Innkeeper's butchers and swindlers in insolvent act woes
Middlesex Journal notes a wave of swindlers exploiting the late insolvent act. Citizens demand tougher laws to deter thieves who prey on tradesmen and landlords. A case from Edward Street Cavendish Square illustrates the scheme with a squire and a clumsy escape. The account laments weak remedies and urges harsher penalties to curb deceit.
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Wilkes
Liberty
Sawbridge
Wisched
King’s Bench
Fleer
Knights of Industry
Edwardftreet
Cavendish-square
Royal Exchange
Bolland
Grosvenor Square
Fixii
Anecdote Of Sir J Knt L And Halting Women
An old notice recalls a quarterly practice where the High Constable and officers pursued wandering women in the town and jailed those unable to settle with the Justice by depositing half a guinea, a custom noted in relation to Sir J.
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Bridewell
Knt. L
Fatal French blow in Mauritius reported after storm
Postscript notes a violent storm destroying all French ships and storehouses in Mauritius. England stands to gain peace in India as a Paris courier seeks large India stock purchases. The item recounts court actions, estate matters, and various London notices of the day.
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Providence
Mauritius
England
India
Paris
Choiseul
Maussius
Indi Nowe
Se. Tamer
Earl of Chathan
Lord Camden
Earl of Harcourt
Versaillés
Duke
Duchess of Cumberland
Lord North
Windsor
Charles
Court of King’s Bench
Lord Mansfield
King and Beaumont
St. Giles’s
Syden Sham
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Susannan Carter
Clerkenwell
St. Paul’s Church
Yard
R. Goodby
R. Baldwin
J. Towers
Fore-treet
Cripplegate
London
The
Monthly Review
Perions
Anecdote and Stock Quotes From a Daily Ledger
A notice to readers previews a second Anecdote of a Lady and announces a halt on the List of Fairs until Tuesday. The column then lists stocks and bonds as of one o clock including Bank, 3 per cent red, New S. S. Ann and other government and corporate securities with prices such as 149 3 8 for Bank red, 87 3 4 for S. S. Ann, and 121 15s 6d for Tickets.
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S. S. Ann
India
Ind. Ann
Pr. Navy & Victualling
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Middlesex Journal
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St. George the Martyr
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Elizabeth Grace
Samprox
Homer
Daga Fus
Pyrrhus
Fob
Hannibal
Hermogenus
Guildhall
Alderman Oliver
George Daniell
Wood-street
Watkin Lewes
Meredith Price
Castleyard
Hoburn
Middlesex
Queenhithe Ward
Glynn
Christ’s Hospital
America
Norway
Humber
Norman
Hull
Dawson
Chatham
West-Indies
St. John
Roscius
Niky
Pattor
Bishop
Bankside
Southcatia
Artichook
Camberwell
Bentley
Walworth
Athley
Athby
St. John’s Street
Gore
Old Bailey
Bowstreet
Goodman’s Fields
Joshua Moynde
Grecoxy Sarre
Royal and Antiquarian Societies
T- Cadell
Strand
M. Buc’Holz
M.D
W. Nicoll
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Richardson and Urquhart
J. Murray
St. Durran’s Church
Fleet-street
T. Lewis
Buffel-street
yent-Garden
S. Seacroft
Charing-Cross
W. Randall
Pall-Mall
E. Mac Lew
Haymarket
J. Almor
Piccadilly
J. Robson
New Bond-street
Kit and Creech
Edinburgh
T. Ewing
Capel-stret Dublin
Tortre L&avres
M. Buc’hez
France
Universal
Fiona
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