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Mon 2 April
TO COVER this season, at Wm. Churchman’s, the Warren-house in Ashridge Wood,
at half-a-guinea a mare, and one shilling the servant.
The famous White Swan, called SWAN
He stands full 15 hands high, and is a likely horse to get coach horses or saddle
horses. He was coach horse to her Majesty. And this is the first season of his covering.
He will be at Henley every Thursday, at Reading very Saturday, and at Wokingham
every Tuesday.
The money to be paid at the time of covering.

READING, SATURDAY, March 31.
On Sunday evening the 23th inst. were interred at Wokingham, the remains of the
Rev. William Pennington, upwards of 39 years perpetual curate of that place; the
universal respect paid to him while living, and the loss of him when dead, were
sufficiently evinced by the attendance of the most numerous and respectable
congregation ever known to be assembled in the church at one time. The funeral
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sermon was delivered by the Rev. B. Mosse, Curate of East Hampstead from the 14
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chapter of Job, verse 13 .

On Tuesday last at 37 min. past 9, P.M. a luminous appearance was seen in the sky
in the form of a rainbow, very bright but pale. Its direction was from S.W. by W. to
N.E. one extremity being in Orion’s belt, the other drawn to a point in the opposite
side of the heaven. From this point there ascended by the north side of the arch,
undulating rays, which moved slowly towards the west, and after a short time
vanished: the body itself remained near half an hour, and then gradually disappeared,
the smallest moving from the N.E. to S.E. by E. while the larger remained fixed in
the constellation Orion. The evening was perfectly clear, and the Aurora Borealis
appeared but faintly. The barometer stood at 30.0 and Adam’s Thermometer at 19
degrees.

Tuesday evening as a post-boy living at the Castle at Salt-hill, was returning home,
he was stopped in the road about a mile this side Twyford, by two footpads, who
robbed him of about four guineas, and then decamped over the fields.

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Mon 9 April
WOKINGHAM, BERKS.
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To be SOLD by Auction, without reserve, on Tuesday the 10 inst. (by order of the
Sheriff of Berks) The HOUSEHOLD GOODS and FURNITURE of Mr. William
Trickey, at his dwelling-house in the Market-place; consisting of exceeding good
goose and other feather beds, four-post bedsteads with cotton and linen furniture,
Blankets, quilts, and counterpanes, mahogany tables, chests of drawers, chairs, &c.
festoon window curtains, chimney, pier and dressing glasses, with variety of kitchen
furniture, &c.
The sale, on account of the number of lots, to begin at 10 o’clock, and particulars
may be had of
G. TUCKER, Auctioneer.
The whole may be viewed the day preceding the sale.

FLORIST FEAST

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