Newspaper Transcripts
Some Selected Reports from Berrow's Worcester Journal
Thursday, February 25th, 1790.
Saturday's and Sunday's Posts.
LONDON, Friday, Feb. 19.
Monday night, a beautiful young girl, in the neighbourhood of Bishopsgate-street, hung herself. It is thought she was drove to this rash action by a disappointment in love.
Tuesday last two brewers servants were by accident run over by their dray, fully laden with buts of beer, in Tothill-street, Westminster. They were taken into the Westminster Infirmary, but with small hopes of recovery.
In the House of Commons, on Wednesday Iast, the second reading of Mr. Burgess's Debtor and Creditor Bill was, upon motion, put off for three months - so that there will be no Act of Insolvency for the relief of imprisoned debtors this Session.
From Madrid we learn, that a Mr. Fitzgerald, a Member of the Parliament of Paris, being at dinner at the Duke de Crillon's house there, the subject of France became the topick of conversation. Mr. Fitzgerald expressed himself very warmly in favour of the Revolution, and imprudently suffered some words to escape him, reflecting the conduct of the Count d'Artois. The Duke de Crillion could not permit such reflections to pass unnoticed, and accordingly desired Mr. Fitzgerald to withdraw. Fearing that this misunderstanding might create much noise without doors, the Duke went immediately to the Prime-Minister's house, where he obtained an order for the apprehension of Mr.F. who was shortly after seised at the house of the Count of Cabarras, and conducted to prison. It is intended that he shall be escorted out of the kingdom immediately.
The following shocking murder was committed at Wrexham, near Norwich. - Wednesday se'nnight, in the night about nine o'clock, Edward Allen, lime-burner, and an old servant of Mr. Green of that place, and John Becket, a butcher, had been drinking together at the King's Head there in the day time; in the evening Allen went away, as supposed to go home; Becket some time after attempted to break into Allen's house with a spade, without success. Upon his return he met Allen going home, whom he immediately knocked down : recovering from the blow, the poor man said to the murderer, "I know you John Becket, very well; why do you treat me in this manner ?" Becket replied, "d--n you, you know me do you ?" After struggling a little while on the ground, the villain drew his knife, stuck into the poor man's throat, drew it round his neck, by which his head was almost severed from his body; he then robbed the deceased of three guineas and a half. Suspicion falling on Becket, he was immediately taken up; the bloody knife and the money were found in his pocket, and he was the next day taken before Daniel Collier, Esq.; (for whom Becket had worked as a labourer), and on Wednesday committed to the Castle by that Magistrate, and R. Eaton, Gent, one of the Coroners for that county. The Jury who were summoned by the above Coroner, brought in their verdict - Wilful Murder; and Becket has made a voluntary confession of the fact : he is about twenty years of age. On searching the house of the deceased, near one hundred pounds were found in the oven, and bonds, notes, &c. amounting to near three hundred pounds more, in other parts, which the poor man had scraped together by his industry and penurious living.
The city of Petersburgh has suffered much by the uncommon mildness of the season: - meat, poultry, &c. usually carried there in a frozen state, from three hundred miles distant, have this winter become putrid; and as the country round that capital is not sufficiently fertile to supply it at the close of the summer, much scarcity and distress have in consequence ensued.
Matters at present seem in so good a train between the French King and his subjects, that, provided the sincerity of the Monarch's declarations to be at all equal to the apparent ingenuousness of his professions, the new constitution may be considered, in a good measure, as established.
The smallest breath, however, either of delusion or violence on the part of the Monarch or his friends, would soon dissolve this union. An attempt to escape, or the projected irruption of the Count d' Artois into those provinces of France bordering on his Sardinian Majesty's dominions, would immediately blow up all again into a flame, and if not produce the deposition, at least bring about the captivity of his Majesty.
The Gazette of Jamaica speaks in high terms, indeed: - "If the Legislature of England abolishes the Slave Trade, they are stout enough to defend themselves ! - What resources have they to justify high words like these? -" That this country has no power to legislate for Jamaica !" Very good; but this country has a right over its own ships and from its own ports; and Jamaica should learn that if the Legislature of England have vested a power in the King in Council to approve or disapprove their municipal acts, which power extends to the carriage trade of Slaves in English bottoms; that is municipal: and over that the Legislature have an inalienable right; if the conqueror granted a charter, which now appears to be unjust, it is now no unlawful infringement of chartered rights to abrogate it. In the phrenzy of every conquest many things are granted, which can never be fulfilled, or justified by law.
General Count de Woyna, Envoy from the King and Republic of Poland, has officially notified to the to the Court of Vienna, the alliance concluded between Prussia and Poland, and said that his Majesty did not the least doubt but the Emperor, as a good neighbour, would view such a measure with the eye of a friend.
