Public notices seek offender for bill exchange fraud
General Post Office and Manchester officials publish a reward of fifty pounds for information leading to the capture of a man who presented a 301 bill of exchange at Merits Martins Stones Co Lombard Street on December 26, 1799 and fled when questioned. The ad urges informants to reveal his employer and warns of prosecuting him as a principal. The notice also advertises English tickets and shares with a grand scheme for prizes up to 40,000 pounds, plus various medicinal ads and a warning about youthful indiscretions and nervous disorders with references to Dr Brodum’s works and Balm of Gilead products.
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General Post-Office
He. Banking-House of Merits
Martins, Stones, and Co
Lombard-street
Beeing
Francis Freeling
Cornity
Edinburgh
T.rish
Seth Foxes
Brodum
Tle
Che Cornedy
Yough
Albion-Street
Leverian Museum
Surry Side
Blackfriars Bridge
Mr. Robinson
York House
Piccadilly
E. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Ward
Holborn
Gray’s Inn
Jeboult and Co
Bacon
Jeford-street
Pidding’s
Oxfordsteed
Bulgin
Sheppard
Bristol
Baxter
Brown
Tolzey
Bristtel
Read
Vine-street
M*donald
Glsbow
Chalmers
Aberdeen
Bellham
Draggitt
Portsmouth
Pray
Sunnderland
Three Kingdoms
Hydrophobia and its Cure Discussed in Doctor’s Tract
An 18th century extract from Dr Foruencite’s paper on hydrophobia notes the disease’s bite related origin and its symptoms. It warns against profligate bleeding and forceful liquid intake while outlining cure indications to sever the link between injury and swallowing organs, bolster strength, and soothe the nervous system.
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Baru Sociery
Foruencite
Early Hydrophobia Treatments and Palliative Remedies
Discussion of aggressive early interventions for suspected hydrophobia cases, including amputation, cauterization, and throat procedures. It surveys a range of substances such as Atropa Belladonna, lauraceratus, arsenic, hyoscyamus, and various antispasmodics, paired with cautions on their mixed efficacy. It also covers supportive care like sweating, oil baths, enemas, nutrition, music therapy, and oxygenation as potential aids in managing symptoms and prolonging life.
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Nugent
van Helmont
M. Bouteille
Clineas
Asclipiades
Dreteus
Medical Society of Paris
Market Report From Evening Mail Dated 1800
The Evening Mail editor notes wholesale market activity with Crals at 52s 6d in the Pool and price shifts from 7s 6d per Chaldron. Entered at the eck and carried through market day, we record 136 ships under Custom-House watch. Wind favorable, daily exports anticipated.
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Evening Mail
J.D. Tower-Hill
Jan
N. B
Rufsians Await Arrival as Barracks Stand Ready
GULANSEY, Tee reports scant news since the last letter. The Rufsians are not yet arrived but are hourly expected. barracks prepared for their accommodation are in perfect readiness.
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Gulansey
Tee
Russian General and Drud Bring Troops to Jersey Island
On Christmas Day arrived the Russian General commanding forces stationed in Jersey. On the 29th Drud, His Majesty's ship, brought 300 more troops with Colonel Walker as Military Commissary for Russian auxiliaries in Jersey and Guernsey. A Civil Commissary is exported. Major-General Monson sailed for England in poor health.
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Jersey
Drud
Walker
Letter from the Bishop of London urges parish relief efforts
The Bishop of London advocates parish wide aid for bread and coal shortages in St James's. He suggests forming a Vestry committee, launching a subscription, and creating public soup houses modeled on successful London precedents to relieve the poor without increasing demand for wheat flour.
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Lesbos
Racroen
St James's Peltminter
Iheath
Iennoth
Perons
Opidun
Parkes
St. James’s
Wetminger
Fulham-House
Spitalfields
London
Westminster
St. James
Metropolis
Citieg
Charity and Parochial Relief in London Soup Houses
A letter from J. B. Loxpon discusses charitable relief in London parishes, urging parochial subscriptions to support soup houses amid wheat scarcity. He praises St James parish for its charity systems and suggests wider adoption of parish relief to reduce consumption and costs, noting recent subscriptions and efforts near St Paul’s Coffee-House.
