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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 11, 1799
Page
1
The British Fire Office announces establishment for insuring buildings ships in harbour goods furniture and other effects against fire across Great Britain. It will open on the 19th of March to take applications with proposals ready then. Directors trustees and auditors named include Lord Kinnaird Sir John Cox Hippiley and others.
A fragmentary broadside lists sums for discharged prisoners and a charity drive. It names J Neild as treasurer and multiple firms in Chelsea Fleet Street Lombard Street and Strand where books may be seen, with a first Wednesday meeting time and SPILSBURY’s Drops advertised as a remedy.
A 1799 letter from Henry Boys of Albion Street Blackfriars lauds Botanical Syrup and Nervous Cordial for curing a wound and restoring mobility. Witnesses to cures are listed. medicines advertised at numerous London and provincial outlets with prices 118 6d to 9s. Ed. duty included. Itinerary shows widespread sale through doctors, agents, and newsmen.
Auction at the Crown Inn Amersham on March 16 offers several freehold farms and water mills in Amersham Claptham and Chesham along with woollen and cotton mill premises in Lambeth. Plans and conditions available from Mr Gotobed solicitor and local inns, with detailed machinery and fixtures described including steam engines and carding equipment.
Ad suggests adopting income tax curtailment to cheaper goods as Steel promotes LAVENDER-WATER and Aqua Mellis at twice price but with lower tax impact. Advertises Steel’s Lavender Water at 2s 0d per bottle and True King’s Honey Water, 3s 6d, at No. 15 Catherine Street Strand. Warns nobles and customers that low prices prevent credit orders.
An Irish letter describes barbaric banditry near Tallagh and Dublin with gangs extorting money and torturing victims. It notes inadequate military action and frequent robberies by decently dressed footpads near Bagot Rath Castle and Longford day coach attacks, with passengers exchanging gunfire and robbers fleeing.
In Bristol Mancus during a heavy fall two men named Bottle and Hotchkiss tenants to the Marquis of Bath who had been at Cause Castle to sign an agreement with their landlord's agent perished returning across the hill called the Stipper Stones. Bottle was found on the road and Hotchkiss wandered away. his body was found three days later leaving a wife and six children.
A boy serving Rev. J Bartlett at St Marys Exeter suffered severe frostbite during a harsh season, leaving his left foot detached at the ankle joint and requiring amputation above both knees. Meanwhile Foe the Hatter, tried at Hertford Offices, is believed to have aided in Mr Mellishs murder.
Our Affizes reported on Wednesday with twelve prisoners capitally convicted and sentenced to death including James Pullen for counterfeit money and forgery related offenses Catherine Richie for theft of calico John Matson for forging a gold order James Baxton for ravishing a child under eight Bent y Garden and Mich Delany for highway robbery William Peares and Jane Cork for burglary Davis age 16 1 years for stealing coves Rewpine and others also noted four additional death sentences later commuted and two reprieves in other cases Oxford March 9 Affizes closed with one execution and several reprieves Thomas Saunders sentenced to death for stealing a black mare later reprieved.
Market report from the Corn Exchange and Smithfield on March 11 notes firmer demand and higher prices for fine wheat and barley, with oats slipping. Seeds, hops, and tallow prices are listed, alongside cattle and meat rates at Smithfield and Newgate markets.
A sprawling report covers parliamentary discussion on the Civil List, hereditary revenues, and the state of royal finances. Mr. Pitt proposes advancing a bill to grant 6,000 pounds a year to Princess Amelia, and the committee considers extending income tax accounting time while evaluating revenue exchanges and allowances for royal household needs.
NiweBry and other towns report on wheat barley oats and beans price ranges by location and quarter. Market varies by market from March 7 to March 9 with values in shillings and pence per quarter and per load across regions.
Friday the wife of Mr John Vaughton of Holywell Cheshire wire worker delivered a daughter. The birth is remarkable as it is over 22 years since the last by the same husband. The family now includes two mothers two daughters two sisters two brothers one aunt two nephews one grandmother and two grandfons totalling five persons.
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