Capture of the Princes of Orange Near Schoonhoven
An authentic account describes Dutch authorities detaining the Princess of Orange and her retinue near Haefrecht on June 28, after reports of suspected hostile activity. Commisaries demanded her intentions. she sought reconciliation and proposed staying under guard as Holland debated mediation involving Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and the French Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hol Bo Lland
Woerden
Gouda
Marie
Baron van Spaan
le Boercupas
Juedrécht
States of Holland
Princess of Orange
Mesirs
Randwick
Bentinck
Walfenaer
Haef‘recht
Nimegaen
Goejanverwelle- Shius
Holland
Utrecht
Frerd
Maison du Bois
Wood
Hague
Counce
Schoonhoven
Caval
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
France
Roving tables seized and burned. deadly theatre collapse
In Winchester several street tables were broken and four men fined after officers seized the last day of races. In Beaumaris a ferry boat incident killed 26 of 32 aboard. A public-house wager saw a jumper completing a Chester run in under two hours. A temporary theatre in Bury collapsed, killing two on the spot and injuring many as walls and gallery fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Manchester
Bangor Fair
Beaumaris
Horns
Wrexham
Chester
Bury
Bibby
Joseph Fitton
Yorkshire
Glocester
Daniel Munday
Biramin
Guam
Tenon
Colomb
d’Aubeville
Royal Academy of Sciences of France
Paris
Shrewsbury
Ruflic
Saltissary
Harman
St. Edmund’s Church
Salisbury
London Road
Canterbury
B. Taylor
Courtroom violence and strange medical cures abroad
A regional chronicle records brutal acts by crowds and a brawl leaving a man with severe injuries after gallery pressure. It also details prison incidents, hospital visits by French scientists, fair prices at Shrewsbury, a swindling scam, a barley oddity, and a dramatic resuscitation of a newborn allegedly saved by M. Janin using fire, ash, and tobacco fumes.
Experiments for the Recovery of Strangled Persons
Janin, a member of the Royal College of Surgery in Paris, published a memoir arguing strangled victims may be revived. He notes the analogy between the drowned and strangled and claims similar helps aid recovery. He cites numerous cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ons
Janin
Royal College of Surgery
Paris
Cales
Improvements in Light-Houses At Dieppe Harbour
A summarized notice from a royal paper explains new automatic light signals for French coast lighthouses. A large rotating lamp will emit periodic dazzling eclipses to identify each lighthouse, starting with a Dieppe harbor experiment. The system aims to reduce shipwrecks by distinguishing lights from others and guiding fishermen and merchant vessels according to tidal water levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Sweden
Dieppe
Normandy
Haymans Maredants Drops Endorsed By Suffering Knight
A testimonial pamphlet from 1787 promotes Hayman s Maredants Drops alleging cure of severe knee and body swellings after November 1785. The letter by Joseph Poore credits the remedy for dramatic recovery after eight bottles and urges others to try it. It notes government labeling and lists multiple town agents across Britain for purchase at five shillings and six pence and sixpence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Willis & Fuller
Joseph Poore
Newbury
Hayman
Marusio
Great Britain
Cocking and Rudhall
Brown
Quay-street
A. Browne
Dr James's Powder and Hooper Pills Featured in 18th Century Notice
An 18th century advertisement extols Dr James's Powder for childbed fevers and other inflammatory illnesses, claiming rapid relief and even recovery in delirious stages. It also promotes a coffee substitute, Hooper's Female Pills, and Spilsbury's Antiscorbutic Drops with testimony of cures for scurvy and related maladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fothergill
Dalby's Carminative Offered For Infant Distress
An 1787 notice advertises Dalbys Carminative at multiple outlets and claims a dramatic infant case. A four month old child suffered violent fits, recovered within days after dosing, and remained healthy with repeated use. Witnesses David Leslie and Mary Leslie, Rotherhils-Wall, Feb 26, 1787.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalby
Rotherhils-Wall
David Leslie
Mary Leslie
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Fesday
Orange
Country News
M. Janin
Moni
Mons. Janin
Hs Mayesty
Ake
Tho. Taylor
Corporation of Surgeons
London
New Bridgestreet
Small-street
H. Brown
Bristol
Crutt
New Bridge Street
Dr. Steers
C. Joseph Reeves
Mr. Newhbery
E. Sheircliff W. Bulgin
W. Browne
J. Norton
J. Moya
H. Browne
E. Palmer
J. Fitchen
W. Pine
T. Mifly
S. Bonner
M. Thompson
Wells
Arthur
Godbold
Bloomsbury Square
Godpard
Marquis of
Lothian
Drouly
Lothian, Co
Joan Drouly
Fames
James
ROE
Spilsbury
Soho Square
Ann Maceman
Edinburgh
Spilbury
Messrs. Stewart
John Daw
Lawn Market
Ann Gee
Pilsbury
Crown-street
St. Giles’s
Londons
Middlesex Hospital
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