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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 11, 1799
Page
6
The report discusses winter conditions on farms, limited feed for cattle, and rising meat prices due to liver and foot rot in livestock. It notes mutton and other meats remaining costly from pasture scarcity and warns that finer stock remains scarce as winter drains supplies.
A December set of Old Bailey sessions records many trials. Among 260 prisoners on December 4 two were capital cases: Thomas Sport for highway robbery and Bartholomew Foley for stealing two guineas. Numerous felonies committed, acquittals, and several inconclusive verdicts follow. On December 7 John Ruffell faces capital punishment for assault and robbery. eleven prisoners tried, with one capital conviction. December 9 lists high-profile felony convictions, including Abbey, Tanner, and Williams, alongside multiple acquittals and lighter charges.
A list of sentences includes one convicted party to death by beheading and others to transportation or hard labor. Several prisoners received terms in Newgate and public or private whipping. Two men, Vizierohn Forbes and Richard Forbes, were convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to Newgate for one year plus further terms. One acquittal reported as well. The session adjourned to January 15 next.
Notices list deaths of Ju liana Wilhelmina Louisa Princess Dowager of Schaum burg Lippey regent and guardian. Wood and another man die after fevers. other obituaries include Mrs Dun of Windfort Lane, Henry Man stockbroker, Mrs M Kenna wife of Richard M’Kenna, Sir Henry Eclin Bart, George Oliver Esq, Elizabeth Gill, Stephen Rowan, Lachlan M’Gillivray, Andrew Plummer, Cardinal Bathyain, John Campbell, Willhhire Emmett, J G Thomas, John Rattray, Joseph Mead and more, with ages and brief notes.
Shipping news records vessels arriving and expected to sail from ports including Madras Bombay St Helena and Portsmouth. Captains Cotton Ropery Hall Jackin Christie Prestons and others are noted with arrivals at Bombay or Madras and fleets from Lord Bridport and Temeraire are mentioned amid gale damage and outbound ships.
A chaotic sea report recounts a Swedish brig run aground near Ramsgate with cargo losses and many passengers aboard. It notes a Goats of Ci ramania letter about hard supply conditions and a crew member recovering from battle wounds. Also mentions executions aboard naval vessels and court-martial outcomes for sailors and officers.
A sea list records multiple ships seized or driven ashore near Boulogne, Calais, or Newfoundland routes. Vessels including the Lively Leighs from London to the Mediterranean and the Jersey Packet from London to Jersey and Guernsey are taken or carried into Brest, with crews saved or lost. Several ships report foundering or wrecking off Labrador, Winterton, or near Boulogne, and privateer actions detain or capture ships like the Somerset and Neptune updates.
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