Lottery Tickets on State Draw Continue Sale in 1798
An advertisement notes tickets and shares for the State Lottery remain sold at the lowest terms until the drawing ends around April 1798. Purchasers secure undrawn tickets at purchase time, with payments via Hornsby and Co. stockbrokers and other London offices.
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Hornsby “and Co
Ge No
Cornhill
Ovronts
Royar-Egcuanos
Lonvor
Jon
Exeter J
Daas Bibeawen
London
India
Consmissione LP
Call to steadfastness in war and hope for peace
A fervent address urges pacific measures on broad foundations while warning against fear and timidity. It champions English fortitude and courage, compares national spirit to historic rulers, and cautions divisions that could harm liberty, credit, and safety amid ongoing conflicts.
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Evening Mail
Francis ‘I
Fee
Naziba
Lotigs
Vallais and Alps Define This Isolated Swiss Region
The Vallais lies between two vast Alpine ranges forming a barrier from the Milanese and Piedmont to Savoy and Berne. The northern chain divides from Berne while the southern chain creates valleys and torrents feeding the Rhone from the Fribourg region to St Maurice. The terrain, entirely Alpine, offers plains, high valleys, and lofty peaks, promising diverse climates and productions for curious travelers.
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Vallaiti
of. Farea
Haijera
Vallais
Piedmont
Savoy
Bernei
Whiteh
Rhorey
Furea
St. Maurice
Wallals
The Vallais Valleys and Their People Described
The account details Vallais landscapes with glaciers and pasture, noting diverse climates yield wine and corn for interior use and export. It highlights healthy hardy inhabitants, prevalent gout and mental dullness, water quality as a cause, and efforts by magistrates to improve health via drying stagnant waters and sending children to the mountains.
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Italy
Sibreg&t
Valais
Sioti
Martinac
Vallais
Sion
Porcupine Rescues Fanny Survivors After Devastating Storm
Halifax reports tell of Captain Pare and the crew of HMS Porcupine aiding the Fanny’s passengers after a violent gale on October 28 separated the convoy of five troop ships. Boats were shattered, 26 men were carried to the Porcupine in a cutter, and the crew endured great danger to rescue and improve the survivors.
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Perer
Halifax
Corvo
Porcupifie
Pare
Law Report. Fea. a7 Cha nery case Shaeto v Reaveley
In the Chancery court a complex decree pursued equitable liquidation of funds advanced by multiple parties to settle demands against a nearly insolvent individual. One claimant sought exclusive liquidation, provoking objections and further intricate proceedings. The lord chancellor ordered all parties to account and pay over all sums they had received or disbursed.
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Poieceda
Estate Dispute Over Taylor Heirs Mortgage Case
In Spitalfields a long running bill in chancery concerns General Taylor's estate once divided between his wife and heirs. The Master’s report shows annual proceeds. Lord Chancellor rules that Mrs Kirkman, Mrs Cummings, Mrs Short, Josias Taylor, and Mr Kirkman hold the estate in trust until mortgage advances are repaid, with Mrs Kirkman to account for receipts and expenditures.
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Spital-fields
Taylor
General W. Taylor
Chantery
Sovrciror
Rirkmann
Cummings
Short
Josias Taylor
Kirkmian
W. Taylor
Trial over Moon will validity in Prerogative Court
Proceedings before Sir William Winne examined a 1797 will of William Moon for validity. Evidence argued the testator was of sound mind despite paralytic stroke and nurse present. Judge ruled the will valid, Appointing Sir Robert Mackreth sole executor and Garforth as scribe.
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Thrirsday
William Winne
William Moon
Renger
Hyde Park
Wil
Robert Mackreth
Garforth
Ann Martin
Timse
Plan to beautify Lincolns Inn Fields in London
A proposal seeks to transform Lincolns Inn Fields into the finest square in London or Westminster by leveling the terrace with the ground and iron railing the length, creating a wide carriage way on the west side between Holborn and the Strand, demolishing yards for a large footway, and extending iron railing around the center area in the style of Grovenar Square.
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Lincoln’s‘inn-fields
London
Westminster
Lincolns-inh
Let Them Come and Be Damned Fight Song
A coarse wartime mock-lyrics piece calls for British blows at invaders. It vows to drum at them, mocks Jacobins, and promises violent retaliation if English shores are threatened, asserting Patriots will “drub ’em” and drown fear with blood. Strong names or dates are absent in the fragmentary OCR.
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Portsmouth
Plymouth
Dover
Glamorgan
Milford
Liverpool
Scotland
Ireland
Paddy
Vessels in distress and naval prizes near Plymouth and Yarmouth
Shipping news reports multiple ships captured or detained by French privateers and cruisers, including the Peace and Plenty and the St Nicole en route to Dublin and Leghorn respectively. Privateers take or recapture vessels near Madeira, Boulogne, Bayonne, and Plymouth with several ships carried into Plymouth and Lisbon. Neutral vessels arrive detained in the Channel, while the Apollo and Lutine frigate arrive at Yarmouth with captured prize crews and proceeds to Hamburg and Greenland routes. The Duke de Bernt and crew from Raven brig accompany the staged recoveries. Earl of Leicester packet departs for Hamburg with Sir L. Coxrey aboard.
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Gorton
Happisburgh
Agatta
West Indies
Madeira
Jannuary
Gibton
Baltimore
Amsterdam
Anfon Figate
Plytmouth
Gourier National
Jafon
Plymouth
LeLegre
Nymphe
Eagle
Torge
Jersey
Bayonne
Brest
Bilboa
Albion
Sinclair
London
Tobago
Fanny
Bettoy
Cowes
Pairippey
Morlaix
Camilla
Jackson
Lisbon
Peacock
Antigua
Ang Tigua
Guadaloupe
Yarmouth
Apollo
Hatxerry
J. Moxxton
France
Inspector
Pylades
Duke de
Jury Castration Case Ends With Death Sentence in La Sarthe
In Fresnay le Vicomte a family tribunal of three elders condemned husband Charles Prudhomme Mary Magdalen his wife and Jean Prudhomme to death for castration of Andrew Ragot after the wife complained of excessive conjugal attention. The operation wounded Ragot but he forgave his attackers as the trio were executed by the criminal tribunal of La Sarthe.
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Fresnay-le-Vicomte
la Sarthe
JaSarthe
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