To Let Lang-Day.next House and Off ice Ground at Cookham
Two adjoining houses at Cookham on the Thames Bank in Berks near Maidenhead with extensive accommodations including parlours dining rooms offices seven servant rooms eight bed chambers chaise-house stabling for four horses and about six acres of arable land and two acres meadow. Unfurnished with fixtures, plus another house opposite with eight bed chambers and related outbuildings. Attachments mention agents and local payable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lang-Day
Martindale
Bank of the Thames
Cookham
Berks
Maidenhead-bridge
Woobarn Mead
Patee
Mears
Baxters
Matin
Furnival
Sian
Holborn
Bonigoa Padon
Mésis
Paya
Ward
Maienhead
Pees
British Colour Company Tar Brown and Varnish Paints
Public notice states that British Colour Company in Walbrook London continues to prepare tar brown and paints as cheap useful ornamental coverings for wood and iron. Tar Brown for rough boarding fences and junk walls. paints in green and other shades for fences grounds and iron railings. Company also supplies ground white lead and related pigments of best quality at best prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Colour Company
Walbrook
London
Admiralty Court Hears Mars Case on Interest Due
In a Thursday Admiralty court hearing the Mars cargo dispute over naval stores captured in 1793 was resolved that the claimant should receive the cargo value. The judge delayed ruling on interest, referring the matter to the Register of Merchants to determine interest from the report date to payment, noting Government use of the stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doe
Ors
Wand
J. Maxster
Impressed Sailor Sues Captain for Full Voyage Wages
In a Common Pleas case a sailor sues the captain for wages for the homeward voyage. He claims he was forcibly impressed onto a King's ship after a quarrel, while the defense argues he was compelled by a naval lieutenant. The judge notes wages depend on whether the impressment was the defendant's wilful act or state necessity. The jury found the sailor had not been impressed by the defendant's wilful act.
Verdict Records Remaining Wages For One Defendant
A jury found a verdict for 71.10, noting the only remaining item was wages owed to the defendant. The ruling appears to finalize the cash entitlement due to the claimant while other claims were resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dant
Doctrines of Divorce Case in Doctors Commons
In the case of Colonel and Lady Anne Sinclair the court found no case of divorced men and reported unfairly. The only issue argued was Colonel Sinclair's protest against divorce proceedings, claiming a valid Brussels divorce. the judge ruled Brussels documents not stamped here, so not a bar to divorce, and the Colonel must plead. The main question remains untried and final proof may require Brussels process documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Sinclair
Colonel Sinclair
Brussells
Lawrence
England
Ireland News From Kilkenny to Cork and Beyond
Three men calling themselves T Pratt Owen Carney and Philip Fitzcon3 were committed to Kilkenny goal on suspicion of involvement in a mail robbery at Priest House Bray on the night of the 24th ult On the 26th ult they were committed to Cork county jail for conspiracy to buy arms and gunpowder to disturb the peace At Cove Island Flynn and Sullivan faced charges for declaring they would put Capt Drury to death The paper records the death of Mr Darracn tortured and the wounding of Major Aven of the 24th Dragoons by hostile fire on the Grand Canal Bank in Kildare The events reflect a period of violent unrest and political danger in Ireland The tone is somber detailing arrests killings and attacks on officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Pratt
Owen Carney
Philip Fitzcon3
Kilkenny
Tomas Lampert
Callan
Priest- House
Bray
Cork
J.daury
Ef. Peter’ Murphy
Wim. Mahony
W. Fitzgerald
Cove
Imand
Thos. Flynn
John, Sullivan
Drury
Darracn
Aven
24Th Dragoons
Grand Canal Bank
County of
Kildare
Arms hidden in Kedragh house unearthed by local force
On Wednesday morning a search led by Ephmunp Power with Western Troop serjeant Clonmel Marcus to Patrick Kennedy’s Kedragh home near New Inn uncovered a hollow tool block containing a short gun bayonet flints and ammunition. A man named Patrick Collins was taken to gaol. Praise was given to the magistrate and Yeomanry for the arrest. Later that night in Limerick city eight residents of O Briens bridge were seized for seditious acts and four more were captured nearby with similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephmunp Power
Patrick Kennedy
Carpenter
Kedragh
New Inn
Hutchinson
Perry
Patrick Collins
Power
Ireland's rugged coast line poses perils to ships
The text notes twelve principal bays including Dunmanus and the Shannon mouth, highlighting dangerous coasts with rocks and westerly winds that drive ships aground without skilled pilots, and that landings are inherently difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunmanus Bay