The restoration of Protestant heirs to the estates taken from their ancestors, at the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes, is at once one of the most liberal as well as politick measures hitherto proposed by the National Assembly. To render it more liberal, those heirs who may not chose to reside, should be permitted to sell, on paying a certain fine to the State; and this, perhaps, would in the end turn out to be good policy, as very few heirs of the fugitive Protestants in England and Holland, would now probably choose to reside in the French King's dominions.
The decision of the two important questions, the Slave Trade and the Repeal of the Test Act, will, no doubt, considerably influence the interest of the candidates, at the general Election; and yet on those two questions, both the Ministry and Opposition are so equally divided, that it is very hard to guess, whether either will materially gain or lose by popular prejudice.
On the two last occasions, when the Test Act was agitated to the house, there were not 250 members present. By the Call of the House, probably doubly that number will appear to give a firm decision to this question.
Upwards of 70 convicts arrived at Newgate on Tuesday, from Glamorgan, sentenced for transportation, in order to be sent the first opportunity for Botany-Bay.
Wednesday se'nnight a terrible fire broke out in the premises of John Ball, Esq; at Waplington, near Pocklington, owing to laying of soot, which had some fire in it, in an outhouse; before it was discovered, it had burnt to death eleven milch cows, a fine young stone horse, an ewe and two lambs; another cow was much burnt, but not quite dead. The loss is estimated at about �200.
All the artificers belonging to the dock-yard at Deptford are turned to work on the Brunswick, a 74 gun ship, of particular and very curious construction, now in the stocks there. She is to be made ready to launch so early as the latter end of April. The reason for this uncommon dispatch is said to be as follows : When the Brunswick shall be perfectly fitted for sea, the Duke of Clarence, first promoted to the rank of Admiral, will hoist his flag on board her, and taken upon him the command of a squadron to convoy his royal father to Hanover. The brunswick may with ease be in perfect readiness by the middle to June, and at the close of that month, in all probability, the squadron will sail for the Elbe. Although the Brunswick will be larger than any other ship of the same rate, and capable of carrying them metal of a ship of 90 guns, her draught of water will be very easy, so as peculiarly to calculate her for the above voyage.
Monday's and Wednesday's Posts.
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
Whitehall, February 20.
THE King has been pleased to constitute and appoint Henry Hamilton, Esq.; to be Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Islands and Plantations in America, commonly called the Bermuda, or Somer Islands, in the room of Wm. Browne, Esq.
LONDON, Monday, Feb. 22.
The Marquis d' Esquirac, formerly an officer in the corps of Gens d'Armes, is said to have lost his life, in endeavouring to defend his house and possessions in Rouergue, in the province of Guienne.
It is currently reported that several assayers of Spain have received judgment of death, for being concerned in defrauding the King by adding too much alloy to the gold which has been coined into doubloons for many years, therefore the buyers of foreign coin should be particularly careful in understanding the assay of Spanish money of different dates.
Extract of a letter from Fort Royal, in Martinico.
November 18.
"This colony was never in so dangerous a situation as at present; there is a general insurrection among the blacks, and detachments of troops have been sent to the different quarters of the colony where they are most turbulent. Hitherto only the overseer of one plantation has fallen a victim; this man was killed on the 8th, at two o'clock in the day, by seven men; and what makes it imagined that the plot was to massacre all the whites is, that the assassins of the overseer above named (who are taken) own they had no fault to find with him; that he never overworked them, and often advanced them money, but that they killed him in the cause of liberty. These men have been tried and condemned, six to the wheel, and one to the gallows; two are to be executed on the plantation where they committed the crime, and the rest in other quarters. We are assured, that the blacks have resolved to demand their liberty of their masters upon new year's day, and if they are refused they threaten to deluge the island with blood."
Prince Potemkin has assured his mistress, the Empress of Russia, that if Austria and Russia will determine to carry on the war a third campaign, he will be able to march to Constantinople, and dictate the terms of peace in the heart of that capital.
Odd Incident - The young wife of a tradesman, whose country residence is at Hampstead, and who, though she had been married five years, had yet produced no heir to carry the name of the family to posterity - after being at the country residence a few months, began to shew signs of bringing her husband the wished for blessing.
In a short time the good man was as happy as might be expected, on such an addition to his family - and many preparations were made to welcome the heir (if it pleased God that it should prove a son) into this world. The time arrived - a fine chopping boy made his appearance. As soon as the event happened, the overjoyed mother desired to see the dear babe.
Her nurse and other attendants first thought proper to ask the mother (telling her the child was marked) if she had seen any object, that she could now recollect, which might have occasioned her mind to be agitated or affected, so as to bring on a matter of that kind ? when she declaring that she knew of nothing that could cause such a circumstance - they produced a complete Mulatto child, though she and her husband are remarkably fair.
The Baron de Wenstern, his Britannick Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Vienna, in his character of Elector of Hanover, died at Vienna the 17th of last month.