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London
Westminster
Southwark
Sparith
St.James
Royal appointments in the Army and Guards listed
The London Gazette reports His Majesty names numerous Lieutenant-Colonels, Majors and other officers across the 4th Dragoons 11th Foot Guards 25th Light Dragoons Royal Artillery Royal Engineers and related units. The long list includes Gooch Chaytor Dalrymple Johnston Koehler Wollatton Hill Stapleton Onslow Murray Abercrombie Ramsay Delves Broughton Dyort Ferguson Gummell M cFarlane James Duttens Achmuty Fhiéwies Cretbie Gustavus Cretbie Porter Erskine Williams Napier Conyngham Vaughan Baillie Hope Maddison Heron Mackenzie Murray Aylmas Maxwell Say Mackenzie Bainbridge Shaw Maxwell Forbes Popham Vigoreux and others with many on half pay.
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Ligutenant
Willian Gooch
4Th Dragoons
Henry Chaytor
25Th Light Dragoons
Sanuck Dalrymple
William Johnston
George Frederick ‘Koehler
Royal Artillery
Frederick William Wollatton
22D Light Dragoons
Rowland Hill
G6th Foot
William Stewart
Carr Beresford
88Th Foot
John Evelegh
Royal Engineers
Orlando Manley
Alexander Shand
George Earl of Dalhouse
3D Foot
Thomas Baker
George Porter
James Erskine
Light Dragoons
Henry Williams
George Napier
Gth Foot
Edward Fage
Honourable Mantigu Mathew
John Ramsay
3D Foot Guards
William Earl Bulwer
John Delves Broughton
William Dyort
Sth
Donald Craugerd Ferguson
Andrew Gummell
Colonel Edwards
Robert M‘cFarlane
72D Foot
Peter John James Duttens
Minorca
Samuel Achmuty
Ditton
James ‘Fhiéwies
4Th Dragoon Guards
John Gustavus Cretbie
22D Foot
Rowland Edwards
9Th Foot
Henry Baird
Alexander Munay
William Cullen
R. Sacheverell Newton
6Th Foot
John Wingfield
W. C. Fortescue
Andrew Ross
Reay Fencibles
Gerard Goffelin
Foot
Richard Lee
H. Lewis Dickenson
William Earee
William Alexander
Essex Foncioles
Lord Henry Murray
G1th Foot
Andrew Hay
Fencible Regiment
Thomas Robnson Grey
26Th Foot
Fred.’ Philip Robbinson
Charles Campbell
Arthur Robert Dillon
Geo. Carnegie
Duncan Darrock
Rothing and
Caithness
Frederick Delmé
John Grey
Wm. H. Pringle
R. Clive
William Hutchinson
Anthony Egan
Gordon Sheiley
Scotch Brigade
Thomas Hockley
Suffolk Fencibles
Hugh Antrobuis
Somerset Fencible Infantry
John Murray
X68th, Foot
Arthur Aylmas
2D Manx Fencibles
William Maxwel
320 Foot
William Say
Ggth
John Mackenzie
Edward Barnes
Ditto
C. M. Balders
Cheshire Fencibles
Henry
John Shee
Duplin
H. Davis
E. M. Packenham
23D Light Dragoons
John Bagwell
35Th Light Dragoons
Pheneas ‘Riall
Robert Bell
Robert Campbell
William Brooké
William Pensanby
Sth Dragcott Guards
Thomas Molyneux
William Roberts
Hugh Baillie
Edw. Macdonnel
John Shaw Maxwell
Charles Newton
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Wrens
Comnhill
Mmr Yenhe
Colne
Gilead
R. Byrne & Co. Printers
Burnley
Yorkshire
Jollie
Carlisle
Mathews
Strand
Frep, Gardiner
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