05 Apr 1799
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 05, 1799
Page
1
The Court of Directors warns that much of the circulating gold coin has lost value through unlawful means. Bankers merchants and traders are urged to verify weight of each Guinea not less than 5 pennyweights 8 grains, each Half Guinea 2 pennyweights 16 grains, and each Seven Shilling Piece 1 pennyweight 18 grains. R Best, Sec.
To be So ESSEX by Private Contract OAKS PLACE a complete residence and farm at the entrance of Great Bacdow Essex near Chelmsford London neighbourhood. Substantial brick mansion with hall parlour dining room offices kitchens cellars five beds attics two dress rooms servants rooms and storage. Coach house granary two stables hay lofts brew house garden greenhouse summer house shrubbery. Farm of about 16 1/2 acres arable pasture meadow in 13 fields with brick farm house yard barns stock yards and pump water. Immediate possession and plans on view with tickets after May first. Furniture and farming stock may be taken at fair valuation. Maldon Stage Coach passes daily.
John Palethorpe Heath announces the transfer of the entire stock in trade and handwritten Juniper process for Essence of Peppermint after Mr. Juniper’s patent. He promises exact conformity to instructions and warns against imitators. Details include prices, outlets in London and Edinburgh, and notes on Pennyroyal essence.
Old Bailey report notes Irish rioters charged with murder in St Giles's. delay granted for defense preparation and clerks’ practices. Court details sentencing and a burglary, forgery, and highway robbery cases. A separate note recounts a Jew ish divorce ritual and a critique of summary proceedings.
In a Liverpool style report, John Guest faced trial for stealing a hat from the Tabernacle Moorfields. Key witness Solomon Chapman, a Jew, bought the hat and claimed it was taken by the prisoner, but Lord Kenyon warned of unreliable testimony and the jury returned Not Guilty, citing suspicious evidence. Elsewhere a strange swap of a wife for five shillings at Market Cross drew attention, while other local deaths and accidents were noted, including a barber who shaved his brother before dying and a youth poisoned by sublimated poison.
Early Thursday a destitute man with a wooden leg, known to beg along Crescent and Gravel Walk, was discovered affocated at the Lime Kilns beside the Blue Lodge. He had likely spent the night there for warmth.
Mr. Joyner of Berkley presided over two recent inquests. One investigated a newborn found wrapped in a handkerchief in a field near the Leadworks, Upper Easton near Bristol, with a verdict of wilful murder. The second looked into the death of Mr. James White in his bedchamber at the Carpenter's Arms, Wick-and-Ab'on, noting letters he had written to the King and Earl Camden.
A West of England inventor reveals a wind and tide defying vessel with two outriggers and interlocking gears to propel boats by oars and pulleys. A fox cub is found after a long chase near St Ives. A Reading prisoner proclaims innocence on the scaffold before execution for robbery. A giant cow from Bridgnorth is described in meticulous weight and fat measurements. A Methodist preacher faces trial for assault on a child. A butter remedy is offered to remove rancidity by heating and cooling.
Market pages show fatpay and prices for grain and flour with mixed changes. Wheat, barley, oats, and seeds list regional quotes, plus hay and straw rates and meat prices from Smithfield and Newgate markets.
A broad advertising notice touts Spiesbury's patent drops as a universal remedy for scurvy rheumatism ulcers gout and numerous nervous ailments arising from long voyages and harsh climates It claims the medicine restores health reduces oppressive symptoms and retains efficacy for years without confinement Sold at the Dispensary in Sotorquaye and by general patent medicine venders across town and country.
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