The Crown Office in the Inner Temple was broke open on Tuesday night. The desks, &c. were plundered of cash, and other valuable property belonging to the clerks, but no public papers are missing.
COUNTRY NEWS.
Oxford, Feb. 20. We hear from Hornton, in this county, that a chimney-sweeper, of Nethercot in Warwickshire, having lately taken upon himself the office of a Methodist Preacher at the above village, was on Sunday last disturbed by a large assemblage of people, among whom were many of his former sooty companions - The Preacher made use of all his eloquence, and displayed great command of temper, though in vain; for so outrageous were the multitude, that having dragged the teacher from his rostrum, and brought him out of the Meeting House, he was led through the streets in triumph, and terribly beplaistered with dirt and filth. At length they forced him to kneel down bare-headed, in the midst of the crowd, and swear that he would never more attempt to approach the place as a Preacher. Several of the congregation were also at the same time very roughly handled by the populace.
LONDON, Tuesday, Feb.23.
A striking instance of maternal affection.- A maid-servant in a family a few miles from town, where only a footman, besides herself, was retained, being observed by her young mistress for several weeks past to be very frequent in her visits to a lumber-room, over a place that had been used as stabling, she resolved in her absence to find the object of her curiosity, when a fine infant about five weeks old was discovered asleep in a box. - As the servant had been purposely sent a considerable distance while the discovery was made, and the child, by order of the old Lady, brought into the house; she missed it immediately on her return, and affection got the better of prudence, came out of the place exclaiming, "She was ruined, &c." But as it appeared that the footman was the father of it, and that the fear of want had deterred them from leaving the service, &c. the Lady was so far from being offended, that commending the mother for the preservation of the infant, she had a nurse provided at her own expence, till a legitimate union between the parties could be effected.
The rage of Reform is extended to America. - The Constitution of Philadelphia is found defective, and a Convention appointed to revise and amend it. The points of reformation aimed at, are these:- A Governor for life - a negative in passing laws - an establishment of two Houses of Legislation, and the independence of the Judges.
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Gill, of Christ Church, Surrey, merchant. - John Wynne, of Birmingham, hosier. - Samuel Peurice, of Holm Cultram, Cumberland, dealer. - Richard Walford, and Henry Yorke Webb, of Birmingham, brewers. - Thomas Reynolds, heretofore of the parish of Tidenham, in the county of Glocester, but late and now of the city of Bristol, Mariner. - James Lees the Elder and James Lees the Younger, now or late of Oldham in the county of Lancaster, fustian manufacturers - William Tory, of Wimborne Minster, Dorset, merchant. - James Mac Quin, of Liverpool, Lancaster, shopkeeper.
EPITAPH on a HUNTSMAN,
Who died, aged Seventy-two.
READER ! Behold a genuine son of earth,
Like a true sportsman, hunter from his birth;
O'er hills and dales, o'er mountains, woods, and rocks,
With dauntless courage he pursu'd the fox;
No danger stopt him, and no fear dismay'd,
He scoff'd at fear, and danger was his trade :
But there's a bound no mortal can o'er leap,
Wide as eternity, as high as deep;
Hither by Death's unerring steps pursu'd,
By that keen scent which none can e'er elude;
By a strong pack of fleetest years run down,
He left his whip where monarchs leave a crown.
CITY of WORCESTER.
AT a numerous Meeting of he Citizens and inhabitants of the city of Worcester, and others, Friends of the Established Church, held in the Council chamber of the Guildhall of the same city, the twenty-fourth day of February, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety;
RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY,
THAT it is the Sense of this Meeting, that the Test Law is a wise and necessary Provision for the security of the Church and State; and the the Repeal thereof, and of the Corporation Act, would not enlarge Religious Toleration, but increase the Influence of Dissenters, and be incompatible with the security of either.
THAT we are seriously apprehensive, the desired Repeal would gratify Men who have manifested an inordinate, intemperate, and alarming thirst of Power; would endanger the security of the Church Establishment, and must produce disorders and dissentions injurious to, if not subversive of, our present mild, happy, and envied Constitution and Government.
THAT the Representatives of this City in Parliament, be requested to oppose the Repeal of the same Acts.
THAT the above Resolutions be Printed in the Public News Papers, and be also transcribed on Parchment, and subscribed by us, the Citizens, Inhabitants, and others, who coincide with us, and be transmitted the said Representatives.
W. BAYLIS, Chairman.
THAT the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Worshipful the Mayor, for his ready calling of, and obliging attendance at, this Meeting; and his acceptance of, and conduct in the Chair.
WORCESTER, Feb. 24.
On Monday last, was married, at St.George's, Hanover-square, by the Honourable and Reverend the Dean of Worcester, Ambrose St.John, Esq.; to Miss Hamlyn, only daughter of James Hamlyn, Esq.; of Clovelly Court, in the county of Devon.
