State Lotteries 1799 by Wift and Co Old State Lottery
WIFT and Co advertise their Old State Lottery at London rates with low prices and high prize values. Letters from across the realm receive free guidance, and schemes or information are sent gratis. Offers include payments by post with bank notes post-office orders or cash by coach. Books of all lotteries kept for 40 years under royal commissioners.
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Wift and Co
London
Lindon
Inisa
Escuise
Hornsby Endo Stock
Cornhill
Oprofice
Royal Excange
Taswaan and
Lex's
Exeter
Tromat Brrrines
Evverpoet
India
Horwsay and Co
Lottery Ticket Prices and Draw Schedule Announced
A fragment notes a licensed lottery in England Scotland and Ireland detailing 7 price tiers for tickets and shares. It lists full price 1612s, halves 1 os, quarters 0 1s, and smaller fractions among the sixteenths.
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Furst
England
Scotland
Ireland
Extraordinary Cure Reported for Child in Needful Cordial Advertisement
A Liverpool notice describes Dr Brodum dramatic cure of a dangerous head ailment in a child of Mr Molyneux after using Nervous Cordial. Testimonies claim restoration to health. the remedy is sold widely through London and provincial outlets with prices and distributors listed.
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Liverpool
Brodum
Merritt and Wright
Phoenix
Molyneux
Lotter’s House
Albion-Street
E. Newbery
Corker
St. Paul's Churchyard
Tutt
Royal Exchange
Jehoub and Co.ffers
Bacop
Oxford
Wrice
South Creat
Barker
Dorehamy
Solomon's Guide to Health announces new edition
The text promotes Solomon's Guide to Health by Samuel Solomon M D as an extensive medical publication offering remedies, health advice, and treatment methods for nervous and hypochondriac disorders, with a new edition printed for H D Symonds featuring an elegant author portrait and wide availability to all readers.
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Weill
Samuel Solomon
M. D
Fue Pusch
O Pendal
English Encyclopedia volume reprint advertised with prices
Proprietors announce reprinting of the English Encyclopedia or a Collusion of Treatises and Dictionary of Terms with 20 plates. Weekly parts priced 6d, option for faster access via 240 numbers or 13 parts total 7 pounds 15s 6d. Also notes an upcoming auction at the Three Tuns in Bury St Edmunds for the substantial swelling house and associated properties.
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Burney
G. Kearsley
Fleet-street
London
Colbert
Meffis, Bullen and Bushell
Bury St. Edmund's
Suffolk
Matthias Wright
N. B
Smithfield Cattle and Sheep Society Meeting Adopts Premiums
The Smithfield Cattle and Sheep Society meets in London to set premiums for cattle and sheep to be exhibited at Smithfield before Christmas. Prizes include Fifteen Guineas for best fattened beast with cake or corn, and similar awards for fattened beasts on crafts, hay, turnips, and cabbages. ten guineas for best wether fattened with cake or corn, with rules on weights and feed. Subscriptions and notices to Arthur Young at the Board of Agriculture are required, with breeders to name the breeder and feed at time of showing.
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Smithfield
Opurn
London
Arthur Young
Board of Agriculture
Annals of Agriculture
Fort of Agra Taken by Surprise in February Assault
Report from General Perrin describes a rapid March on Muttra to seize Agra Fort on the Jumna’s western bank. After a sharp dawn attack on February 17, a mosque near the ditch was captured on February 76. Garrison of 800 resisted despite heavy losses, with mines under the fanfé braye and Shah Bourje overlooking a potential storm. Vizier Ally fled Benaras with jewels. intelligence places him sheltering in jungle before joining the Rajah of Nepaul. Surcouff’s new ship in Nantes and other privateering actions are noted, along with ships detained or captured near Bombay and passages to France.
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Bombay
India
Perrin
Scindia
Agra
Jumma
Akbar
Muttra
Benares
Gorrackpoor
Tekem
Jungie
Theacg
Nepaul
Surcauff
la Clariffa
Maria
Macartney
Catherine
Shepherdson
Cauder Box
Surat
Pacific
White
Berkshire
Woodcot
Hile
France
Boston
Orion
Raymond
Sans Culottes
Suworow in Zurich and Swiss retreat details
Letters from St Gall report Suworow arriving at Altdorf on the 26th evening and intending to march to Zurich after an encounter with the Under-Prefect. Rufi an forces forced to retreat through perilous passes as Austro-Russians evacuate regions. Many wounded arrive at Bern. hospitals lack essentials while surgeons await pay.
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Lacerné- Sf Thert
Suwokow
Altdorf
Alt
Zurich
St. . James
Suworov
Korsa- Koff
St. Gall
Berne
Wich
Treis
Cabinet Order Threatens Sugar Tax If Prices Fail
Berlin reports sugar prices rose abroad and a Cabinet Order instructed the General Directory to curb costs. If the price does not drop within six days, excise on imported foreign sugars will be doubled, prompting immediate price adjustments to the fixed rate for the best fort and proportional changes for others.
Privateer activity and naval news from the Plymouth harbor
Reports from Plymouth detail privateers and warships at Boudeaux harbor. The La Bellona, a 32 gun French privateer, captured several ships after a 15 day voyage, while La Grand Dé and La Furét are noted among other armed vessels. A list of captured prizes, ship movements, and recent casualties includes Major of the 14th Light Dragoons Sir G. Pallas and a military funeral at St Peter's Church.
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Plymouth
Lef Bourdeaux
Arbour
Lisbon
Philadelphia
Philadelphdd
Bourdgaus
Efentajn
Roth
Bourdeaux
Dunmore
Guernity
Ganrleg Gous
Mafiena
Gil
Jon Cavenery
Argylethiré
Whit
Mary Packtt
Mailu
Princer
Adélphus
G. Pallas
14Th Light Dragoons
Norwich
St. Peter’s Church
Emigrant distress and French royal exile in Mantua and Paris
Debilitated Emigrants suffer severe hardship as Mantua hosts the Marefebala C in frail health while exiled nobles cling to loyalty to Louis XVIII. The de Bretevil and Artois circles claim influence, priests blamed for ruin, and emigration funded irregularly by the Emperor. Women, girls and tutors struggle in poverty, with prostitution surfacing as the age worsens.
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Marefebala
Mantua
Eamnburgh
Freifard
de Axgouleme
Bank of England forgeries lead to arrests in Cumberland
Two men William M’Keand and Samuel Canning were arrested in Maryport on suspicion of forging Bank of England notes. They were examined by J.C. Curwen, Esq. and committed to Carlisle jail. The gang linked to M’Gowan, a Penrith-born ringleader, operated from Penrith to Wigton and Whitehaven before being pursued to Dumfries where M’Gowan was captured. Curwen’s actions were praised for his vigilance and rapid coordination with other magistrates.
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Bank of England-Nétes
William M' Keand
Samuel Canning
Maryport
J.C. Curwen
Cumberland
Carlisle
Carlie
Penrith
M‘gowan
Wigton
M*gowan
Whitehaven
Curwen
Curwen, Wa¢ ‘Informed of the Fcure M*gowan
Beers
Carfile
Cockermouth
Bownets
Dumfries
M’keand
Gonning
Lord Home
MsGowan
Caplisle
Nenton Dougas
Scotland
M.goware
M*keand
William Parfall
Bank of England
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Altorfi
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Berlin
Lzuranet
AreTten
Séris
Spilsbury
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Spitary
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