13 Jan 1800
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 13, 1800
Page
1
CLINE and Mr Astley Cooper will deliver a course of anatomical and surgical lectures on Monday the 22d inft. at 1 o'clock at St Thomas's Hospital.
This Day, price 3s 6d, dedicates to Mrs Sheridan. The book Is Godwin a Tale of the Sixteenth Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century by Count Reginald de Sr Leon, Ferdinand Mendez Pinto described as a liar of the first magnitude. Printed for J. Wright, Piccadilly.
Cornutt and partners claim a windfall for Publicat seat holders by warning English Tickets will rise and selling shares at Cornhill, London. They tout a 39,000 pound prize structure, urging quick purchase as demand increases, while cautioning against cheaper offers and promising prompt prize payments.
An officer’s letter from Seringapatam dated May 7, 1799 describes the fortress’s long siege preparations. It notes Hyder Ali’s camp defenses of 300 cannons, canal and river redoubts, and efforts by the English East India Company, Marathas, and Nizam Ally to press the attack, with feints and strategic shifts shaping the campaign.
An 1799 letter notes Mangalore not yet in possession but in proximity to key defenses. It highlights ruined ramparts and outmoded bastions, French contact through Tripoo, and a good anchorage for ships. The area yields pepper and sandalwood, hosts Hindu and Muslim festivals, and French privateers used shipping routes. the fort at Canara is singled out as strategic, to be rebuilt and fortified with strong garrison and outworks to aim for impregnable defense.
Reports from Leith to Kirckaldy tell of the Leith and Aberdeen packet wrecking near Kirckaldy with eighteen aboard. only eight saved. A captain, an English lady and maid perished. seven bodies washed ashore at Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy. The Janet of MacDuff wrecked near St Andrews. Mr John Honey, a divinity student, saved the crew at great risk. The magistrates honored him with an hereditary burgess ticket. A Crail letter notes the John Geddes wreck at Kingsbarns with one survivor and three men perishing as the vessel broke apart.
A Wednesday evening report describes two robberies near London Road and a separate attack on butcher James Banister at Shellingsford Dorchester. The London Road incident involved two young men who roped a soldier and tried to force a route toward Marllow. Banister wrestled the pistol from the assailant, who was detained until help arrived. the pistol was unloaded. John Fletcher of Lawrance Waltham was committed for trial at the west Oxford Assizes, giving his name on examination.
Morning robbery on Lombard Street near Maidenhead Thicket where Mr Saut lost a gold watch and other items while two highwaymen plundered him. Off the Dutch coast a net-hauling accident killed a foal caught by a fisherman's mouth, the creature's teeth piercing the throat.
December’s agricultural report notes disrupted sowing from Trott felting, but spring wheat expected to recover in many districts. Weather limits the flag’s spread, bread corn yields appear deficient, and care in family expenditures is urged. Barley and oats remain costly. beans and peas rise with damp harvests. Clover feed unproductive. turnips and rape perform better. prices advance for straw and hay. Sheep and cattle markets vary with prime beef fetching high at Smithfield. the Vale of Aylesbury prize shows grazing value. lean stock remains near prior levels. Wool shows little change except finer short fleeces rising slightly in price.
In a landmark law report Lord Kenyon enforces that a ship owner is bound by agents actions when an advertisement asserts convoy. Warren’s authority over the Cromer led to a judgment for the plaintiff, the loss placed at 691. The case hinges on public notices at Lloyd's and the Royal Exchange and the risk of agent overreach.
French papers recount a physician claiming invisibility via a large transparent vessel. The experiment supposedly hides his body while he answers questions and breathes on demand. Meanwhile J Barnesley of the 15th light dragoons, facing discharge, killed himself with a pistol after hearing the notice.
Market notes from Soky Excuanaz London dated January 23 report English wheat prices advancing early, then easing by close with barley and oats showing mixed moves. Rye, malt, hops, flour, seeds, and hay prices listed with specific per bushel or per hundred weights, alongside market averages and regional quotes for Smithfield and Newgate lead markets.
Salisbury and nearby towns list January grain quotes for wheat barley oats beans and peas with prices in shillings and pence. Market notes show regional variations across Salisbury Warminster Devizes and Winchester areas with fluctuating breakfast commodity values.
A dated 1799 notice from M Doxaro Glasgow promotes Balm of Gilead sold by Mr. Mathews at No 18 Strand. The letter claims rapid cures and widespread belief in the remedy, noting price at 10s 6d a bottle or two for 21s with directions.
A dense editorial critiques parental caution and medical warning about youthful indulgence and nervous illness. Dr Rodum touts "A Guide to Old Age" and a nervous cordial, listing numerous sales outlets across Britain. The text condemns indiscretion while advertising remedies and tonics for nervous and consumptive complaints, with long supplier lists.
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