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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 28, 1798
Page
1
A catalog of youth oriented books and moral guides published for children. Items include an oral philosophy and logic text adapted for youth, allegorical maps, moral reading volumes, and introductory works on geography, rhetoric, and natural philosophy with various editions and prices.
The notice promotes a compact edition of Hume Smollett and allied works with 86 engravings, frontispiece, author life, portraits, and 144 pages of letters. It previews weekly instalments from the History of England with continued volumes, price sixpence, to be issued by C. Cooke from Paterson Row.
Article sketches a British traveler Brown with seven Abyssinia years in Egypt plans to publish his travels. It mentions a military caravan design by an ingenious mechanic, a porcelain painting method by Data and Gherarp, and a Sterotype printing method by Dibor and Herwany. The text also notes a French Institute report on these experiments and anticipated book publications including Virgil.
A fragmented report discusses a proposed art project that would produce 400 pages with maps and vignettes, noting prior patents yet limited progress. It mentions Geo Geppes and a printer’s fear of business loss, plus a Scottish-linked mission sending teachers to Rokelle and Bananas near Sierra Leone to educate children in religion and civil arts.
Mr Janes Witnees of Norton St Philip’s reported a fortnight ago a ewe that bore two lambs, one normal and one headless deformed lamb. The abnormal lamb lacked head neck tail and four limbs, its fore feet grew over its back, none of its feet were cloven, and internal organs were absent. The carcass was preserved by Mr Withers.
On Tuesday at York Assizes Dr. Scott sued Captain White of Ayrshire Fencible Cavalry for 10000 damages over slander about baptising a monkey and gifting the sacrament to a Newfoundland dog. Witnesses described the incident in Scarborough church and testimony covered another suit over the ship Providence loss with a verdict for the plaintiff for 4881 damages, amid plans to seek a King’s Bench review.
A court hearing records closing remarks by Mr Vaucua defending the defendant as a gentleman and soldier while disputing imputations against Dr Scott. The witness testimonies reflect rumors of baptizing a monkey and confidential conversations. The jury returns a verdict of one shilling in damages after the judge’s final instruction.
On Monday evening at James M Farlane Distillery in Paisley two workmen, Hugh Black and William Mitchell, were shoved into a cald back vat while unloading malt. They were rescued but died within hours in great agony.
In a report dated January 4 1765 Captain Sir Sidney Smith records sailing in HMS Diamond near Brest. He notes engaging a line of battle ship and a frigate, avoiding combat to protect a humane outcome, and exchanging cordial words with the French captain of Le Caton before parting unmolested.
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