Fire and wreck reports haunt Hastings and surrounding coasts
Descriptions of a shipboard fire extinguished after burning cotton, suspicions on local shipmates, and captured cutters near Hastings. Transatlantic and Baltic shipping news follows, listing transports with wounded Russians, ships captured by privateers, ships wrecked or driven ashore, and cargo destined for London, Plymouth, or Newfoundland, with multiple vessels reported stranded or seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Hastings
Sussex
Aes
Barwich
Yinea
Mips
Texel
Neel
Newfoundland
Sydney
Mary
Robers
London
Calais
Bilboa
Vera Cruz
Diamond
Plymouth
Seaforth
Phelan
New York
Barbadoes
Island of
Barbuda
Angus
Caithness
Liverpool
Burbo Bank
Konigsburg
Bernholm
Dorothea
Elizabeth
Stettin
Liverpol
Wight
Fanny
Pike
Sfiland
Margate
Dieppe
Biffon
Cork
Guernsey
Penzance
Péggy
Second Edition of Youth's Biographical Mirror for Schools
An 1799 Montague Review extract promotes William Mavor's Second Edition of Youth's Biographical Mirror. It highlights virtues and talents of eminent Britons, urges early reading, and contrasts classical education with knowledge of national figures, praising Mavor's engaging biographical manual for master and library use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mavor
Hurley
Kerkshire
Mayer
Lives of illustrious men inspire youth through Biograph
The piece reviews Dr Mavor and Cornelius Nepos biographies aimed at young readers. It praises the plan to present lives of great Britons like Alfred, Drake, Newton, Milton, and Shakespeare, with judicious prefaces and moral exercises for pupils. The essay notes endorsements from the Carrickap Review, the Gentleman's Magazine, and the London Review, highlighting virtues, advice for parents, and the value of exemplary conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavor
Alfred the Great
Bacon
John‘ Wickliff
Geoffrey Chaucers
Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas More
Cromwell
Earll of Essex
Latimer
Sebastian ‘Cabot
Bishop Jewell
Thomas Gotham
Crighton
Sir Francia, Wallingham
Francis Drake
Lord Burleigh
William Shakespeare
Walter Rayleigh
Robert Walpole
Qivard
Ahie” Bark” of
Stabr
Hans Sloane
Genera Welty Lista
Anton
Earl of Hardwitke
Joan Barogrt
George Latin
Lideltungl
Cuvée
William Pitt Earl of Chathhes
Dan Gerrick
Ciptrin
James Cock
Wiliam Bhekstone
Dr. Samuel
Jonolon
Bishop Lowth
John Howard
Pope
M. 5
Ation
Cholara
Carricap Review
Cherith de Bedk
Arid Raott
New Loxpon Review
Young Gentleman
Lapy
Byagazine
Great Britain
Landmark World of Knowledge Books for Schools
A review from Lagres Any var Reelgrens-Page 130 lauds a new set of Life of Howard compiled for schoolrooms. It praises the series as well-written, suitable for public seminaries or families, and valuable for both public and private histories. It notes it as an excellent instructional tool with strict yet informative content for young readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Manns Approved Medicine for Inhabitants of Begland
A promotional notice extols Manns Approved Medicine as a universal remedy for violent colds asthma consumptions and related complaints. The proprietor assures broad confidence in its healing virtues claiming it cannot be surpassed by any other medicine in any state and promises to restore constitutional health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Begland
Proof of Its Efficacy Sold in Battles and London Ads
Fragmentary testimonial and notice regarding a medicine sold in Battles and London. Names omit due to garbled OCR. Claims of efficacy, distribution details, and warnings against imposition appear, with signatures attributed to Thomas Mann as wholesale vendor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Aorner
Ang
Jetterhas
Peti Ag
Henfield
Horthams
Tutt
Medici
Royal Bar
Jones
Thomas Mann
Negotiations Reach Draft to Re-Embark British and Russian Armies
Dispatches from Monday report that Major General Donn, Gen Brine, and the Dutch Government brokered a convention to allow the retreat and re-embarkation of British and Russian forces in the western peninsula. The agreement calls for delivering the Helder and its war works to royal authorities and releasing 8000 French prisoners, aiding a bloodless withdrawal.
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Mons
Royal Highters
Donn
Brine
Wet
Istig Royal Highnese
Helder
Aréin
Abercromby
Great Britain
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