Shannon
Ulster Coastline Fortifications Share of British Trade
The piece notes Ulster bays and harbours are shallow, Bantry Bay defended by forts and troops, while eastern coasts face similar limits. It highlights British imports flooding Irish markets due to closed European outlets, with woollen and cotton goods piling up in Merseyside towns. Exports mainly go to North America, Portugal, and the West Indies, while England supplies linens and hides, yet imports exceed exports and trade with northern states weakens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster
Bantry Bay
Dunmanus Bay
Europe
Mers Land
Ireland
North America
Canada
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Portugal
West India Islands
England
British convoy clashes with Spanish gun boats at sea
Reported European dispatches describe a convoy from Old England arriving with officers. Spanish gun boats attacked the flotilla for hours. eight shots hit a boat and several others damaged. Three bomb-ketches and gun boats were ordered for the bay defense as further actions loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giarent
Old England
Fenérable
Chatham
Admiral Duncan
Kent
Woolwich
Reading Mercury
Mortimer Common
Sfort
Birmingham
Bates
Bull-street
Loyal
Birmingham Association
Simpson
Macclesfield
Old Angel Inn
Hulks
Brewer
Upner
George Rogers
Edmund Harrington
Ear’s Colne
Tweed
Kelso
Woman jailed for refusing to answer questions in bankruptcy case
Salisbury March 42. On Tuesday last Margaret Holloway of Westbury, wife of James Holloway, was committed to Fitherton Gaol for refusing to be sworn before the commissioners in a commission of bankruptcy against her husband and to answer the questions asked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitherton
Margaret
James, Holloway
Westbury
Language in transition and word adapted speech
The piece discusses living language adapting new words and meanings, noting how English borrows from French Italian and Latin while expanding senses. It cites examples like gun once meaning a battle engine, and argues words must fit a speaker’s mouth in public oratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Seizure of smuggling boat at Christ church Harbour
Last week the Custom-house Boat of Christ church seized a smuggling vessel at the mouth of Christ church Harbour. It carried upwards of 17 000 gallons of spirits and a large quantity of tobacco and was lodged at the Custom-house at Southampton the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
Christchurch Harbour
Southampton
Abbey Field
Chertsey
Surrey
Srinssuay's ANTIstorbatic Drops advertised in London Dispensary
Fresh supplies of Srinssuay's ANTIstorbatic Drops are weekly received from the Dispensary in Soho Square by Mrs E Newbery in London. The drops are claimed to relieve disorders from obstructed perspiration and impurities of the blood, including scurvy gout leprosy evil abscesses ulcers rheumatism and more. Bottles cost 5s and 28s with directions detailing required diet and noted cures by surgeons ministers and other respectable persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srinssuay
Sohofquare
E. Newbery
St. Paul’s Churchyard
London
Botanic Syrup and Nervous Cordial advertised cures
An 18th century advertisement touts Botanic Syrup and Restorative Nervous Cordial as purifying remedies for scorbutic, leprous, and scrofulous cases. It cites numerous cured individuals including Mr Collins and Mr Eye, lists distribution points in London and Ireland, and notes pricing and availability from multiple outlets. The claim includes deafness, rheumatism, dropsy, and yellow jaundice cures, with doctors and stock brokers among witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Collins
John Hogwood
W. Simpson
Rose Inn
Sittingbourn
Brodum
John Barnard
Bootseller
Bye
Stockbroke
State Lottery Office
New
Ditto
Rigzea
Great Pultneya Street
Mr. Weatherley
Chiswick
Middlesex
James Char<ley
Romford
Thomas Tobitt
Steyting
Sussex
H. Leggatt
John Curtis
Steyning
Mr. Trith
Prince of Wales
Neeth-ftecet
Brighton
Eye
Newgate-street
Geopes Bug
William. Bidwell
Newgate Street
Albion-street
E. Newbery
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Ward
Holborn
Gray's Inn
Jeovale
Colate Bacon
Oxford-street
Pidding’s
Davis
Cork
Ireland
Bulgin and Sheppard
Bristol
Baxter
Edinburgh
Browk
Tolavy
Read
Vine-street
M‘donnald
Glasgow
Chalmers
Aberdeen
Tutt’s
Royal Exchange
Williams
His
Pallmall
Boulton
Collins
Salisbury
Spilsbury and Co
Mary-Street
Dublin
Three Kingdoms
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LAW Intelligence
High Court OF Admiralty
Common Pleas
Macullum
Carr
Doctors’ Commons
Mages
Drewit Ortrr
Te Cofteriers
Garment Raitiri
Taylor
Zritor
Ryde
Douglas
Garcely
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