This day was married at St.Nicholas's Church, Mr. Wedgewood, of the Hill, Buslem, Staffordshire, to Miss Yeomans, of this city.
Last night died, Mr. Richard Gem formerly an eminent hosier, and maltster, in this city; he for many years past held the respectable office of sword-bearer of this city, which office he filled with credit to himself and family.
On Wednesday died, aged 105, the Reverend Mr. Davis, Rector of Staunton-upon-Wye, and Vicar of All-Saints, in the city of Hereford.
WORCESTER, February 15th, 1790 :
At a public Meeting of the Protestant Dissenters
of the Associated Congregation in this City,
held this Day.
RICE FELLOWE, Esq; Chairman.
RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY.
I. THAT an Advertisement having appeared in the Worcester Journal of the 11th Instant, and other public Papers, purporting to contain Resolutions entered into at a full Convention of the Citizens of Worcester, held at the Guildhall of the said City, on Monday the 8th Instant; wherein the Representatives of the said City were instructed, and the Right Honourable Earl of Coventry was requested, to oppose the REPEAL of the CORPORATION and TEST ACTS : We feel ourselves called upon to declare, that the said Meeting, was not in any sense a public Convention of the Citizens, but a Meeting of the Corporation only.
II. That as Protestant Dissenters, conscious of our high-esteem for the British Constitution, and zealous Attachment to the House of Brunswick, we respectfully request the Representatives of this City, and take the Liberty of soliciting the Right Honourable the Earl of Coventry, to support us in our intended Application to Parliament for the Repeal of those Acts, whereby many loyal Subjects are exposed to Hardships they have not merited, and deprived of just Rights which they have never forfeited.
III. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman.
Ordered, That a Copy of these Resolutions be transmitted by the Chairman to the Right Honourable the Earl of Coventry, and Representatives of this City.
Ordered, That the above Resolutions, signed by the Chairman, be inserted in the public Papers.
RICE FELLOWE, Chairman.
WORCESTER, Feb.23, 1790.
To the Printer of the Worcester Journal.
SIR,
THE meeting of the Protestant Dissenters, on Monday the 15th inst. RICE FELLOWE in the chair, have misrepresented the Advertisement of the MAYOR, ALDERMEN and CITIZENS, the 8th inst. They did not there asset, that it was a full Convention of the Citizens of Worcester, but that it was a full convention of the MAYOR, ALDERMEN and CITIZENS of the city of Worcester; and by no other title can the CORPORATION be convened upon any public business, as that is their sole name of Incorporation.
W. BAYLIS, Mayor.
Mr. Wigley, Member for this City, on the motion for the second reading of the Debtor and Creditor Bill, divided it into three parts, viz. what regarded the Creditor, the Debtor, and the Regulation of Gaols. Mr. Wigley commented on each of those Heads, with great knowledge of the Law, as it stood at present; and the innovations which, in his opinion, the present Bill, if passed into Law would introduce.
On Friday se'nnight, about ten o'clock in the morning, a most alarming fire broke out in the out-buildings of John Wall, Thatcher and Labourer, in the chapelry of Knighton-upon-Team and parish of Lindridge in this county, which entirely consumed the same, together with the dwelling-house and a house adjoining, and the greatest part of the houshold furniture, linen, wearing apparel, &c. also the mill-house, cyder-mill, four hogsheads of cyder and casks, and various other articles - unfortunately the wind blowing very hard at the time, it burned with such rapidity as to consume all in a very short space of time. The unhappy sufferer is a sober industrious man, and has a wife and five small children, who are all left in a most deplorable state, destitute of cloathing, and all other requisites of life, and without even the means of procuring any. - Truly pitiable is the state of the unhappy parents, having so young and numerous a family, bereft almost in an instant of their all, and rendered incapable of giving their young ones the natural and indispensable assistance which their tender years require.
Committed to our County Prison, on Thursday last, by Thomas Bund, Esq.; William Bovile, for breaking open the house of Mr.Sargent, at Kempsey, in this county, and stealing a Great Coat, Hat, and other goods, the property of the said Mr. Sargent.
The above person was apprehended through the vigilance of Mr. John Baker, of this city.
Also, on Saturday last, by Sir Charles Trubshaw Withers Knt. - Walter Freeman, alias Thos. Cook, for breaking open the house of Thomas Jones, in the parish of Martley, and stealing one linen hankerchief, and other things; -- and also for breaking open the house of Jonathan Nassey and James Gitten, in the said parish, and stealing sundry articles.
On Monday last died, the Lady of Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bart. of Harewood, in Herefordshire.
On Thursday last, died, in the 57th year of his age, the Reverend Richard Bisse Riland, Rector of Sutton-Coldfield, Chaplain to the Right Reverend Lord Bishop of London, and for several years an active Magistrate for the county of Warwick.
