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1796 SALOPIAN JOURNAL, 1802 SHREWSBURY CHRONICAL, 1841 OXFORD U. & CITY HERALD For Sale
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1796 SALOPIAN JOURNAL, 1802 SHREWSBURY CHRONICAL, 1841 OXFORD U. & CITY HERALD:
$65.00
We are offering three RARE British newspapers - Salopian Journal, Shrewsbury, England - March 30, 1796; The Shrewsbury Chronical- July 16, 1802; and The Oxford University, City, and County Herald- November 13, 1841.
(1.)SALOPIAN JOURNAL (1796)published by J. & W. Eddowes, father & son printers. The newspaper has an interesting article written by Sir William Sidney Smith on March 18, 1796, while onboard theHMS Diamond, the ship he commanded, which was dispatched from the ship for publication in the newspaper, after its successful battle at Cape Frehel.HMS Diamond, along with two other ships, was off the coast of Cape Frehel, France on a mission that was part of the ongoing hostilities between France and Britain since 1792. Smith planned to attack the convoy of armed French vessels that had been detached by Prince Bouillon to the Point of Cape Frehel, which consisted of a Corvette, two Luggers, four Brigs and two Sloops. French troops, at the two batteries high on a precipice in defense of the bay, were seen mounting a gun at the entrance. Smith wrote, \"The gun opened upon us as we passed. The Diamond\'s fire, however, silenced it in eleven minutes\". Other guns opened fire as they came around the point, and Smith decided to adopt another mode of attack. He detached the Marines to land beyond the point and take the batteries in the rear, but as the boats approached the beach they were barraged with gunfire. Smith was forced to take a different course of action. He writes, \"I pointed out to Lieutenant Pine the apparent practicability of climbing the precipice in front of the batteries [which Pine bravely agreed to undertake] landing his ship immediately under the guns\". Pine thwarted the efforts of the French and was successful in silencing their guns. The English ships in the bay successfully attacked the French Corvette and the other armed vessels, which allowed the LibertyBrig to get close to the shore, where the crew hoisted the English Colours [flag] on the hill.Lieutenant Pine had \"suffered a severe contusion on the breast from a musket ball from the enemy\'s incessant fire of musquetry\".The Brig then set fire to the Corvette L\'Etourdie, and theEnglish proceeded to burn the remaining French vessels except for one Lugger. [Smith was captured by the French on April 19, 1796, after his attempt at taking command of a French ship and was imprisoned for two years for his burning of the fleet at Frehel.Smith continued in the admiralty fighting in many campaigns including the NapoleonicWars.] The newspaper describes other battles with the French in different places.
From the paper\'s \"News from London\" - Admiral Cornwallis disobeyed an order from the Board of Admiralty with regards to sailing to the West Indies. Also, Colonel Cawthorne was charged with 14 counts of peculation [embezzling public funds] when he withheld the marching pay from soldiers under his command. He was \"Rendered Unworthy and Incapable of serving His Majesty in any Military Capacity\". His wife, daughter of Lord Delaval, requested that he be spared of so disgraceful a sentence, but His Majesty would not agree to relax the sentence. \"News from Calcutta\" - regarding a mutinyby Sepoys [infantry soldiers recruited in India who served on British East India Company ships]. The Sepoys had become aware that the commanders had been making their fortunes by stealing from their pay allowances.Also, are stock market reports for corn and oats; bills introduced and passed by the House of Commons to increase regulations on the manufacture and sale of flour or bread during times of scarcity and high prices; and announcement of Hair Powder Tax certificates available at the Stamp Office in Shrewsbury. [As we know, powdered wigs were commonplace among the aristocracy.] The newspaper has many ads: for real estate - dwelling houses, pastureland, timber, businesses, farming stock, and more.
(2.) THE SHREWSBURY CHRONICAL (1802)- has many interesting articles, some of which are reprints from London newspapers, including reports on goods acquired by British-owned companies in foreign places, including the report of a vessel that arrived from St. Domingo carrying cotton and sugar, and a report on the East India Company quarterly sale of 6,750,000 pounds of tea. There is also an article on the conference between two powerful monarchs - the Emperor of Russia and the King and Queen of Prussia. There is a column \"To the Farmers\" describing an experimental operation performed by a farmer on one of his sheep afflicted with \"Staggers\" (water on the brain). The farmer claimed he extracted a small bag filled with feed from under the skull !! Also has an article on the \"General Election\", and there are many advertisements also.
(3.) THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY, CITY, AND COUNTY HERALD (1841)- the paper has an \"Address to Conservatives on Exclusive Dealing\". It states that the results in the city and borough elections would have been more favorable to the Conservatives, had it not been for the riots and savage violence at Nottingham and other places, in protest of \"exclusive dealing\" by the Whig-Radicals. The article accuses the Whig-Radicals of bribing Conservative tradesmen [by promising them work in return for votes]. According to the article, the Conservative tradesman who truly supports Conservative values, \"feels like he is a deserted man when he sees the carriages of those he gave his vote to support, driving directly to the shop door of some well-known Republican\". The paper is filled with many advertisements and information on many other topics, way too many to mention.
1796 SALOPIAN JOURNAL, 1802 SHREWSBURY CHRONICAL, 1841 OXFORD U. & CITY HERALD $65.00
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