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Newspaper

London Packet

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 23, 1788

Page

2

Auction Notice at White Hart Inn Chipping Norton

An auction will be held at the White Hart Inn Chipping Norton on Wednesday the 20th of May between two and six in the afternoon. The sale includes LOT A a freehold tenement with outbuildings and 126 acres of arable meadow and pasture in three parishes. Also LOT HW a tenancy with barns and adjacent lands, plus cottages and timber, all formerly held by Thomas Neville and others, with yearly rents and conditions described.

White Hart Inn Chipping Norton County of Anfers Broskend Chastleton Osford Worcester Thomas Rogers Perfefimn Pitham Geore Biortnergy Aide Tea Coyotes Gontarong Thomas Nevill Palmer Bannister Tathion

London Common Council Thanks Fox for Repeal of Retail Tax

A 1788 London Common Council meeting in the Guildhall unanimously resolves to thank Charles James Fox for his efforts to repeal a tax on retail shopkeepers. The resolution praises his judicious and animated exertions to prevent the tax from burdening both contributors and those oppressed by it.

City of London Gothericn Lord Tood Westminttrs Willion Tae Mojolle Corie

Transit of Committee Copy Published in Daily Paper

Fragmentary dispatch mentions transmission to Charles James Fox Lord Heed William Main waring and Mr Alderman okenet. Committee of Shopweepers requests publication of a copy in all daily and evening papers.

Charles James Fox Lord Heed William Mainwaring Ify Datcay Whornton Alderman Okenet Chaimant

Fragmentary Petition Copy At City Hall Proceedings

A damaged OCR fragment mentions a petition copy and City Council proceedings near Burlington House with references to officials, vendors, and a pay list. The text is garbled but indicates a formal civic matter and local names in a late period style.

Lords Hearings and Maritime Notices in Reading District

Proceedings in the House of Lords feature an impeachment inquiry with readings and adjournments. Separately, ship news from Reading gaol shows debt prisoners, road schedules, and several vessels sailing or arriving, including entries on the Prince of Wales oil, the Atalanta ship from Jamaica, and arrivals from Ostend and Rotterdam.

House of Camino Mgr Goring Wir Purling Middiction Prieir Reading Hiees Merlin Bridee Road Tuddersfield Road

The Warning From a Convict’s Fall in Youth

A fragmented tale describes Ludlam’s descent from youthful missteps to crime and poverty. The narrative warns against extravagant living, loose company, and neglect of virtue, noting repentance comes late and often ends in ruin, poverty, and untimely death.

Fragmented historical court notes and crimes in Bow and London

A fragmentary 18th or 19th century report describes an examination of a haberdasher in Bow before Nicholas Bond Esq about money payments fraud involving Foster Bower and John Lane with a forged promissory order. It notes convicts sent to Woolwich for Botany Bay, and lists grain prices and commodities at Bear Key Bowline markets.

Stoney Cofpra Nicholas Bond Bow Foster Bower John Lane Goslings Fleet-Street Mr. Bower Mrr Lane Hereford Aisize Matunly London Medes Goihigs Newgate Woolwich Botany Bay

Stock Prices and Bank Shares in Yesterday's Markets

Prices of stocks show varied results with bank shares and government bonds moving. Notable entries include several bank stocks with fractional changes and mentions of government issues such as Exchequer bonds and Navy lists.

High Water at London Bridge Forecast

London Bridge experiences rising tides with multiple reference times noted. A chain of vague time markers lists morning and afternoon intervals across several days without specific dates or numeric values.

London Bridge

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