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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 10, 1799
Page
8
John Stedman presents a second edition of a youth friendly astronomy primer adapted to city youth. The work features twelve familiar dialogues between tutor and pupil, with copper plate illustrations and accessible explanations of celestial phenomena and tides. It is praised by editors of Monthly Reviews and Monthly Magazine.
London letters report naval orders to convoy merchant ships bound for Archangel and preparations to protect homeward bound trade. Parliament closes a costly session with a stock loan and debate over the Slave Trade, while charitable meetings address deaf and dumb children and asylum candidates. Dispatches note Suwarrow and Kray movements as markets show grain shifts and prices in London and regional fairs.
Letters from Marshal Suwarrow and General Kray discuss enemy moves toward Mantua and the attempted disembarkation at Genoa being unfounded. Admiralty reports detail Dutch vessels at Ameland and a night cutting out operation by Royal Navy ships resulting in twelve vessels freed with minimal casualties. Bread price noted for the quarter loaf.
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