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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 14, 1796
Page
1
A 1565 notice warns buyers about counterfeit Greenwood's Balls for cleaning leather breeches. It explains the superior dry application, its polish and durability, and urges observers to verify labels reading By the King's Patent prepared by Jos. Greenwood to avoid fakes.
The Hon Admiral John Forbes died at his Saville Row home aged 82. Renowned for deep naval knowledge he shaped the Admiralty and naval policy, a captain of the Norfolk in Mathews and Lestock action, refused to sign the Bing warrant, and declined a peerage or pension to remain focused on service. His career bridged fierce 18th century seas and later governance of the Marines under the Crown.
A historical note praises patience in long suffering, charity, benevolence, humanity, public spirit, and firm disinterested conduct. It highlights friendship tenderness and feeling for dependents and friends, with a strong abhorrence of selfishness and illiberality shown in vivid colors.
Friday the Rev Richard Proffer and John Hall gained D D and B A respectively. On Monday John Jones and William Robinson earned B A. William Ellis and John Davies received M A. Richard Heber Joseph Perens and Joseph Maude earned B A. John Gilby of University College will be admitted to B C L and go out Grand Compounder.
Bristol reports a large tradesmen meeting at the Guildhall forming a committee and subscription to curb copper coin counterfeits. Newcastle merchants urge limits on wages in copper, and police-planned prosecutions target counterfeiters. Also noted are March 13 crime losses, robberies, and trials with sentences in Bedford and Dorchester.
Reading March 12 Parish Overseers of St Lawrence Borough act to ease bread costs due to high grain prices by buying wheat and grinding it into standard flour. They remove five pounds of bran per bushel as per Privy Council guidance, lowering bread prices by at least 5d per gallon with minimal loss.
In Northampton on March 12 the Coroner’s inquest sat for W Hutchison who died from wounds inflicted by Matthew Riley Dennis Conrey and Edward Jones. A jury found them guilty of wilful murder and trials are set to begin at Leicester affizes next Wednesday. The calendar lists 24 other prisoners with various offenses.
York reports seven prisoners sentenced to capital punishment yesterday and today for crimes including burglary, housebreaking, and a dwelling house robbery. Names listed include John Hunt, Thomas Birch, Jonathan Holdsworth, James Broadbent, James Richardson, Thomas Macleain, and James Sutcliffe alias Free.
Dispatches confirm a British squadron consisting of two ships of the line and four frigates. They chased the French frigate Badine in the Gulf of Coron while the French anchored at the Dardanelles. Rumors of engagement circulate as the British commander vowed to pursue French vessels anywhere, unsettling the Ottoman government which fears a breach of neutrality and notes naval preparations and plague measures amid military setbacks in Bulgari and Servia with heavy losses.
Marcus Dublin reports a Defender of high regard in his fraternity voluntarily surrendered bias to a magistrate seeking protection. He currently resides in an apartment at the Castle. Thirteen Defenders were capital convicted of Defenderism at Trim on Friday.
Edinburgh March 12 Dawid Downies freed from confinement in the Castle after a royal remission following a jury recommendation. The remission requires his departure from Great Britain and Ireland within ten days and lifelong banishment under royal certification conditions.
Fragmentary report records two men working five days to fell timber and measure yards for a top. Substances weighed an estimated 97 tons. Around four o'clock Saturday morning a house on Oxford Street was broken into. thieves fled after abandoning plate and linen, leaving a dark iron crow and crowbars behind.
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