Two Hundred Pound Reward for Highway Robber
General Post Office offers a reward of two hundred pounds for information leading to the capture of a highwayman who attacked a mail coach from Bromley to Sevenoaks near Farnborough. The thief demanded the boy, offered a silver half guinea, and fled toward Croydon. A separate reward of forty pounds previously announced remains in effect. The postmaster general, Francis, issues the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromley
Se- Teenewie
Farnborough
Fighwayman
Guinea
Pratt 'S Bottom
Riverhead
Croydon
Celibis
Port Francis
CAMBRIDGESHRE Auction of Freehold and Copyhold Estate
To be sold by auction by R D Pitt at the White Hart Inn Newmarket on Tuesday at 3 o Clock. Freehold and copyhold estate in Exning near Newmarket comprising a dwelling with outbuildings and gardens, fish ponds and seven acres of land. Tenant shows premises and particulars available from Mr Hall Saffron Walden and Bromley Bell Gray's Inn London or the auctioneer at Benop Cambridgeshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridgeshre
R. D. Pitt
White Hart Inn
Newmarket
Saas
Cambridge
Messrs. Chambers
Tatton
Exning
Bintop
Cambridgeshire
Estates in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire to be sold at Cheltenham
Auction at the Plough Cheltenham on the first Thursday in August offers a freehold estate in Oxfordshire with 715 acres including garden land and pasture, occupied by Mr Barnabas Collet, plus a Mickleton Gloucestershire estate of about 9 acres with meadow and pasture. Possession available April 6. Inquiries through Mr Stone Pull-Court or Fowke and Trueman, solicitors, Tewkesbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxfordshire
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham
Oxford
Mickleton
Gloucester
Bream
Bennet
Stone
Pull-court
Tewkesbury
Fowke and Trueman
Auction Sale of Mansion and Farmlands at Market Drayton
Properties to be sold by auction by Mr Cliff at the Phoenix Inn Market Drayton on Monday August 13. Listings include a modern mansion house with outbuildings and 30 acres of pasture, three parcels of land about 14 acres, and Auntzy Cross Farm with 268 acres. Viewings arranged via Dicken and Warren Attornies with printed particulars available locally.
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Phoenix Inn
Market Drayton
É&C
Lotz
Samaxe Harpina
Aps
Pon A Dicken
Warren Attornies
Rayon
Benbow
Lincoln's Inn
London
Irom
Shrewsbury
Chester
Liverpool
Nantwich
Highroadman pistol case seeks damages from Coffin
In the King’s Bench at Wirruanstex before Lord Kenyon a civil action seeks damages for an injury from a pistol shot fired by the defendant Coffin during pursuit of a highwayman. Expert witnesses describe the wound as deep gunshot, with care and costs incurred. the jury is urged to award substantial compensation if the defendant is found liable.
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Coffin
London
Asift
Chaife
Corh
Thomas Dickson
Finchley Common
Highgate
One Bell Inn
Strand
a.Tanner
Paternofter
Erjkiney
Patern
Mearns
Melliff
Monteri
Dixon
Lord Kenrone
Lord Bacon
Coffins
Insurance on Africa Queen policy at two months grace
The case concerns a Liverpool underwriter's policy on the Africa Queen dated May 8 1797 sailing from Liverpool to Africa. After capture and loss the underwriters claimed no payment. Lord Kenyon urged payment by June and the jury awarded damages plus interest for delay. A second action covered silk sold via a broker for Stracey, where the defendant benefited from his agent Walker’s fraud, and the court held the defendant liable for the broker’s credit by his own concession and ratified conduct.
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Africa
Liverpool
Lord Kenyon
Chambers
Kenyon
Fim
Law
Jeffeson
Bristol
Courts of Justice
Razenove and Cos
Stracey
Walker
Filk
Cale
The Hop Plantations Face Varied Vermin Problems
Canterbury reports show inconsistent conditions across East Kent with heavy vermin and poor ground. Farms near Maidstone and Staplehurst struggle as vermin persist, while East Sutton sees better results. a principal farmer estimates turnip ground losses, and duties rise to uncertain levels around 40,000 to 60,0001.
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Kent
Maidstone
Stapletiurst
Sutton
East Sutton
Sheep from East to Tyrol and Thibet Breed Notes
In a period piece on cattle improvement, the text surveys historical efforts to transplant hardy sheep varieties across Europe and Asia. It describes Dutch experiments with Texel and Spanish sheep lines, Swedish adaptations, and Thibet sheep famed for fine wool used in shawls. It also notes Hastings and Botany Bay convicts and a theatre funded by convict labor, with oddities about admission.
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Europe
East Indies
Texél
Lisle
Varnieton
England
Spain
Thibet
Hindostan
East
Hastings
Bengal
Botany Bay
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Nafter
Reeling, Sete
Draytong
Shropshire
Cliff
LAW Report
King's Bench
Wirruanstex
Jody
Jury
Canterbury, Juny
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