Kitchen Furniture Warehouse Catalogue Item List
An advertisement by WM. Slark of Cheapside promotes a complete double set of kitchen ware. It lists teapots, coffee pots, faucepans, saucepans, soup pots, kettles, a cheese toaster, a spice box, a grater, Dutch oven, spoons, stewpans, frying pan, gridiron, boiling pot, terrine kettle, dripping pan, calender, beer pots, wine pots, rice ladle, pepper and flour pots, pattypans, pudding pan, seallap belts, fcewers, extinguisher, dust pan, thovel, candlesticks, iron ditto, shafing fork, bellows, steak tongs, cleaver, candle box, ladle, salts, mincing knife, sugar box, and sets of lEffer size. It touts perpetual ovens, smoke jacks, copper goods, and superior workmanship at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm.slark
Cheapside
Admiralty Letter on Clyde Privateer and Loss at sea
Copy of Captain Cunningham’s letter to Lord Nepean reports the privateer Refade sailing from Bourdeaux for 50 days off the Azores and Madeira without captures, returning to port. It also recounts the La Dorade incident where a prize master’s overzealous actions caused the ship to overturn and drown the captain, a midshipman, and seventeen seamen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Itic
Bia
Refade
Bourdeaux
Azores
Madeira
Cunningham
Clyde
Laan Nepean
Garyland Bay
Iris
La‘Dorade
Bankrupts and Surrender Dates at Guildhall Listings
Bankruptcy notices list W Mee and W Evans of Wool-street Cheapside Wox offers surrendering December 30 January 13 and February 6 at Guildhall Attornies Messrs Dann and Duty Threadneedle-street R Hancock Titchhorne-freet Middlesex child bed linen maker surrender dates January 2 9 and February 6 at Guildhall Attorney Mr Meakings Arundel-street Strand etc. Other cases include W Davis Peck-Lane Birmingham cabinet maker surrender dates February 2 22 and February 6 at Guildhall Solicitor Mr Shepherd Hyde-street Bloomsbury Holmes of Doncaster work leather-dresser surrender dates January 25 26 and February 6 at the Angel Inn Doncaster Attorney Mrs Broadrick Coventry grocer January 28 and February 6 at Guildhall etc. Also entries for R Woodfield Coventry grocers January 25 and February 6 Guildhall Watcott Martock Somerset draper January 16 February 6 Mermaid Inn Yeovil etc. Also notes on enlarged bankruptcies and dividends with various dates and locations across Guildhall and inns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Mee
W. Evans
Cheapside
Guildhall
Dann
Threadneedle
R. Hancock
Titchhorne-freet
Middlesex
Mr. Meakings
Arundel-street
Strand
W. Davis
Peck-Iane
Birmingham
Shepherd
Hyde-street
Bloomsbury
Holmes
Doncaster
Fhrresder
Apgel Inn
Broadrick
Doncatter
R. Woodfield
Pod Woorton
Furchival's Ink
Reynolds
Blackfriars Ready Linen-Draper
aGildha Wm
Biverte
Bridge-street
Blackfriars
Habergather
Gildhall
Siclland
Newgate
Alne
Gnildhall
T- Gibbs
Ravpsgate
Kent
Swelve
Haflingden
Manchester
Preston
Liverpool
Ka H. Noblé
Abingdon
T. Carr
King’s Lynn
W. Smithy
Wreccletham
Saily
Carved carpet tribute and tax defaulter cries in London
The piece notes a carpet for the Duke of York and bristles at the Commissioners of Taxes over the Duke of Bedford’s servants and horses tax evasion. It urges publication of defaulters’ names, warns of public shame, and laments selective action. It also covers coin finds, prisoner exchanges, and appointments in the Guards and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of York
Duke of Bedford
Parhia
Mutiny on British ships at the Cape of Good Hope
An officer dated Off. 13, 1797 reports a mutiny aboard squadron ships at the Cape of Good Hope on the 7th instant. Inflamed letters allegedly spurred crews, but by yesterday they humbled themselves, declared obedience, and cheered the Reva Standard on Tremendous. A proclamation promised a general pardon and restored discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape of Good Hope
Spithead
Ben
Affidavits claim jurors drank during Willian Orr trial
Jury affidavits from Arthur Johnson and Archibald Thomson report two strong whiskey bottles were brought into the jury room and consumed, causing sickness and a juror to be swayed. Thomson says intimidation by James M Neighton influenced verdict contrary to his opinion. Crooks testifies he would not have acquitted if death penalty feared. Sworn Sept 20 1797 in Antruish court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian ‘Orr
Arthur Johnson
Archibald Thomson
William Orr
Thomson
James M‘neighton
Ancu
Fuouelon
Yelverton
Seog
Innischloughlin
Wm. Orr
Covent Garden Pantomime Harlequin and Quixote at Night
Last night at Covent Garden a new grand pantomime Harlequin and Quixote or The Magic Arm opened to a favourable reception. The story follows a Peruvian Inca and his son fleeing foes, aided by the Inta, with adventures from Spain to England and China ending happily amid elaborate stage spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covent-Garden
Luca
Peru
Inta
Triston
la Mancha
Grenada
Xaigor
Sandy
England
China
Farrago
Don Quixote
Cone
George
Staunton
The Theatre Trick Heights A Panto Mime Impresses Crowd
A playful pantomime performance astonishes patrons as tin tubes rise over candles casting a sudden darkness. The production, praised for ingenuity, features music by Reeve whose work earns acclaim and is noted as a strong credit to the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hany
Reeve
Public Office at Bow Street on Smith Robbery Case
Thomas Smith, servant to George Lind of Stratford Place Oxford Street, was examined by N Bond as a suspected accomplice in a house burglary. He claimed three men burst in at about 4 30 am, tied him, forced him to reveal the plate key, and emptied the chest with hay, then fled. the magistrate committed him as a party in the burglary after deeming his tale improbable. He had only lived a week with Mr Lind’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Smith
George Lind
Stratford-place
Oxford Street
N. Bond
Mr. Lind
Riots and fires plague Dublin and Oxfordshire areas
A riot at Astley Theatre Dublin injures patrons as tones and objects are hurled from galleries. confiscation of rioters by Sheriff Archer and Yeomanry officers follows. In Oxfordshire Hawes farm premises burned, thatch damaged, and nearby rick fires thwarted. A self-inflicted stab wound kills a man who left a note about gambling ruin and a broken heart. A robbery near a pub ends with a bank note theft and suspect linked to Mac Neal amid a police search. The report describes diabolical incendiaries and violent crimes across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astley Theatre
Dublin
Sheriff Archer
Yeomanry
Kevin-street
Smith
Hawes
Drayton
Wheatley
Oxfordshire
Brefore
Milton
Sath -M Reor
Sarin
Mac Neal
Martio
Feme
Beneal
Aetor
Smithield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bondon Gazetts
Rip Chuide
Evan Nepean
Cyares CunsincHam
London
Commonwealth of England
Bullmar
Bath
Italy
Buonaperte
America
Count Stahremberg
Regiment of Guards
Edward Baker Littlehales
St. Domingo
William Cockbrne
Mks Nightingate
Regiment of Foot
Littlehares
Grenville Leveson Gower
Pua
Poultry Compter
Ludgate
Ervetatuge
Tychien
Rostock
Persepolis
Major Ouleley
Antrish
Public Office
Bow Street
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