Robbery on the Mail Between Sheffield and Rotherham
A post boy delivering the London mail was robbed on Saturday night January 29 near Rotherham. The robber, a tall stout man wearing a white cap and flannel, blindfolded the boy with a handkerchief marked E M. A reward of two hundred pounds is offered for the apprehension and conviction, with a royal pardon for informants.
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London
Rotherkham
Yorkshire
Sheffield
Rotherham
Anthony Todd
English State Lottery at Cornhill Office Draws Soon
Richardson Goodluck and Co advertise English State Lottery 1792 with tickets sold at 104 Bank Buildings Cornhill and opposite King’s Mews Charing Cross. Draw begins Wednesday with prizes including 25,000 and 10,000. shares offered, registered at sixpence each, and government securities bought and sold by commission.
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Ichardson, Goodluck, and CO
Cornhill
King’s Mews
Charing Cross
Pari Rocoel
Socal
Gob
Coo
Ager
Viosmo
Hilf
Ri. Ts. Gd
L.zanoo
NicHoLox
Nicvranson
Pat Patethaf
Tyco
Wenizam
Stock-Broxey
Oes Ay L
Louw
Anand Pryde
Lili
Saintie Fannie
Nanetical and Reiter
Thas Chi Os
Lottery Beginnings Draw Wednesday February gth
The notice promotes a lottery with multiple prize tiers and proportional winnings. It emphasizes full prize value, savings on ticket costs, and divisions of prize money for clubs and adventurers. Tickets and shares are registered at sixpence per number, with stamping and parliamentary compliance details.
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Tadeo
Hornsby and Co
Cornhill
Starge-Lotterery Stamp-Office
N. B
Vast Lottery Proposals From Shergold and Co at Lombard Street
Advertisement for Royal Union Bank affiliated schemes offering high savings on tickets. Details outline staggered prizes, reduced upfront costs, and guaranteed refund structures. Emphasis on immediate bank references, security, and large scale payouts.
The Scheme of Lottery Prizes Promised to Backers
The notice touts vast prizes and extraordinary returns from a lottery scheme offered by Messrs. Lock Hants Bankers and Margray and Co. It cites hundreds of thousands in potential winnings, large capital prizes, and numerous plans with quarter, eighth and sixteenth shares. It urges public subscription via Snow Hill London with promises of ample security and prior payouts.
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William Lawrence
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
Lawrence
Messrs. Shergald and Co
Turner Hunpren
Sual
Enctsa
N.B
Rowan Union Bank
Powers Plot New European Alliances After France Unrest
Report claims Poland may name a Prince of Austria as heir with Russia and Prussia's approval. The note suggests such succession would anchor a formidable continental alliance. It warns the French Revolution could disrupt European politics, prompting monarchies to seek strength through new pacts.
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Republic of
Poland
House of Austria
Russia
Prussia
Europe
France
Anacreontic Mretine Enthusiastically Attended
The Anacreontic meeting held last Monday evening drew the season’s fullest attendance. The large upstairs room remained in use after supper as Sedgwick, Dignum and Incle don performed. Their exquisite harmony earned unanimous encores while ladies in the orchestra resembled a feraglio of Turkish beauties.
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Sedgwick
Dignum
Incledon
Tored
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Pilon
West Monch
Nicholson
Bank-street
Bank of England
Amalie
Tocol
Shergold and Co
Royal Union Bank
Lomparp-Street
Messrs. Taylor and Co’s
Cocisvun- Street
Cuarine-Cross
Lombard-firece
Ant Amyay
Jott
Lombard-street
L.s
Fleet Spalet
Argray and Co
Ocol
Scad
Seu
E. Oeservation
Seco
Margray and Co
Snow-Hill
Ee Royal Universal
Jlon Bank
Pea Patel
Royal Universied Subscription Bank
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