The following very melancholy event happened last week at Manchester:-- A young woman who was pregnant, married a soldier; and anxious to conceal her situation, prevailed upon her mother to procure a certain medicine for her. This she took on Sunday se'nnight, but instead of its having the intended effect, it ended in the dissolution of the unfortunate woman, a few hours after. In consequence of this, the mother was apprehended, and committed to prison; where to complete the tragical catastrophe, she, on the Thursday following cut her throat !
Saturday's and Sunday's Posts concluded.
LONDON,
Yesterday the Earl of Chesterfield kissed his Majesty's hand, at the Levee at St.James's, on being appointed Joint Postmaster-General, in the room of the Earl of Westmoreland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Yesterday the Right Hon. John Charles Villiers kissed his Majesty's hand at St.James's, on being appointed Chief Justice in Eyre North of Trent.
Yesterday the Hon. Dudley Ryder was at the Levee at St.James's, when he had the honour of kissing the King's hand on being appointed Comptroller of his Majesty's Houshold, in the room of the Right Hon. John Charles Villiers, resigned.
There never was made such a general attack on the unlicensed Lottery-offices as yesterday; the people were arrested in every shop in London and Westminster, at the suit of the Attorney-General, for selling Shares and Chances without the stamp, with the words "State-Lottery Stamp-Office."
An attempt was made, about a week since, to break into one of the Treasury offices in Dublin, in which 4000 new guineas were at that time deposited. The attempt was frustrated by a centinel, who only turned the person out, on his making an excuse; but it was the next morning discovered, that the door of the office was cut, in order to push back the bolt.
The call of. the House being for the first of March, the day preceding the motion for the repeal of the Test Act, it is thought the 2d of March will produce one of the fullest Houses since the days of Sir Robert Walpole.
About a quarter after eight o'clock on Thursday evening, a fire was discovered in a Lath Render's sheel, adjoining Mr. Chilcot and Mr. Adams's timber-yards, in Pedlar's-acre, near Westminster Bridge. In a few minutes after, it communicated to the stable, workshop, and timber stacks in Mr. Chilcot's yard. Before any water could be procured. the tide-being out, its progress was so rapid, assisted by the wind, as to level all that stood, between the Acre (and within a few yards of) the Thames. By this time the dwelling-houses from Mr. Chilcot's to the foot of the bridge, next the road, were all in flames backwards. Very little assistance had been given, from want of water, until near ten o'clock, from which time its fury was checked, and continued by degrees to be extinguished. A number of chests of tools belonging to Mess. Chilcot and Adams's journeymen are consumed, and two or three of the inhabitants were not insured.-The bodies of two men and a boy were dug out of the ruins yesterday, and it is supposed several others are yet undiscovered.
Derrick, the supposed maniack, was yesterday re-examined by Sir Sampson Wright and Mr Bond; but as no intelligence has been received from Cheshire, where he said he resided, little new light was thrown on the subject.
Several questions were put to him, but no direct answers could be obtained. Among other ravings he declared he was sent from Heaven to save sinners from everlasting punishment; and he had every appearance of insanity. He was re-committed to Tothill-fields, Brideswell for further examination.
The William, Ventries, from Greenock to North Carolina, is lost; crew saved.
The accounts from the country parts of France are truly dreadful. The peasants every where insisting upon the total abolition of all manorial right, are burning the country seats of the nobility and gentry.
The far-famed picture of St.Cecilia, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, has been purchased by Mr. Sheridan. Sir Joshua has hitherto demanded 500 guineas for this picture, but he claimed a less sum from Mr. Sheridan.
Aspinall, the noted Yorkshire Pedestrian, has undertaken, for a trifling wager, to walk from York to London, and back again, in six days; and odds are already betted on him. He is to set out in May next.
An antiquated virgin in Harley-street wrote, about three months since, to Java, desiring a merchant there to send her TOO beautiful monkeys - Though the lady meant only a couple of animals, from the error in the orthography, the merchant conceived the word TOO was 100.- In consequence of this natural mistake, the lady last week received the following letter --
"MADAM,
"Shipped on board the good Brig Nancy, for London, Capt. Payne, FIFTY Monkeys - the remainder of the hundred shall be sent with all possible dispatch after they are caught.
"We have, &c.
"PEON DE CASTERRI & Co."
Owing to the extraordinary mildness of the winter, the gardens and other lands surprisingly abound with the kind of grubs which in the summer change to the flying insects called cockchaffers. : These grubs are exceedingly voracious, devouring all sorts of grain and pulse, both before they have germinated and when in leaf; they are equally destructive in the kitchen gardens, entirely eating through the stems of young plants close to the earth, particularly pease, cabbages, brocoli, cauliflowers, borecole, lettuces, endive, &c. In short; there is scarcely any vegetable in family use, except onions, leeks, garlick, and shalots, that they will not greedily devour. The best way to preserve plants from these destructive insects, is to strew saw dust (the coarser the better) about their stems, the asperities thereof being so offensive to them that they cannot creep over it. To strew saw-dust along the drills of pease, soon after they have broke ground, so as slightly to cover them, is an effectual method to preserve them from slugs and grubs, and also from being injured by cold or wet.
