17 Sep 1772
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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 17, 1772
Page
1
A coastal report recalls a fatal village quarrel in Pianello with a priest complicit in the murder. police capture two suspects as Rome posts clash details. London Old Bailey trials recount robberies and executions, with many convicted or branded. Society notices list marriages and deaths across England, including York and Leicester.
Reports from Rotterdam note a marriage ceremony in form for a noble, and a Dutch East India magazine explosion at Trincomalee that killed over eighty Europeans and hundreds of locals. News includes resignations at Madras, a new artillery chief for the East India Company, and London electoral maneuvers for the Lord Mayor. Court of lieutenancy in Guildhall confirms militia commissions, while Middlesex authorities buy Hicks’s Hall site for a new jail and an act to sanction the plan. Weather storm at Chatham, a dramatic Cheapside arrest over an attempted crime, and a spate of robberies by footpads and sharpers in Islington and St Paul’s.
By royal letters patent Richard Warren of London offers a lavender based volatile essence for head ache low spirits melancholia and nervous disorders priced at 25 38 6d and 7s a bottle. The ad touts lavender water and plant extracts as safe pleasant and reviving with wholesale and export options and lists multiple London Bristol Bath sellers.
auction by Langford and Son at Covent Garden great piazza after Christmas in several sales by order of the administratrix. items: coins medals and medallions, antiquities, sideboard with plate, table service, pictures portraits and miniatures, bound prints, illuminated missals, a noble library, and the lease of a dwelling with furniture and Dresden ware. separate catalogues will be issued later.
LUCIA ids For further particulars apply to Mr Anthony Tiffing ton Iunac Swanwick near Derby The sale to begin exactly at two o clock.
The sale by auction, conducted by Mr Christie, offers several houses on the Royal Terrace in Adelphi and smaller dwellings on Adam Street. Properties are marketed as strong, elegant, and convenient, with central location and healthy air aided by river proximity. Viewings are scheduled Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until sale, from eleven to three, with particulars at Mr Curlias in Pall Mall and No 4 Royal Terrace.
By order of the trustees of the late Mr Adams the sale takes place on Whuesday October 8 at 12 o clock. Items include coach horses carriages brood mares colts and fillies and the Brahim Arabian horse sent from the Emperor of Morocco viewed three days prior with catalogues at the sale site and at Mr Levers Repository St Martins Lane
A letter to Dr Norton of Goldznigeare promises a cure for numerous ailments from bezoars to skin and eye issues after using Maredant's drops. The writer claims full recovery from a venereal-like disease and urges skeptical readers to consult Norton at Piccadilly, listing locations selling the remedy at 6s per bottle.
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