Strand Shop Robbery and City Notices Summary
A rough tale recounts a pitted surgeon in Richmond disguise who robbed a distiller in Church Lane Strand of 3s then 18s from a till, fled, and was later captured after a second theft at a cook shop. Various arrests, including a group charged with loitering near the Strand, follow. The piece notes a Tower of London Quarter-Session, marriages in Scotland, and several deaths including Richard King and Mrs Mulfo in Bath. The London Gazette reports Henry Edwards, Cambridge victualler, bankruptcy.
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Richmond
Swayne
Church-Lane
Strand
Dutchy Court of Lancaster
S Tower of London
Court House
Great Tower-Hill
Scotland
John Scott
Foot-Guards
Miss Carnegie
Bir
Famies Carnegie
Dyfart
Forestreet
Richard King
Bath
Mulfo
Mulfo, Wife of —— Mulfo
Thomas
Hospital for Maintenance and Education of exposed children
The Governors of the Hospital in Lambs Conduit Fields announce an open reception for children on Friday October 7 1748 from three to five in the afternoon. Do not remove any clothing or items from a child. violators will be sent out. Each child will be baptized the following Sunday. Donations may be paid to specified banks and merchants in London. Tickets required for Sunday christening on October 9 1748. governors admitted without tickets.
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Lamb’s- Conduit-Fields
Lamb’s Conduit-Fields
Bank of England
Taylor White
Esgin
Lincolns- Inn-Fields
Joseph
Thomas Hankey
Fenchurch-Street
Meffieurs Martin and Company
Lombard-Street
Meffieurs Hoare and Company
Fleet-Street
Meffieurs
Andrew Drummond and Company
Charing-Cross
General ‘Committee
Harman Verelst
London
Ratzebsurg
Great Britain
Great Bridge
Count de Platen
Baron Rheden
Gohrde
Maestricht
Meuse
Namur
Fauquemont
Normandy
P.S
France
Butler
Bristol
Sherlock
Salisbury
Hollis-Street
Cavendish-Square
Richard Rogers
Bridgewater-Square
Thomas Cromwell
Mr. Whifton
Tancred Robinson
Deal
Wind N. W
Lyon
Lisbon
Ulysses
Hubard
Barbadoes
Banker
India
Royal
Prem
Letting of Ashby De-la-Laund hunting seat and farm
To be let and entered on immediately at Ashby de la Laund in Lincolnshire a well furnished hunting seat with adjoining offices garden paddock dovecote two fish ponds and several closes of pasture nearby near Sleaford Lincoln Grantham. Details from Morland John Pape and James Darcy. Also a farm of 601 pounds per year to be let at Lady Day next.
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Ashby De-la-Laund
County of
Lincoln
Sleaford
Lancoln
Grantham
Morland
Racquet-Court
Fleet-Street
John Pape
Galiintham
James Darcy
Athby
Mansfield Races October 11 12 and 13 1748 Purse Events
Racing on the Mansfield course offers three purses from October 11 to 13 1748. Entries demand skirting sums and prior winnings limits with separate days for eight and twelve pound purses and a fifty pound noblemen and gentlemen prize. Admission requires a subscribed public house, and a rule excludes entering for multiple purses. Evening entertainment features Mr Rench’s Company of Comedians.
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Mansfield
A&c
Smelting House for Copper and Lead near Swansea
An enquiry by letter to Thomas Popkin at Forrest near Swansea, Glamorganshire, invites interested parties to obtain further particulars about a smelting works on the River Taney. The property includes a fund of coal for ongoing operations and four convenient landing places.
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Taney
Swansea
Glamorganshire
Thomas Popkin
Forrest
Island of Wight Freehold Estates Offered For Sale
Properties and inheritance of four messuages with gardens in West Cowes Isle of Wight offered for sale together or in parcels. Further particulars from Mr. Dart Wife attorney at West Cowes. A meeting at New Inn Abingdon resolved to seek an act to regulate Thames navigation and to hold a follow up meeting at Reading on November 15 to discuss instructions for a bill with regional MPs in attendance.
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West-Cowes
Isle of Wight
Southampton
Dart
New-Inn
Abingon
Berks
London Evening Post
Thames
Barcot
Oxford
Reading
King’s Arms
Surry
Middlesex
Bucks
Oxon
Gloucester
Wilts
Sermons on Life and Christ from the Physician of Souls
A historical column announces sermons on select religious subjects by the late Reverend figure. Topics include Life from Christ, The Physician of Souls, The Incarnation of Christ, and The Expediency and Necessity of the Sufferings of Christ, all presented in a devotional public discourse setting.
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Christ
Physician of
Souls
Incarnation of
God
King's London Visit and Allied War Dispatches
Extra letters describe King George's visit to London and entertainment scenes, with a Meuse front dispatch noting artillery movement to Namur and forecasts of French evacuation. other items report deaths, a bookseller buying Tancred Robinson's library, and stock market quotes from Deal and London.
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Morden
Bearden-Mouth
Holdenhurst
Christchurch
Pool
Wimbourne
Ringwood
Jared Maddocie
Crane-Court
James “Willis
King
Blandford
Vale
The
Universal Magazine
Queen Anne of Cleves
Lord Ansom
England
Baron Trench
Turkey
Cumberland
Mber
J. Hinton
St. Paul's Churchyard
Justice of Peace
Samuel Blackerby
Grays-Inn
J. Walthoe
Castle- Alley
Cafo
Elzivir
Gil Blas
Santillane
J. Osborn
Roderick
Random
James Shepherd
Northampton
P. Doddridge
James Buckland
Pater-noster-Row
James Waugh
Gracechurch Street
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