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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 31, 1789
Page
3
Coroner of the County requests consent from the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders to remove a body from Green. The notice seeks authority to inter or bury the deceased and to appoint a guardian for the property and estate involved. The public is urged to attend or respond by a specified date in March.
A notice for an auction to be held at a Bear Tro. da Woanton within Somigei county on a soon date between daylight and dusk. It lists a house with parlour front, kitchen, brewhouse, three bed chambers, garrets and attachments, plus pasture land of about eight kilchs. Details request interested parties to contact Mr. Lewr and local residents at specific addresses for further particulars.
A garbled excerpt lists sections and articles from The Ladies Magazine including poems, essays, education pieces, and social topics. Names and titles appear in a scattered stream of text with references to womanly virtue, domestic guidance, and indicative era topics.
A Morpeth gathering on March 2 1789, chaired by the High Sheriff, praised the king’s health restoration. Sir F Blake delivered a brief oration and proposed an address to the Majesty which was read and unanimously approved. The meeting then paid thanks to the High Sheriff for his conduct and presented the address to the King.
Pursuant to a decree of the Court of Chancery at London the manor of Leighton Broms with lots of land and royalties will be offered for sale on Monday May 1 at five o clock in the afternoon. The estate spans over 2954 acres with advowson and minorities, in a well situated farming district near roads markets and with numerous farm buildings and game. Plans and particulars available at the Master’s Chambers and with listed agents in Tamworth Temples and London.
The Lords heard Masters in Chancery report their plan to proceed on Warren Blattings’s dill on Friday the 21st of April. Fraser and Gordon appealed to their Lordships claiming injustice from losing access to water used on their lands by order of Edinburgh’s Provost and chief magistrates. The Lords adjourned the session to tomorrow.
In the House of Commons a petition from the Members of the Amicable Allurance Serjeant's Tun was read seeking counsel against the bill for incorporating another Adjurance in Westminster. The petitioners were agreed to be heard after a lively debate. Several private bills were sent down and agreed by the Lords. The County Register bill faces suspension review as it proceeds through first and second readings. Sir W Young moves to bring in a bill to prevent vexatious removals and reform poor laws, with second reading postponed until after Bulker holidays. Leave granted. The Land Tax committee meets as the duties levy bill is read for another year, with continued examination of the tax and related clauses. The House then resumes and adjourns.
London reports the Lord Bishop of London presenting congratulations to the King at Windsor, with Dr Prettyman and church figures joining in. plans for a royal visit to St Pauls emerge. Privy Council and revenue notes follow, plus celebrations in Wales with illuminations, bonfires, and Mint entertainments marking the King’s health. The reform of public offices is urged, with delays due to illness now lifting.
Letters from the Continent report readers await fresh developments as ice from a north wind blocks Sweden and Denmark. News says four ships seized from Bamburgh to Gottenburgh were offered back by a Russian admiral but refused after bulk was broken and ransacked. Further reparations are sought.
The article notes protests against harsh flogging and praises soldiers for health and discipline aboard the William Pict, as Colonel Mulgrave returns to Madras with the 8th regiment. It also reports House of Commons business including Fox's Motion on Shop Vix Act and county election considerations, detailing parliamentary aims and trials of dealers, plus ship movements and personal notices from Falmouth to New York and related maritime traffic.
The lottery concluded its drawing with ticket No. 22099 issued to a purchaser. An earlier report notes tickets were sold at various offices including Cornhill and Clarendon with participants Richardson and Goodman Luck. The precise event details and locations are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
In the near era of the late lottery the following capital prizes were sold at Metfrs Tlazage and Co's Office Royal Exchange Wide in States.
The readable OCR lists a mix of bond and stock terms such as 7 percent and 4 percent consols, 75 day and 1726 figures, annuities, South Sea stock, and notes about exchange, with references to bonds, annuities, and naval tickets, indicating a financial page brief. Entities include Bank Stack, Consols, South Sea, Navy, and various percentages.
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