22 Oct 1798
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 22, 1798
Page
1
We the GENTRY CLERGY YEOMANRY and other FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY of LEICESTER report a high honor conferred on me by a large meeting. I request attendance on Election Day to honor the memory of Mr. Pocurn and seek support for my candidacy in Parliament.
An 18th century advertisement touts various health aids including Digestion tonics and Lavender Water from Steel, with warnings about counterfeit drops. It promotes Spitsbury’s Medicines, detailing cures for nervous and rheumatic ailments and urges readers to obtain authentic bottles from specified shops and dispensaries.
Ships Regulus and a troop of war cut out six final vessels and two rich Spanish ships from various ports in Porto Rico and brought them to the Mole. The French brig Matine with 16 guns, also cut out of Porto Rico, arrived with deaffo and Ceres. A report dated the 75th ult says the Mole is quiet though fears rise of brigands in a great want of provisions. Mutineers’ punishment noted as hanged aboard the frigates Port Royal.
Ireland dispatch reports a government proclamation ordering Loyal inhabitants of Wicklow Wexford Carlow and Kildare to move with families to garrison towns. Troops will purge the region to exterminate rebel bands, with rebels labeled as targets for national vengeance. A private letter notes Rathdrum Yeomanry and regulars under General Eustace faced rebels, with retreats and fires burning farms along a rebel path. The piece mentions a possible fleet action on Lough Swilly and a captured ship.
In Belfast on October 16, Rev Mel Warwick, a probationer, was executed at Kirkcubbin for rebellion crimes by order of a Poor Martial. John Cuthbert was executed at Scrobbie Hill on Thursday, his head set on a pike by a Court Martial. Clark was also executed at Comber the same day, his head displayed on a piké per a Court Martial sentence.
The Lisbon Mail reports Rev John Brack of Woodbridge with an authentic five-sheet account of the Lady Shore mutiny. Capt Wrucocks dies after the mutiny. Mr Brace reads the service and buries him at sea. Mutineers show remorse. English flag half mast. Lists of mutineers and those landing at Rio Grande provided. Major Semple warned Capt Wrucocks. Brack and Semple travel by land to Rio Janeiro, aided by governors, horses, servants, and guides, then sail with a Portuguese fleet.
Sporting intelligence notes a detailed program for the October 18 meeting featuring the Outland Stakes with horses such as Duke of Grafton’s Battle Sir F Standith’s Didelot and Lord Clermont’s Paynator among others. Odds favor Rattle Paynator Admiral Poplar Cypress St George Bennington Wrangler with various weights and classed entries across two year old and five year old races.
A Cambridge university roll records caput requirements for entering the Senate with names from Caius Trinity Peter-House and more. A Norwich cathedral ordination lists deacons and priests from Christ Cambridge Caius Emanuel and Pembroke. A burglary at Lang’s lace shop in Bury reports a night entry, loss of white goods around 1500 pounds and vacant pockets.
Mr Martin faced Magistrate at Bow Street on Friday night charged with conspiracy to extort 300 from John King and with publishing a libellous book The King of the Swindlers and scandalous handbills. Counsel for King argued magisterial bail possible though no breach of peace. Magistrate discharged for lack of sufficient matter to require bail.
An Apiarian Society is formed in Exeter to promote beekeeping. It offers premiums for the best method of managing bee farms, increasing honey yield, and protecting hives from pests. The society plans hive construction and deterrents against wasps and hornets.
London market notes report scarce wheat with weak prices on prime samples while middling and interior grades fell last week. Barley saw wider ranges and few buyers. beans and hog peas rose modestly. Oats remained steady amid limited arrivals and a good overall grain supply expected.
In accordance with the new act, a return of wheat is given from the eighth of O to the first of inchive. Caryp and Max weighers report melt and via measurements as part of the official record.
An OCR fragment records flour pricing with a figure around 438 and mentions Lackey, indicating a historical price listing. The readable portion suggests a market note or advertisement listing flour cost and a supplier name.
A market listing shows price ranges for hops and assorted seeds. Entries include Kent and Farnham origins with figures for Suffex, Effex, Red Clover, White Ditto, Trefoil, Turnip, Rye, Mustard White, Canary Seed, and Rape Seed, given per hundredweight or per bushel, with varied shillings and pence.
London market prices show St James's Market at 3s 6d and Clare Market at 38s 6d per stone. Rufirado and Rufiado appear with various quotes around 54s to 58s. Whitechapel Market reports 3s 4d, while melting stuff and gravels list multiple cents and goods like soap types with prices.
Smithfield notes morning price ranges for beef veal mutton and lamb with quantities listed. Beasts about 2,200 sheep and 12,000 lambs present as market opens. Prices show per stone and per head variations across meat types.
Market listings show beef 2s 6d to 3s 0d per half? carcase, mutton 2s to 2s 10d, pork 28 4d to 35 6d, lamb 8d to 4s 4d, sheep skins 15s 6d to 3s 0d, lamb skins 25d to 3s 6d.
Prices for hay and straw listed for St James's and Whitechapel. Hay at St James's ranges around 21 shillings 2 pence per cwt with average around 18 shillings 0.5d and straw about 11 shillings 38.5d per unit. Whitechapel quotes hay roughly 65 pence to 1 shilling per unit and clover at 31 shillings 8d per quarter while straw varies near 11 shillings 23d per hundredweight.
Market price notes show Newcastle coal at gs od taaggs od and Sunderland coal ranging from 298 od to 425 od with delivered housekeeper rates from 46s od to 978 od, reflecting regional variations in cost and delivery.
Market notes show wheat, oats, barley, beans and peas listed with varied per quarter or per hundredweight prices across towns including Reading, Salisbury, Devizes, Warminster and Newbury. Values span multiple shillings, with some entries noting per quarter rates and others per hundredweight.
A ship in the West Indies faced a broken chain and multiple fatalities as crew members risked life below deck. An elderly man attempted a rescue with tar masking to descend into the hull and hauled men to safety before dying himself. three others were barely saved.
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