Cardiac Nervous Tincture Promises Relief in Several Ailments
A 1790s advertisement extols Rymer Cardiac and Nervous Tincture with testimonials from Brighton and Whetstone patients praising relief from nervous disorders indigestion biliousness and general debility. It details dosing for the tincture and Detergent Pills plus shop notes in Gerrard Street Soho and other London stores with wholesaler Dicey and Beynon. It also promotes related medical tracts and the price list for bottles and stoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rymer
Gerrard-street
Soho
San
Ftaol
Chester
Peter Brown
Gerrardstreet
Messrs
Dicey and Beynon
Bow Churchyard
London
Thomas Evans
Paternofter-row
Haymarket
Tutt
Royal Exchange
Public Houses and Moral Decline in London
A Victorian critique condemns public houses as nurseries of idleness and crime. It warns that wages spent at taverns deprive families, corrupt apprentices, and fuel robberies, arguing many alehouse keepers lack respectability. The piece cites volume of gin, beer, and porter consumption and links sobriety to national health and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fac
Affair at Teneriffe recounts a dramatic exchange with the English
From a French paper the narrative describes a bold English descent on Teneriffe. French and Spanish defenders, led by governors and officers, repelled the attack from the Mole and Forts Saint Michel and Pasfo Alto. After a capitulation, nine hundred English were killed or drowned and seven hundred were taken prisoner, with Drouet among returning French captives.
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Eyphet
Canaries
la Mutine
la Belle Angelique
Fort St. Michel
Paffo
Tts Mole
Artilley
Haile
St. Michel
Pasfo-Alto
Perhops
France
Drouet
Paris print recalls French aid at Trafalgar battle
A Paris print from the 27th notes a modest passage claiming French contribution to hindering the English at the Battle of Beneriffe. It credits the good genius of the Allies for proposing coastal defenses and records 130 men out of 248 as part of the Great Nation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Beneriffe
European Dispatches Describe Cadiz Threat and Venetian Subplots
From Gibraltar reports that a large Spanish detachment marched toward Cadiz, raising fears of a British assault on the city and fleet. Venetian notes detail prewar mobilizations, French troop moves, and sharp notes to the Porte, with imperial and Russian pressures shaping the regional balance. A British captain earns praise in the West Indies for a daring schooner recovery, while Dutch reluctance to sail reflects France’s upheaval. Air races in Scotland draw high-ranking spectators and display lavish carriages.
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O'Hara
Gibraltar
Linea-Of
Reis Effendi
Russia
Raschid Mehemet
Amebassador
Peterburg
Martinico
West India Islands
London
Barbadoes
Corinth
Recovery
West Indies
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Mr. Kymer
Sam
Brighton
Ww. P
Thompson Ruffhead
Ruffhead
Chelmsford
Bnuww
Lam
Whetstone
James Smith
Baker
Whaetstone
Middlesex
James Rymer
Price
Charles
Wipt
Sireet
Wellminsters
Biadeny “No. 135. Parresnofter
H. Webtey
St.Clement’s Charthy
London Bridge
Corention
Exeetleat
Metropol
Atseie
Teneriffe
Cadiz
Lisbon
Venice
Istria
Mantua
Franzini
Ferrara
Palma Nuova
Vienna
Porte
Janna
Thessaly
Janina
England
Black Sea
White Sea
Albany
Bosnia
Republic of ‘Ragusa
Epirus
Macedonia
Morea
Hungary
Dalmatia
Mediterranean
Cowes
Amsterdam
Texel
Washington
Fed
Robult
Scotland
Earl
Darlington
Countes of
Belington
Caffillis
Dumfries
Stair
Mary Linday
Jane Montgomerie
Hamilton Dalrymple
Lillias McQueen
Lord Montgomerie
Ramsay Maule
Drummond
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