20 Nov 1799
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 20, 1799
Page
1
Exhibition at Hanover Square including Linwood pictures now open daily from nine in the morning to evening except Sundays. Advertises land surveyor and steward employment, with references, and lists a slate of books and parliamentary papers for sale. Also promotes pregnancy retirement accommodations and various patent medicines with multiple vendor addresses.
The New York Daily Advertiser reports September deaths by epidemic across regions, with 401 total in New York City and counts by sex and age. It notes varied health statuses in Savannah, Charlestown, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and New England ports, highlighting mixed fever reports, adulterated gin sickness, and general recovery trends.
Dublin reports a robbery of the Limbrick Mail near Monasterevan by armed men who seized poll bags and plundered passengers including their clothing. Troops mounted guard after orders, amid notes on powder use. In Cork, a prison breakout at Mitches Town left the gaol damaged and inmates freed, while a separate gang was executed at Kilmainham jail.
Ashore and wrecked vessels dominate this report with multiple captures at sea. Brigs from Helder, a Poole to Liverpool voyage, and Jamaica to Cork routes face privateer aggression and loss. Crews saved or landed, with several ships reported wrecked near Penzance and Blackpool south rocks. Admiral Dickson arrives at Yarmouth aboard La Jaouse. Monarch hoists flag. troops disembark as trains and packets signal ongoing naval activity.
On Sunday morning the moon rises at 2 23, Venus begins to eclipse at 4 42, and ends around 5 25. At start Venus lies 11 3 minutes south of the moon’s center, at end 41 3 minutes north. The event appears more striking as only a small portion of the moon is lit. The Brewers raise Porter price by 15s under Parliament’s discretionary clause. Jane Gibbs, seen in Windsor, used a trick to hire a carrier from Slough to Windsor, later lodging a false robbery claim against a man named Silver, who was released after the judge found her statements unreliable. Gibbs was previously driven from Slough and Windsor after exposure as a pretender.
A letter from Garsforth near Leeds, Feb 39, 1799, describes a three month old sufferer with violent scrofulous facial eruptions spreading bodywide. After Sprisbury's Drops, purchased from T Wright, the child allegedly recovered. The maker claims the remedy’s public disclosure serves mankind and notes sales at No 15 Soho Square, London, and across Britain and Ireland.
Paris dispatches describe French advances and demands in German cities, with General Laroche withdrawing after a clash near Mannheim, heavy French forces across Swabia, and Wirzburg and Aschaffenburg insurgent activity led by Counts Rothenhahn as allied movements surge amid Swiss and Italian reports.
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