MONEY.
SEVERAL SUMS ready to be advanced on good Securities.
Apply to Mr. HALLWARD, Attorney.
WHEREAS the Glove Manufacturers of this city, have been greatly injured by many of their work people, who have not only wilfully neglected to finish their work within the time allowed by law (which is eight days) but have been in the practice of embezzling and selling Gloves delivered to them by their employers.
And whereas Susannah Banks, of Ledbury, a notorious offender, was apprehended by virtue of a warrant, and convicted by his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Hereford, of embezzling and selling sundry Gloves entrusted to her care to work or make up, and sentenced to be publicly whipt in the market place at Ledbury, which sentence was executed on Tuesday last, the 10th instant - The said Glove Manufacturers hereby caution the public in general, not to buy or receive under any pretence whatever, Gloves, Leather or Shreads from persons not lawfully entitled to dispose thereof; and inform them, that the buyers or receivers of such property are liable to the penalty of Forty Pounds, to be paid immediately, on conviction before two Justices, and that the said Justices cannot mitigate the sum under Twenty Pounds; and in order to prevent such offences in future, the Glove Manufacturers are determined to prosecute, and punish with the utmost rigour of the law, all persons who shall offend against the statute in such case made and provided.
To the Worthy FREEMEN of the
City of WORCESTER.
GENTLEMEN,
THE very generous Support which I have met with on my Canvass, demands my warmest Gratitude; and whilst it affords me the strongest assurance of Success at the General Election, flatters me with your Approbation of my Conduct since I had the Honor to represent you in Parliament. Accept my sincerest thanks, and permit me to say, that as long as I have that Honor, I shall attentively endeavour ro promote the Interest of the Kingdom at large, and of this City in particular.
If I have omitted to call on any Gentleman, I hope he will attribute it to the unavoidable Hurry of a Canvass, and request the Electors non-resident in Worcester, to excuse my personal Attendance for the present, which the near Approach of the Session of Parliament, and the Necessity of my immediate return to Town, render impossible, but which it is my Intention to pay to every one before the Day of Election.
I have the honor to be,
With the greatest respect,
GENTLEMEN,
Your faithful, humble Servant,
EDMUND WIGLEY.
WORCESTER, Jan. 13, 1790.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, some time in March, 1790, in different lots, to be particularized in this paper, at Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, the following premises all situated at Upton aforesaid, viz.
All that Messuage or Tenement and Inn, called the White Lion, with the Garden, and some land behind the same, and all other the appurtenances.
Also another Messuage, called the Gate house, with a barn, yard, and stables, and a close of Land, about one acre, let out to gardens, and a close of pasture ground; also about one acre, called Holly-green ground :- A Messuage or Tenement, lands and premises, called Willingsworth; - And also,
All that Capital, and very extensive Public Brew-house, with the malt-house, tap house, warehouses, vaults, yards, shed, and premises thereunto belonging, most advantageously situated on the banks of the Severn, for carrying on the trades of a brewer, cyder merchant, vinegar merchant, corn-factor, or any other business that requires room.
Enquire of Mr. Long, Upton-upon-Severn aforesaid.
HEREFORDSHIRE.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, at the King's Arms, in the town of Bromyard, on Monday the 15th day of March next, between the hours of three and eight o'clock in the forenoon, unless disposed of in the mean time by Private Contract, of which timely notice will be given in this paper; subject to such Conditions of Sale as shall be then produced;
A very Eligible, Compact, Capital Freehold-Farm, called Lower Venn, situate in the parish of Avenbury, in the county of Hereford, with a good substantial Farm House, and convenient repair; together with two hundred and thirty eight acres, three Roods and twenty six perches of very fertile, arable, meadow, pasture, hop-land and orcharding in a ring fence thereto belonging, well watered, and abounding with plenty of Game, and timber fit to fell, worth near one thousand pounds.
The Premises lie at the distance of two miles from Bromyard, fifteen from Worcester, fourteen from Hereford and Leominster, twenty-three from Gloucester, twelve from Stourport and Bewdley, and one hundred and twenty-seven from London; and are now in the occupation of Mr. John Homes, at one hundred and five pounds a year, on a lease, fourteen years of which are unexpired at Candlemas next; and at the end thereof, the premises will let for one hundred and eighty pounds a year. - The proprietor, Mr. John Corbett, of the Greeve [?], in Avenbury aforesaid, will shew the premises; and for further particulars apply to Mr. Thomas Price, Attorney at Law, in Worcester; or to him, on Mondays, at the King's Arms in Bromyard aforesaid; and who has several Advowsons, and capital Farms to let or sell, upon very advantageous terms.
