31 Oct 1791
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 31, 1791
Page
1
General Meeting of the West India Planters and Merchants will be held at the London Tavern on Thursday next the 3rd inst at eight o clock. Signed James Allen Secretary.
Lottery promoter J Wenham advertises the Trish State Lottery with tickets sold at 1 Poultry Lawton address. He claims no connection with other circles and stresses past prize payouts, prize scale, and quick payments. Correspondents invited. detailed prize and ticket information offered. office maintains exact numerical and register books.
Establishment under royal authority offers education in French German Latin arithmetic writing geography orthography and more. Board includes lodging washing fire and use of furniture at 25 Louis red per year with half board options and additional charges for private chambers. Location Rue des Jéluies opposite Sainte Anne in Brussels.
General Post Office notice reports the escape of John Oxley or Oxon a Yorkshire man about 25 tall pale with small pox scarring and a right-leaning nose. He fled last night around seven from Clerkenwell Bridewell offering fifty pounds reward to capture him and the Postmaster General orders. A long promotional scam follows offering Irish and English lottery receipts with heavy emphasis on prizes and exchanges.
The Irish Lottery begins a drawing on Billay for LLGA STAMPED SHARES at THih BGUINEAS with prizes in GUINEAS and SHILLINGS under a plan similar to last year. The Adventurer offers LEGA SHARES and receipts for BLANKS and PRIZES, with British CHANCE and English prizes, including a 25,000 prize. Promoters cite legal receipts, prior successes, and notable backers in London, with Shoals of prizes distributed among subscribers and partners.
Historical court records discuss a petition from bargemakers and river users for creating a navigable canal from Boulter's Lock near Maidenhead to New Windsor in Middlesex. The plan aims to bypass the Thames bottlenecks, reduce delays in loading London markets, and lower costs for Oxford Bucks Berks Middlesex trade.
A Sunday pryening lecturer wearing full canonicals with exaggerated wig whiskers and large shoe bows ascends the pulpit on tiptoe with two pretty ladies, reads a misplaced text in a dramatic yet theatrical manner, and exits after about fifteen minutes amid subdued amusement.
At Forfar Michaelmas Head Court 4th ult the county meeting chaired by Colonel Fotheringham urged adopting trial by jury in civil and criminal cases with open court witnesses. A 12 member committee was formed to gather Scottish county opinions and meet delegates to push for unified jury trial across the kingdom. Also advertised is a bold Irish Lottery offer with guaranteed prize payments and no deductions, urging clubs and societies to participate before the November and February draws.
The author Fras Spilsbury expresses gratitude to the Valetudinarian and afflicted community for support of a sixth edition titled Free Observations on the Scurvy Gout Diet and Remedy. He says experiences and opinions are given freely to aid preventing or softening distress from scurvy and gout, urging readers to consider the guidance.
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