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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 02, 1780
Page
4
A London market note analyzes rising bread costs due to persistent rains and a drought affected harvest. It blames no single cause, cites waterway and milling constraints, and argues the 1779 crop fall worsened bread prices. The author urges public inquiry while noting potato and other crops also faltered.
An auction style notice offers a residence at 114 Yeats near Pall Mill with three rooms on a floor and a good kitchen, in repair and ready for immediate entry. Furniture to be taken at appraised value. For details contact George Seddon, cabinet maker, Aldersgate Street, Tas Surveyor’s Complete Account Book also advertised for Ipswich and London sale.
A general meeting of the subscribers was held at the Botton Tavern on Wednesday at one o’clock precisely. James Allen served as secretary and announced the arrangement for continued service in Ja etlag i.
The House of Commons faces a tense week with the opposition united against the current system. Ministers plan to shut gallery doors as the new Parliament opens while Burke and Temple Lutfell are absent from Parliament and debates elevate concerns over reports and policy.
Meffs Nicholson and Co announce the 1789 State Lottery begins Thursday the 16th instant. Tickets are sold in shares and secured by government at the Bank. They offer half and quarter shares at seven guineas and one guinea per share, with drawings to include capital sums and prizes. Offices at the King's Arms Bank Buildings Cornhill Cockspur Street and Westminster conduct all lottery business.
The State Lottery Office in London announces ticket sales and prize history for the 1789 draw. Hazard and Co. warn no other offices handle shares, with past prizes noted and drawing set for Thursday November 16, under Wenham and Co. at No 1 Poultry.
Richardson and Goodluck advertise the State Lottery sales in Cornhill and Charing Cross, offering half and quarter shares and a new plan of adventures at a guinea. They claim prizes secured by real tickets lodged in the Bank of England, with drawing set for Thursday the 16th. Large capital prizes have been sold or shared, including a 20,000 prize divided among fifteen.
Deal and gravefead list several vessels including Dawnshis Majesty's hips Dromedary Squirrel Buly Sulcana and Unity Pane with arrivals from Norway Groningen Hamburgh and Oporto. Names include Young Jacobus Jockins Taya Brothers Janniss and Scopes among others.
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