Royal Union Bank Notice on Prize Share Prices
Royal Union Bank on Lampard Street London issues notice that if none or only one of the twenty thousand pound prizes is drawn this morning, share receipts prices drop to quarter 50 shillings, eighth 212 shillings 6 pence, sixteenth 70 pence, claiming nearly one hundred percent cheaper than other houses and urging quick action as capitals may double in days. The notice stresses bank note entitlement for ten thousand pounds as for ten pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsas. Shergold and Co
Charity Book Listing and Monthly Society Meeting
Discharged and retrieved from various prisons with debt totals. Debtors summed at 92 pounds 241. 69 petitions approved, 42 referred for characters, 24 petitions, and 3 rejected. Benefactions received at Thatched-House Tavern and multiple London banks and firms with addresses listed. Books viewable at the Secretary's Craven Street and meetings held first Wednesday each month.
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Neil
St. James’s-street
London Exchange Banking Company
Craven Street
Strand
Portrait of Madame Du Barre and the Louis XIV Era
The text portrays Louis XV as a pleasure loving monarch ruled by table, music, and women. It centers on Madame Du Barre, titled Countess Du Barre, as the pivotal beauty who captivated the king and shaped royal affairs, describing her charm, healthful beauty, and alluring power within the French monarchy.
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Louis XV
Pompadour
Gabrielle
Henry IV
lAnce
Lanouer
Countess du Barre
France
The Living Female Colossus in a Northern Vision
The narrator arrives in town and reads of a bloody massacre in Ismael. In a fevered dream he envisions a colossal female figure near a Turkish metropolis, towering over landscapes with a crown like a turreted crown and bear skins draped across massive shoulders, loosely tied with ship lines.
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Coloffs
Windsor Castle
Parks
Kensington Gardens
Ships of the Line
Portrait of a Colossus and a Bow Street vagrancy case
A vivid scene describes a colossal figure in a Crown with two fountains spouting blood and inscribed names, followed by a legal report at Bow Street. It details a vagrancy charge under the Lottery Act and Mr Addington’s ruling permitting bail on appeal, creating a notable Lottery precedent.
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W. Addington
Wood
Bow-street
Mr. Addington
Serj. Runnington
Serj. Bunnington
Royal Consort's Death Sparks Private Grief and Court Intrigue
After the royal partner’s death, the king endures deep sorrow yet seeks solace in romantic intrigue. Le Bet introduces a married noblewoman as a possible love, while Accustomed reports resistance and a staged union at the altar. The scene hints at renewed affection following the loss of Mad. Pompadour.
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le Bet
Pompadour
Madame Barre
Imaginative Flight Over Sicilian Volcano Vision Ends Abruptly
The narrative blends fantastical travel with dramatic imagery. A speaker describes rapid, improvised ascent and encounter with a roaring volcano and a Cerberus like monster. Lava floods the scene as lightning forms alphabet shapes while the faltering tale shifts to livestock news about Norfolk sheep and Yorkshire brood mares.
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Cerberus
Agriculture report notes rains hinder crop gains and late corn season
The piece laments heavy rains delaying improved farming, causing poor fruit, dull wheat quality on rich soils, and a late Lent Corn season. It cites Parliament’s corn bill as a potential boon for domestic agricultural interests and predicts higher wheat prices toward Lady Day while noting grazing prices for fat beef and forthcoming turnip-driven price shifts as Norfolk drovers approach.
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Iland
Mark-lane
Norfolk
Lord Chancellor Reads Butler Title Case In Lords
In Ireland the Lord Chancellor reported a reference about Mr Butler’s claim to the Earldom of Ormond with a plan to delay a hearing under standing orders. The Lords fixed a day fortnight hence to hear whether an act extinguishing Tippeary Palatine affected the Butler pedigree and ordered the judges to attend.
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Butler
Earl of Ormond
Moxatmorres
Duke of
Ormond
Ireland
Rochester
Earl of Bathurst
Lo'ng
Royal Garden
Earl of Oxford
County Palatine of
Tipperary
Walter Earl of Ormond
Elizabeth
Singular Circumstance Investigates Quickening of Drowned
An 18th century letter excerpt describes Thomas Bishop drowning and a local method using mercury to locate bodies. It argues the experiment could reveal new knowledge, urging careful, public communication if the idea is true or debunked if absurd, warning against rash trials.
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Birmingham
Thomas Bishop
House measures advance with multiple bills and adjournment
Read a third time passed and ordered to the Lords for the Mutiny Malahide road and Trackway bills. Committed and reported on Monday the Tobacco Bounty Linen Pious purpose Dublin Society and American Trade bills. Adjourned to Monday.
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Lords
Malahide
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Royal Union Bank
Lampard Street
London
Straud
Bishop Andrews
Cullen
John Grinday
Jenner A
B. Male
Trelawney
Bercher Baril Esq
Gatkin
Hoares
Isaac Hawkins Browne
Homas Voone, Esq
Biddulph and Co
Arch. Paxton, Esq
E.T
Hackney
Madame DU Barre
Dante
Louis XIV
Mart
Ismael
Police
Prierr
Ivan
Coloffus
Europe
Asia
Globe
Black Sea
Sea of
Marmora
Dardanelles
Grecian Isles
Pasque of St. Sophia
Santa Dea
Yorkshire
Monthly Report
House OF Lords
House OF Coilwons
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