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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 10, 1799
Page
7
Jane and Mary with Captain Taylor were seized the same day by Régions privateers. The ditto Sloop Resolution of Cork under Captain Collin Ross was taken January 4 at lat 45 5, 39 long 11 31. The brig Princess Amelia, from Halifax to Madeira under Captain Hopkins, was captured January 26 and burnt the following day by Le Spartiate privateer.
A listing of vessels and fates including Leefebd from Bristol to Antigua left, John and Elizabeth from Dungarvon to Poole captured and taken to France, Chateau, Margo, Sandt from Oporto to Limerick reappeared in Lisbon, Elizabeth and Margaret from Dublin to Guernsey ashore near Portland, Leghorn Packet driven into Gulph of Opégia and detained, a large smack and small craft driven ashore at Stedland Bay, Hope foun dered near Plymouth, Fancy from Whitehaven captured by privateer then retaken and reached Plymouth, Phaeton left at Guernsey, Constantine from Liverpool to Barbadoes captured and taken to Lagarey, Britannia Poole and Betsey London ashore near Yarmouth Isle of Wight full of water.
Dublin reports a Belfast letter stating Neilson died aboard a prison transport amid a deadly Ross murder case in Wexford. Edward Murphy, executed for the Elliot murder, showed brutal violence during the ride to Kilkenny. Courts martial proceed across Ireland as unrest appears subdued, while Beresford's franchise bill is postponed.
A London edition lists an 8vo volume 5s bound with essays on the apostles and evangelists by Rev. Richard Graves. It states the work contains Discourses from Trinity College Dublin Chapel and notes additional sermons by the same author, including a 1797 January 1 Deliverance sermon for Ireland.
Two large octavo volumes, nearly a thousand pages each, printed in columns, price one pound eight shillings in boards. A compilation of sermons from celebrated divines on faith and practice, with counsel and prophecies for leaders and people. Published in London by multiple booksellers including Dilly, Johnson, Rivington, and Cadell.
The Annual Meeting on March 25 1799 elected a committee including Henry Thornton Wilberforce M Rowland Bardon Robert Barclay Rev Rowland Hill John Kirby Rev William Winkworth Joseph Hardcattle George Medley Thomas Preston William Clarke Robert Cowie and others. Mr Sciff was appointed collector with the committee to receive subscriptions. the society declares no connexion with Matthias Scholefield of the Old Bailey or any appointed by him.
A respectable 37 year old woman seeks a position to wait on an elderly lady or attend two or more young ladies, or work as cook and housekeeper for a single gentleman where a footman is kept. She is perfectly qualified for either station. Address S. S. at Mr. Phillips No 33 City Road for immediate consideration.
A seeker from Market Drayton dated December 10 798 reports fifty years of rheumatic and scurvy like ailments with emaciation fever and watery skin sores. He requests your pills and ointment with instructions and signs as a faithful servant.
A historical letter from Drayton dated February 12 praising pills and salves for long illnesses and scurvy, claiming dramatic nightly relief and restored health. The writer William Pateen writes of cures, lists many suppliers across towns, and signs with a flourish, praising Etherington and Gardner products as life changing.
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