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Wool bought and Funerals furnished,
N.B. Genteel Apartments to Lett, furnished.

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Mon 23 July
MATTHEWS GREEN, WOKINGHAM
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION BY MR. YOUNG
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At Garraway’s Coffee House, Change Alley, Cornhill, on Thursday, 16 August, at
12 o’clock, A commodious FREEHOLD HOUSE, with coach-house and suitable
offices, a garden, cottage and 44 acres of land, situate at Matthews Green, one mile
from Wokingham, seven from Reading, 14 from Windsor, and 33 from London, let to
Wm. Humphries, esq., and by him to J.M. Macarthur, esq., on lease, expiring at
Michaelmas, 1798 when possession may be had at a improvable rent of
SIXTY EIGHT POUNDS
Printed particulars may be had at the New Rose, Wokingham, Rear, Reading; White
Hart, Windsor; Bush, Staines; Kings Head, Hounslow; at Garraway’s and of Mr.
Young, 58 Chancery Lane.

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Mon 8 Oct
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READING, SATURDAY, 6 October
The rejoicing for this occasion [victory in the Battle of the Nile] by the inhabitants of
Wokingham can vie with the foremost. On Thursday the bells continued ringing
throughout the day, and in the afternoon the gentlemen of the Association paraded to
the field. The promptitude and exactness of discipline displayed through their various
evolutions would have done credit to a veteran corps. In their march from the field to
the Market-place their motion was in perfect unison with the music that preceded
them. After being drawn up in a line, they fired three excellent feux-de-joye, and then
made up one grand discharge, which may be equalled, but not exceeded. A general
illumination then took place, and several splendid emblematical decorations were
exhibited; the fireworks were abundant and a large bon-fire. On its decrease, the
gentlemen of the Association again formed in the Market-place, and whilst the music
was playing Rule Britannia and God Save the King an enthusiastic ardor seemed to
possess the minds of all present. Soon after the gentlemen of the town and the
adjacent neighbourhood, adjourned to the Rose Inn, and concluded the evening with
the greatest harmony and festivity. A handsome collection was made for the Widows
and Orphans of these brave tars who fell in the conflict, and the subscription will be
general

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Mon 10 Dec
WOKINGHAM WAGON
R. Creaker, Ship Inn, Wokingham, gratefully retains his sincere thanks to his
friends, and the public for their favours, and hopes for a continuance of the same and
begs to inform them that his Stage Wagon sets out from the Ship, Wokingham, every
Tuesday morning at seven o’clock, and arrives at the Bell Savage, Ludgate Hill,
London, every Wednesday morning at four o’clock; returns from thence the same day
at noon, and arrives at Wokingham every Thursday afternoon at four o’clock
For the convenience of gentlemen residing at Binfield, Warfield, &c., goods are
taken in at Mrs. Slark’s at the Hull, at Bracknell, and Mr. Marshall’s at Sunninghill
Wells, calls at the White Horse Cellar, and Black Bear, Piccadilly, going in and
coming out of London.

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