Moxpay
Beast
Sheen
Newgate
Leadern Hall
St. James's
Whitechapel
Hay
Straw
Rippancé of PMistast and ATTAINMENT offizariut
Fragmented OCR notes discuss remedies for mind and body illness, praising Setrseeny SANTiscorBATIC Doors and genuine drops. Mentions King's Pat went, King's Arms, and a Bathing at sea, touting Soulsexy's trestle and various medicines as cures for gout and nervous affections. The text is garbled and speculative.
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Ancy
Soulsexy
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SaLisbury
Devizes
Warminster
Baley
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