Dwelling House and Shop for Private Sale in Mega Isle of Ely
To be sold by private contract and entered upon at Lady day or Midsummer next. A dwelling house and shop where the united trades of draper and grocer have operated for years. Stock in trade and fixtures to be taken at appraisal. Extensive premises with large warehouses, barn, stables, garden, and chais e-house. Located in Mega, Isle of Ely, Cambridge. Personal inquiries to Mrs C Boys and Mr Adams of Mepat, authorized to show and dispose. This notice to be published only twice.
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Mega
Isle of Ely
Cambridge
Couyhold
Mepat
C. Boys
Property for let at Cookham on Thames Bank Berks
Two adjoining houses with about two acres of ground on the Thames bank near Cookham offer a furnished and unfurnished residence. Includes drawing room, dining room, offices, four bedrooms, two servant garrets, coach-house, stabling for eight, six acres arable and two acres meadow in Woobum Mead. Also another house with similar rooms and four horses’ accommodation. Inquiries through Baxters Martin Furnival Holborn or Payn Ward Maidenhead.
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Martindale
Woobum Mead
Cookham
Meffrs
Baxters
Martin
Furnival
Holborn
London
Messrs, Payn and Ward
Maidenhead
London markets report mixed grain prices and scarce malts
The market notes a moderate wheat supply with fine samples selling at small gains while rough samples stay dull. Fine malting barleys and clean malts are scarce but sold readily, with best barleys around 28s and line ship malt near 38s to 39s. Hog oats and beans show slight price movements amid few arrivals.
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S Mall
Price of Flour and Seeds in London Markets
A fragment showing London market prices for flour, hops, seeds, and related commodities. Entries list per hundred weight and per quarter for seeds like red clover, trefoil, rye grass, mustard, canary seed, rape seed, and white ditto, with tallow prices at St James's Market and various markets, plus soap and dregs prices.
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London
St. James’s
Clare Market
Whitechapel Market
Graves
Window Topping case at Exchequer Court in Portman Square
In a late Exchequer sitting a jury found for the Plaintiff against the Defendant over an extension blocking light from two windows in a Portman Square house. The Defendant, with knowledge of the Plaintiff’s window rights, demanded purchase or tenancy at rack rent to permit the work. After a three hour hearing the verdict awarded the Plaintiff immediate removal of the offending structure, restoration of light and air, 2000 in damages and costs.
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Court of Exchequer
Durwelton-street
Baker-street
Portman-square
British Prisoners Suffer Harsh Treatment in France
A countryman returning from France reports dire conditions for about 1360 English prisoners at Pontenexan near Brest. Cartels brought only 300 home. others walked to Melun as scurvy and hunger spread. Rations were woefully small and included bad bread, offal meat, and mouldy beans in oil and water. The author urges readers to doubt Jacobin and Directory reports.
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Directory
France
Pontenexan
Brest
Hodson
Melun
Paris
Deuce Humanité
York Assizes: Buck Tried for Robbery of Ripon Banker
The York Assizes last week concluded with Peter Buck a tanner from Ripley found guilty of robbing Richard Terry a Ripon banker. Buck attacked Terry near Farnham, fired a pistol, rifled pockets, and stole 161 pounds and 160 guineas plus notes. Buck claimed innocence while witnesses attested to his good character. The jury and prosecutor urged clemency for Buck.
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York
Peter Buck
Ripley
Richard Terry
Rippon
Terry
Knaresborough Mnarket
Rippen
Knaresborough
Transi& Banking
Farnham
Buck
Salisbury Embodies Supplementary Militia Under Duke of Somerset
In Salisbury on Wednesday the county's Supplementary Militia was formed under the Duke of Somerset with Lieut. Colonel William A'Court and Major William Henry Beauverre leading about 450 men. Officers are training diligently and the unit is expected to strengthen national defense, while the Provisional Cavalry and Queen's Dragoon Guards also muster, marking a busy garrison town.
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Duke of Somerset
Witliam
Witttiam Henry Boouverre
Sarum
Queen’s Dragoon Guards
Missionaries in Bengal report Bible translation progress
Letters dated March 23, 1797, indicate the Bengalee New Testament is translated and under careful revision. Printing costs are estimated at 300 pounds sterling plus binding. Carey and Thomas toured Thibet Baotan, preached through an interpreter, and met a local Soobah who discussed the Grand Lama and Gospel.
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Edinburgh
Bengal
Carey
Calcutta
England
Méefirs
Thomas
Thibet
Baotan
Soobah
Ashby man wagers on eating fat bacon potatoes and ale
Thomas Gibson of Ashby-de-la-Zouch bets a small sum he will eat three pounds fat bacon, six pounds potatoes, a penny loaf and drink three quarts of ale on the 9th. He then offers to repeat the feat in three hours. A dispute leads him to an adjoining field where he fights three battles and wins all.
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Thomas Gibson
Ashby-de-la-Zonch
Smithfield Market Prices and Livestock Totals
Market notes from Newgate and Beadenhall dated March 19 show base prices for beef veal lamb and pork in shillings and pence ranges. Estimates indicate about 1600 sheep and 8000 beasts in attendance, with varied rates across beef veal mutton and pork.
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Smithfield
Mowpaw
Marchag
Newgate and
Beadenhall
Burglary Convictions And Murders In Old County News
In Northampton Samuel Haftock, aged 74, marries Martha Lucas who is in her teens, amid threats. At Wilts Ashes George Quinton and Abraham Newman convicted of burglary and await execution. Maidstone sees Thomas Pigeon of Greenwich Hospital jailed for rape. Oxford reports multiple capital convictions for burglary and theft, with sentences including death and seven years’ transportation. Local cases include arsenic poisoning attempt and various inquests into suicides and deaths.
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Samuel Haftock
Northampton
Martha Lucas
Wilts Ashzes
George Quinton
Abraham Newman
Maidstone
Thomas Pigeon
Greenwich Hospital
Mary Welch
Oxford
James Carpenter
Benjamin Parsons
Dorchester
W. Nash
Brown
W. Dorn
Nath
Dorn
Carpenter
Huntingdon
George Norman
Summers
John Squire
Queen’s Head
St. Neot’s
Wm. Graves
Giles
Sheernese
Mary Lancester
Earl Soham
Suffolk
Ipswich
Bound
South Damerham
Charles Pearce
Winterborne Stoke
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of Commons
George II
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London Markets
Fife
Kent
Tos
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Suffx
Sh. Ress
Essex
Gssu
Taft
LAW Intelligence
pirtMan
Hooley
St. James's
Hay
Straw
Whitechapel
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