ALL the specialty and simple contract creditors of CORNELIUS TAYLOR, late of the parish of Rochford, in the county of Hereford, gentleman, deceased, are forthwith desired to sent an account of the nature of their securities; together with the particulars of the principal and interest due thereon, to Mr. Edward Taylor, of Rochford aforesaid; or to Mr. Holland, Attorney at Law, in Tenbury, Worcestershire : and all persons who stood indebted to the said Cornelius Taylor at the time of his decease, are requested to pay the same immediately to the said Mr. Edward Taylor or Mr. Holland, who are duly authorised to receive the same.
To BUILDERS.
A LARGE quantity of exceeding good window arch Bricks, plain Tiles, and a quantity of squares or paving Tiles, to be had upon reasonable terms, by applying to Joseph Wilmot, Brick-maker, Bridgnorth, Shropshire.
Bridgnorth, Feb. 15th, 1790.
TO be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT, a Freehold Messuage or Tenement, situate in Birdport, in the city of Worcester, in the occupation of Mary Davis and Ann Malpas. For particulars apply to Mr. Ethersey, Attorney, in Worcester.
TO be LET, and entered on immediately, or at Lady-day next, that beautiful, substantial, and truly desirable VILLA in Kempsey, near Worcester, late in the occupation of George Lambe, Esq.; together with several acres of good pasture land adjoining; any gentleman who wishes for a situation that possesses a superiority of local advantages, will find this delightful elevated spot well worth his notice. May be viewed by applying to Mr. Thomas Stanton, in Kempsey; and further particulars known on Mr. Hull, Manor-Hoose Academy, near Newington Butts, London.
N.B. Several desirable Copyhold Premises in the village of Kempsey, belonging to Mr. Hull, may be bought of him by Private Contract, and any part of the purchase-money remain on security.
ALL persons who have any demands on the Estate or Effects of the late Mrs Mary Baylis, of Turley, in the county of Glocester, widow, deceased, are desired to send an account thereof to Mr. William Lewis, of the Green Dragon, Corfe Lawn; or to Mr. Thomas Baylis, of Turley, the executors of the said Mrs. Baylis; or to Mr. Francis Wells, Attorney, Upton-upon-Severn; and all persons indebted tot he said Mrs. Baylis, are requested to pay their respective debts to her said executors.
BROMYARD.
WHEREAS William Pain, of the town of Bromyard, in the county of Hereford, Butcher, having lately resigned business in favour of his brother, Thomas Pain, begs leave to return his most sincere thanks to his friends in general, for the very flattering encouragement he received in the above business - and to solicit a continuance of their support in favour of his brother. And all persons having any claim or demand upon the said William Pain, are hereby desired to send an account thereof to him at Bromyard, and the same will be discharged; and all persons who stand indebted to him, are requested forthwith to pay the same, or they will be proceeded against as the law directs.
Crown and Scepter, Hop-market Inn, Worcester.
PICKED up in the kitchen of the above Inn, the latter end of October last, a FIVE GUINEA WORCESTER BANK BILL; whoever can give a proper description, so that they can prove it their property, may have it again on paying the expences of advertising, &c. by applying to Mr. Thomas Burton, at the above Inn.
ROBBERY.
WHEREAS a Silver Tankard, marked with the letters N.R. on the top of the handle, and bearing the office mark for Britannia silver, was lately stolen from the house of Mr. Nathaniel Rhodes, in Bridgnorth, in the county of Salop.
Any person or persons giving information of the offender or offenders, shall, on conviction, receive a reward of FIVE GUINEAS, by applying to Mr. Joseph Smith, Treasurer to the Bridgnorth Association for prosecuting felons : if more than one were concerned in the above robbery, any one of them discovering his accomplices, shall, on conviction, receive the like reward, and every means used to obtain a pardon.
N.B. The lid of the said Tankard has been repaired with silver solder. - If it should be offered to pawn or sale, the person to whom it is offered is desired to stop it and the party, and give notice as above.
Bridgnorth.
Feb. 16th, 1790.
MORGAN's Bankruptcy.
WHEREAS Benjamin Humphreys, of Bromsgrove, in the county of Worcester, chapman, (surviving trustee, appointed by certain articles of agreement bearing date the 2d day of November, 1774, and made between the said Thomas Morgan, the bankrupt, of the 1st part; Ann Walker, (now Ann Morgan,) of the 2d part; George Brasier [?], of Hanbury, in the county aforesaid, gentleman; and the said Benjamin Humphreys, of the 3d part;) at a meeting of the commissioners appointed under the said commission, on the 21st day of August, 1788, at the Star and Garter, in Worcester, pursuant to notice in the London Gazette given, claiming the sum of �1000 out of the said bankrupt's estate and effects, due to him as Trustee aforesaid, for the use of the said Ann Morgan, by virtue of the above-mentioned articles of agreement : And whereas the claim so made by the said Benjamin Humphrys as aforesaid, has been properly investigated and submitted to the opinion of council, both on the part and behalf of the said Ann Morgan, and the assignees acting under the said commission; whereby it appears that the trustees of the said Ann Morgan, have a right to prove a debt of �1000 and take a dividend out of the said bankrupt's estate and effects in equal proportions with the rest of the creditors of the said Thomas Morgan, which said dividend so to be laid out or sold by the assignees acting under the said commission, for the life of the said bankrupt, and the monies arising from the sale thereof, to be afterwards applied to, and divided amongst, the creditors of the said Thomas Morgan, who shall, on or before the day hereinafter mentioned have duly proved their debts under the said commission.
