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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 04, 1799
Page
1
Announcement from Richardson Goodluck and Co. advertising English and Irish lotteries with numerous prize descriptions. Tickets and shares available at their Bank Buildings offices in London and at Norwich shops. Drawing begins on Monday.
A 1793 English State Lottery notice details tickets from 50,000 to six guineas prizes. Hor nsby and Co advertise sales of tickets and shares at No 26 Cornhill opposite the Royal Exchange with registration and stamps.ில
Mr A Drummond announces the Tate Lottery prizes paid on demand at his Fleet Street shop adjoining the Bolin Tunian. Tickets and shares available with progressive prize increases up to 2c with few blanks. Lottery drawing begins February 11 1799. Post orders and correspondence accepted.
Public notice urges attention to the English Lottery scheme promising 376 more prizes and fewer blanks. Offices at Cornhill London and Manchester offer details, with past capital prizes enumerated and tickets selling in varied lots. Letters and orders paid by bank notes or post, with securities bought and sold on commission and prizes paid on demand.
An 18th century advertisement piece touts a tooth ache lozenge said to cure pain in minutes without opium or irritants. It lists extensive wholesale retailers across the kingdom and a letter of endorsement by a Royal Navy officer. Also promotes a botanical syrup and nervous cordial with testimonials and multiple vendors in London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and beyond.
This writ of error from the Court of Common Pleas concerns Meff. Bolton and Watt against Mr. Hornblower over Watt’s patent for improving fire engines. Arguments centered on whether the patent covered a machine or a mere method, and if the specification truly described a manufacture. The Lord Chief Justice favored affirming the judgment for Watt, with other judges concurring, while noting broader implications for patents and commerce.
An action on a policy of insurance on goods on board an American ship sailing from Virginia to Bremen. The voyage began May 20 and the ship was captured by a French privateer on June 22. The vessel was not warranted to belong to any nation.
Lord Kenyon presided as the Court disposed of the causes in the paper. A linen-draper sued on a 20 shillings bill drawn by Robert Boston and accepted by Mrs Schuman. The instrument misnamed addresses and the drawer confessed the debt, while the drawer Bolton pressured a young woman to sign. The case raised questions about liability and proper recourse for the forged or misrepresented bill.
Fragmented OCR listing regional circuits and judges with titles such as Lord Chief Justice and Mr Justice. Names appear garbled including TuomPrson AsuoretT Mac Donald Hotham Rooxx Lawsnner Burrer Gaoss and regions Midland Ford Western.
A baroque note claims the Law conferred the Marquisate of Pergsr-Corn on a nobleman for the surrender to his Lady. It also accuses an Irish barrister who voted for the Union first night and against it the second, asserting he acted within professional rules.
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