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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 28, 1798
Page
1
Widely praised Steel’s Lavender Water is counterfeited by impostors. Customers are warned to direct staff to No 15 Catharine Street near Somerfer Place to avoid purchasing a fake product. True Lavender Water sold at 30s a dozen with firm pricing for cash.
Market reports show wheat scarce yet heavy demand with prices 1s to 2s per quarter, barley from Norfolk and Suffolk easing, fine malting samples at 303 to 325, oats higher amid heavy trade. Line items cover wheat, rye, barley, malt, beans, oats, tallow, hops and flour with regional London pricing and standard market weights.
Dublin reports martial law in May 1798 with Lord Lieutenant proclamations offering rewards for treason suspects. Details include the listing of accused individuals, militia activity, fortifications, possible successions to high offices, and a Dublin city curfew as authorities move to quell rebellion.
Old estate sale notice describing a substantial residence with gardens, fish ponds, outbuildings, and optional 12 acres of land. Includes a fare of copyhold and freehold plots, an excellent pew in Cranford chapel, and nearby farm buildings. Also advertising ale of patent cakes and Spilsbury’s anticorbatic drops with testimonials.
In Salisbury eight waggons loaded with powder muskets balls and artillery arrived under an escort of artillery and were to proceed to Dorchester Barracks. In Bramshaw Mrs Moody shopkeeper died after her house burned with signs of assault. A labourer Charles Prince was named by Moody as her attacker and was arrested and remanded for examination. Captain Orr aided her recovery and pursuit.
Northhampton May 28 a fierce blaze swept Bisworth between 10 and 12 oclock destroying near 50 dwelling houses plus barns stables hay and corn ricks. The fire began at Mr Hodge s Palmer caused by a person throwing live ashes into the yard and quickly spread to straw and other structures.
May 26 report notes accounts from Kent Farnham and other Hop Plantations very unfavourable with irregular yields and the long-winged fly appearing on most grounds. Markets are considerably advanced.
In Lewes on May 28 a boy fell from a rock near Gold Bridge and drowned. the body recovered after about an hour and a quarter. A private militia labourer at Silver Hill barracks stabbed himself with a bayonet and died immediately. A journeyman carpenter killed by a fallen timber at Salehurst barracks was buried in Salehurst churchyard. A clock cleaner from Ditcheling, found dead between Street Green and his home, died after excessive drinking following an evening at a Street Green cottage and a gun shop visit. coroner’s inquiry found no violence, verdict death by excessive drinking.
Prices listed for hay and straw at Whitechapel and St James's with averages given. Hay prices range from od to gl 3s 0d, straw from tl to 1s 6d, with Aver. values noted for various lots and districts.
Market notes from Newsery and several towns dated May 22 to May 26 show prices for wheat, oats, barley, and beans in various regions. Figures include ranges in shillings and pence, with notes of deliveries to households and market deliveries.
A couple from Margaret-tree Cavendish-square were ambushed on May 23 near the six mile-stone on Ealing Common by a pistol wielding highwayman. The husband resisted with a whip and the thief fled toward London. Nearby, Colonel Buncoyne of Hatfield was robbed by three footpads near Barnet. a pistol shot failed to harm him. A Portsmouth suspect in a murder case is jailed, and a 400 guinea reward is posted for the murderer’s capture.
Mr J C Beresford expresses strong support for his Right Hon. Friend and the government’s energetic measures following Lord Cashel’s communication. He says eloquence is unnecessary to convey the importance of the night’s exchange and urges the House to back the proposed vigor and policy.
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