Reward for Bank Note Thief Sibbert Near St Georges Fields
The General Post Office offers a hundred pound reward for James Sibbert a messenger who allegedly took bank notes from letters and absconded on May 27. He is described as about five feet ten inches tall with dark complexion and hair, thin build, pitted with smallpox, residing at Elliott's Row St George's Fields. The Postmaster General orders arrest and disclosure of his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Post Office
James Sibbert
Elliott's Row
St. George’s Fields
Anthony Todd
Francis Freeling
Royal Letters Patent for Rymer Cardiac Tincture
James Rymer of Gerrard Street Soho is granted royal letters patent as inventor and prescriber of a cardiac and nervous tincture claimed to treat headaches digestion gout and nervous disorders among other ailments. Bottles priced 2s 6d 5s 6d and 1s 6d sold from Gerrard Street with wholesale venders listed in Bow Church Yard Bishopsgate Haymarket and Royal Exchange Tutt’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rymer
Sur‘Econ
Gerrard-street
Soho
London
Rymer
N. B. Messrs
Dicey and Beynon
Bow Churchyard
Traét
Bishopsgate-street
Haymarket
Tutt’s
Royal Exchange
Whitehead's Essence of Mustard boasts across society
A 1797 letter flow extols Whitehead's Essence of Mustard for rheumatic gout and paralysis, praising relief after trials with sea baths and various doctors. Testimonials from W Jenkins, Drayton of Bath, Francis of Westminster, Mrs. Epmunps, and A M Can commend success, with sale details across Britain and Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehead
Barstour
Liz
Mr. Johnston
Mr. Rose
W. Jenkins
Jenkins
Bath
Drayton
Lytle House
Francis
Guildhall
Westminster
A. M.can
Goth
Fort George
Guernsey
Messrs
Rofe
Mills
Bulgin
Roath
Bristel
Crutwell and Hazard
Pytt
Raikes
Gloucester
Smith, Baxter, Scott, Spence
Husband and Co
Aeburn
Edinburgh
Callwell and Twigg
Dublin
Haly
Cork
Great Britain
Ireland
London Advertisement and Military Mention 1796
A mixed compendium cites a Baron Homresen letter endorsing Dr Brodum's Botanical Syrup for army use in the West Indies, plus patient testimonials from Brighton about Nervous Cordial. It notes export orders, hotel dispatches, and a broad list of booksellers and vendors across the three kingdoms. It also covers Buonaparte's rise, Barras's influence, and early Dir ectory connections in revolutionary France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Homresen
Bropum
West Indies
Charles Hompesch
P.S
Richardson’s
East
Brighthelmstone Circulating Library
Sam
James Gregory
Brodum
London
Bristol
Bath
Brighton
R. Allen
Doctor’s
No. 9
Albion-street
E. Newbery
St.Paul's Churchyard
W. Donaldson
Portsmouth
Collins
Salisbury
Wosdford
Druggifts
Portsea
Legg
Harding
Gosport
Albin
Newport
Isle of Wight
Roe
Lon
Gui
Havant
Pottie
Fareham
Jones
Lymington
Vey
Ringwood
Phillipson
Chichester
Newman
Midhurst
White
Arundel
Love
Weymouth
Easton
Salisbury Hazart
Bulgin
Rule
Poole
Yockney
Warminster
Gregory
Three Kingdoms
Buonaparte never offered service to Britain in Corsica
A London letter writer refutes a London paper story claiming Buonaparte offered to serve Britain in Corsica. The note details that English troops landed in Corsica in February 1794, Corsican governance followed in November, and Buonaparte had held general rank in France before English entry. It gives a brief bio and timeline of his Corsican and French service.
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London
Buonaparte
Italy
Corsica
Buona PaRte
France
Toulon
Ajaccio
Paris
Bonifaccio
Sardinia
Ropes Pierre
Buownaparte
Bartia
St. Fiorenzo
Buonavarre
Buonararte
Kine v Binns Trial at Warwick Assizes Ends Not Guilty
A Special Jury met at Warwick Assizes to hear Kine versus Binns. The trial before Mr Justice Asnhurst lasted about 11 hours 30 minutes with counsel for both sides. After two hours 45 minutes of deliberation the jury found Not Guilty. Dr Parr attended and observed the summing up with candour.
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Kine
Court Martial Finds Captain Gordon Guilty of Assault
General Court Martial at Ayr convicts Captain Gordon of the 6th Fencible Regiment of Foot of violently assaulting Lt. Col. Wooprorp and related misconduct. The king declines full ratification, ordering Captain Gordon cashiered and his commission ended in North Britain. Proceedings circulate to Regular and Fencible Forces.
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Ayr
Earl of Dariine- Ton
C. Gordon
6Th
North) Fencible Regiment of Foot
J. Wooprorp
Joan Wooprorp
Edinburgh
Lord Adam Gordon
Gokpon
Wooprory
Duke of Goxpon
Lord A Gorpon
Gordon
North Fencible Highlanders
Britain
Lord Adam Gorpon
Violent whirlwind and storms ravage Warwickshire
A fierce tornado swept across Balfall-Common Warwickshire lifting dung from a field and destroying roofs on Kennilworth-chace. Helpstone Northamptonshire saw two horses burned by a fireball in a chimney collapse. Marsden near Huddersfield reported a man killed by lightning in a dye house and trees shattered across the West Riding. Lancashire reports a claimed perpetual motion device and a tanning pit that speeds leather processing via flame tubes and air valves.
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Balfall-Common
Warwickshire
Kennilworth-chace
Helpstone
Northamptonshire
Marsden
Huddersfield
West Riding
Lancashire
Unnamed Town Hit by Violent Storm and Lightning
A fierce late storm battered areas around Manchester and Saddleworth, tearing up trees and hay ricks and driving rain and hail. In Dobcross a thunderstorm accompanied a fatal lightning strike at a dye-house where a young man collapsed and died, his hat torn, hair burnt, and clothes singed.
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Tesday
Norfolk Norwich trial verdict warns drivers after coach crash
A Norfolk verdict records the Royal Telegraph guard winning 801 damages after a furious coach crash near Yarmouth. Other reports describe a Kent postchaise robbery with a pistol, a highwayman sighting on a hill near London bound coaches, and discoveries of four skeletons near Reading believed from Charles I era.
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Norwich
Royal Telegraph
Londo
Yarmouth
Wybourn
Lenham
Ospringe
Beacon Hill
Kent
London
Army
J. Swing
Paverfam
Newbury Road
Reading
Charles I
Antisorea Sprissury Cure Advertised In Papers
Reports from respectable persons praise Sprissury's Antiscorea as effective against scurvy gout rheumatism and related afflictions. The advertisement notes high demand since its introduction and claims success in fatal cases. Sold at the Dispensary Soho Square and by patent medicine sellers in bottles of 6s and 11s 2d.
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Sprissury
Soho Square
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Bury Sr. Epmunps
Renee Inquirer
W. MippiEpston
Army of the Interior
Monsieur Barras
Directory
M. Barras
Convention
Barras
The
Evening Mail
Warwick. Assizes
Adjutant-General’s Office
York, Ave
Manchester
Ave
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