Court appointments and historic notices in London Gazette
From the London Gazette July 20 1971 the King appoints George Duke of St Albans as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire and Spencer Earl of Northampton as Lord Lieutenant of Northampton. Other appointments include William Leyborne Leyborne as Captain General and Governor in Chief of Grenada and surrounding islands, John Blaquiere as Secretary to the Embassy to France, Edward Coleman as Clerk of Robes and Wardrobes, Charles Proby as Comptroller of Victuallers accounts, and name changes to Cornewall and Du rell. Overseas dispatch notes report Elbe flooding delaying Prussian posts and widespread inundation across Bergedorff Vierlande and adjacent regions with rising prices and scarce provisions.
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George Duke of
St. Albans
Berks
Spencer Earl of
Northampton
William Leyborne Leyborne
Grenada
Granadines
St. Vincent
Tobago
America
John Blaquiere
17Th Regiment of Dragoons
France
St. James's
Edward Coleman
Charles. Proby
Durell
Solomon Durell
Hamburgh
Elbe
Saxony
Gamm
Rethbrook
Bergedorff
Vierlande
Hanoverian
Dannebrooge
Luckow
Hitzaker
Newhaus
Blekede
Lauenberg
Butlingen
Winten
Duchy of Mecklenburgh
Endeavour voyage reports islands plants and mutinous talk
LONDON notes describe Solander and companions returning from the Endeavour voyage sampling new islands at George's Land, teaching natives, and bringing back unknown plant species. Also items on Plymouth election writs, Minorca court martial outcomes, Bishop principles, coach tests, Lord Mayor reforms, fires, marriages, bankruptcies, ship movements, and military discourse urging better pay and treatment for soldiers.
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Dr. Solander
Endeavour
George’s Land
New Discovered Islands
Batavia
Europe
Fletcher Norton
Crown
Plymouth
Francis Holburne
Minorca
George Lenox
Mortyn
Lord George
Junius
Letter on promotion in Cornwallis's regiment sparks debate
The London Evening Post quotes a letter to Lord Cornwallis accusing him of promoting a third Captain to major. The writer defends the Colonel’s judgment, noting his close familiarity with officers and Major W I's past distinction, and argues promotion requires regimental insight.
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Lord Cornwallis
Extraordinary Vegetable Syrup Heals Chronic Ulcers Case
A Cambridge farmer once plagued by ten years of general illness and sever scurvy recovered after five weeks on VEGETABLE SYRUP from Dr Burrows. The patient rose from bed in a fortnight and walked about the village, with authorities vouching for the cure. Bottles sold at multiple London outlets and Cambridge agents announce the remedy.
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Marball
Christchurch
Burrows
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Capel-court
Royal Exchange
Fletcher and Hodson
Improvable Freehold Estate of Halpenny Auctioned at Crown
To be sold by auction by Mr Dight at the Crown and Anchor Tavern Strand on Tuesday next at one o clock. The estate near Biggleswade Bedfordshire includes a marble house in two apartments with 137 acres arable 80 acres meadow 2 acres garden and orchard let at 2601 yearly to Edward Rud plus a second unit with coach-house stable pleasure and kitchen gardens nine acres meadow and Woolland all enclosed within a ring hedge. Viewings by Mr William Bear on site. Plans and further particulars from Mr Thomas Dagkt Lincoln s Inn Fields London.
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Crown and Anchor
Strand
Thomas Halpenny
Hill
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
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Biggleswarle
Halpenny
William Bear
Thomas Dagkt
Great Wild-street
Lincolln
s-Inn-fields
London
King's Patent Cakes for Shining Liquid Blacking
A historical notice for King s Patent Cakes used to make shining liquid blacking for shoes. Water converts the cake into a superior, pliable liquid that preserves leather, prevents cracking, and leaves no smell. Sold wholesale and retail by Bayley in Cork Street and via Rothwell, Grosvenor, Hoborn, London Coffee-house, and Price near the India House. Price sixpence per cake yielding a pint of liquid blacking.
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Corkfouge Street
A. Rothwell
Grosvenor
Hoborn
London
Ludgate-hill
J. Price
India House
Leadenhall-fireet
A System of Pleading Translation Edition
This listing advertises a published legal work titled A System of Pleading containing a translation of the Doctrina Placitandi by Samson Euer and notes by a Gentleman of the Middle Temple. It includes an introduction on court terms, a preface, and a table, printed by Strahan and Woodfall for William Owen in Fleet Street.
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Middle Temple
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M. Woodfall
Wiliam Owen
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