And whereas the said commissioners, acting under the said commission, intend to meet on the 18th day of March next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling house of Joseph Davis, the Star and Garter inn, Worcester, in order to make a dividend of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt, which said dividend will be final, (except in respect to such monies as shall arise from the sale of the dividend, which the said trustees above mentioned will be entitled to upon the sum of �1000 so claimed by them as aforesaid, and which will be afterwards divided in equal proportions amongst such of the creditors of the said bankrupt who shall have duly proved their debts under the said commission, by the said eighteenth day and place, the creditors who have not already proved their debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of any dividend of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt; and all claims then not proved will be disallowed.
5th January, 1790.
DOVEY and GRAY,
Ironmongers and Nailors,
SIDBURY, WORCESTER :
BEG leave to acquaint their Friends and the Public in general, that they have laid in a large Assortment of the various sorts of Goods in the above Branches; and as they manufacture the Nails, the Public may depend on being served with the best of goods (in any quantity, on the shortest notice) in that branch, as well as in the ironmongery, on the lowest terms.
N.B. T. DOVEY returns his sincere thanks to his friends and the public in general, for their kind encouragement since his commencement in trade, and begs leave to inform them, that the Whitesmith business will be carried on solely by him as usual, and humbly hopes for the continuance of their Favours.
To the Worthy and Independent Electors of
the Borough of Evesham.
GENTLEMEN,
THE very obliging and numerous assurances of Support we experienced, as well within as without the Borough, on our Canvass for the Honour of representing you in Parliament, at the next General Election, demand our most grateful acknowledgements, and convince us that the suffrages of our Friends cannot fail of baffling all Opposition, and obtaining for us that Trust in the British Senate, to which we aspire, and which shall never be prostituted by us to any unconstitutional purpose.
We are, Gentlemen, with sentiments of regard for the welfare of the Borough,
Your very faithful,
And most obedient Servants.
JOHN RUSHOUT
STEPHEN SULIVAN
Dec. 5, 1789.
WANTING immediately, two JOURNEYMEN STAY-MAKERS. Sober Young men and good workmen, may have constant employ by applying to Mr. Thomas Hodgits, stay-maker, at Longdon's Heath, near Upton-upon-Severn, in the county of Worcester.
Lace and Edgings.
F. EDGE, manufacturer of Lace, &c. from Northamptonshire, begs leave to acquaint the public, that he will attend on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, being market days, at Mr. Lewis's, joiner, the top of the High-street, Worcester, with a great and pleasing variety of Mignionette Lace and Edgings of elegant patterns; also a good assortment of Black Lace, which he purposes to sell wholesale and retail on such terms, for ready money only, as he flatters himself will recommend him to their favors, and humbly hopes for the encouragement of all those who wish to be served with the above articles, which will by him be gratefully acknowledged.
St.John's, near Worcester, Feb, 23, 1790.
T. SCOTT,
HOSIER,
Near the TOWN-HALL,
WORCESTER;
BEING impressed with a sense of the many favours he has received since he began business, most respectfully informs the inhabitants, and others in general, that he has now by him a good assortment of Flannels and Baizes of an extraordinary colour and quality, together with every article in the Hosiery-Branch, which he doubts not will be found well worth the notice of those who may be pleased to favour him with their commands : viz.
Yard wide double milled white baize for ironing cloaths
Five-fourths ditto ditto
Nine fourths delicate swanskin for under coats.
Yard -wide thick flannels, from 11d. to 3s. per yard.
Superfine scarlet ditto ditto
White and green baizes
Womens stout black stockings, 9d per pair.
Womens full size stout engine cotton ditto, 18d. per pair
Ladies best China white silk fashionable clocks, 8s per pair.
Lambs wool hose, all sizes.
Beaver, black and white silk arms and habit gloves.
Girls and womens worsted mitts, all colours.
Stout black silk breeches pieces.
Beaver ditto ditto.
With a variety of the newest patterns, fancy silk and cotton goods of every kind, &c. &c.
N.B. T. SCOTT, wishing to confine himself to the abovementioned line of business, assures the public at large, that he will constantly endeavour to sell upon such terms as may give general satisfaction.