THE YEAR 1800, OR THE SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF OUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS 60 YEARS AGO. As Recorded in the Newspapers and other Periodicals. Consisting of Extracts from- THE TIMES, MORNING CHRONICLE, MORNING HERALD, ST. JAMES'S CHRONICLE, MORNING POST MERCURY AND OXFORD GAZETTE, JOURNAL DES DÉBATS, ANNUAL SCOTS' MAGAZINE, AND UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE. PREPARED BY F. PERIGAL, AUTHOR OF THE CHART OF THE NAVY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF HISTORY." London : THOMAS SANDERSON, 77, FLEET STREET, E.C., EDINBURGH: W. P. NIMMO. DUBLIN MC GLASHEN & GILL. GLASGOW H. CAMPBELL. AND TO BE HAD AT ALL BOOKSELLERS AND RAILWAY STATIONS. 1860. 226.1.29 Just published by the same Author, A SECOND EDITION OF THE CHART OF THE NAVY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF HISTORY, COMPILED FROM HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS, OLD RECORDS, PARLIAMENTARY RETURNS, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. This is a compilation of the various events connected with the Naval History of Great Britain, commencing in the last century B.C. down to the year 1857. It is the first attempt which we remember to have seen, of collecting and publishing, in the form of a Chart, a comprehensive record of events in our Naval history. Mr. Perigal deserves great credit for the manner in which he has produced this first edition, and we hope that the publication will receive the extent of support to which it is fairly entitled.The Artizan, August 1, 1859. Mr. F. Perigal, of the Admiralty, has prepared a new copy of his useful Chart of Naval History, which shows the naval strength of the country as it stood at the commencement of the present year.-Times, July 28, 1860. PUBLISHED BY J. D. POTTER, 31, POULTRY, AND 11, KING STREET, TOWER HILL, THE YEAR 1800, OR THE SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF OUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS 60 YEARS AGO. PREFATORY REMARKS. THIS publication exhibits a variety of occurrences of general interest, as they were recorded in the newspapers and other periodicals of the last year of the eighteenth century; it will serve to illustrate the state of social life in this country at that particular period, and enable the reader to judge of the important advances which have been made in our public and domestic condition, during the intervening time. The year selected is interesting on various accounts :-a general war existed; Napoleon had become First Consul, and projected an invasion of England, Talleyrand being his Foreign Secretary; Pitt, who had long been Prime Minister to George III, was making grand efforts to carry on the War with vigour; Nelson was pursuing his glorious career; many other celebrities were living; and the course of events then being enacted, has had a powerful influence in securing for us the prosperity and happiness we now enjoy, both nationally and individually. A comparison between the years 1800 and 1860, will remind us of the immense progress made in that brief interval, and enable us the better to appreciate the advantages which we possess in many respects over our immediate predecessors. In 1800 the streets and houses were not lighted with gas; steam travelling, by land or sea, was unknown; the electric telegraph was undreamt of; the laws were harsh; commerce restricted; the slave trade flourished; the press-gang was in active operation; the pillory in frequent use; footpads and mounted highwaymen numerous; duelling and drunkenness fashionable; the old stage coaches slow and unsafe travelling; and the old watchmen an inefficient protection to life and property. Since then Parliament has been reformed; free-trade established; religious and political liberty greatly extended; and a thousand improvements and discoveries in the arts and sciences introduced. The "news" communicated at that time was scanty and long after date, and the newspapers were of a very limited character; "The Times" (even then the leading paper) consisted of but 16 columns, of nearly 3 inches wide, and about 18 inches long, printed on very inferior paper; and it was by no means such a formidable business, as it now is, to wade through the quantity of matter it contained; its price was 6d. The staple subjects of all the papers were, Napoleon and the prevailing fashions, both of which were the daily themes of severe criticism; there were no well-written essays as "leaders," nor instructive dissertations on the money market and city affairs. The articles here collected together have been selected from upwards of one thousand papers, issued during 1800, and it is hoped that the reader will derive both information and amusement from their perusal. It was intended to have added to the collection a series of notes as a running commentary to its principal paragraphs, but the subjects comprised in them were found to be too multifarious to admit of this being done without too greatly extending the limits of the work. Should this publication meet with an extensive amount of public support, it is contemplated to issue a similar collection of articles from the periodicals and pamphlets of other periods, so as to exhibit the manners and habits of the people of this kingdom at intervals sufficiently separated to secure a distinctive character to each epoch selected for such delineation. F. PERIGAT I. B. ATRIMONY.-A Gentleman of a small fortune, MATRIMONYA Gentleman fayment and of a good character, and of a respectable family, and Tis, That he was." 'HE Answer of a Letter to an Officer of Hereford about 30, and have been brought up in the country, and never been in any trade whatever, and very agreeable company, his fortune being but small, fortune in her own hands, to the amount of 4 or 5,000l. or more, that wish for domestick happiness, TH HE Expenses attending the Ring are at present taken this mode of some lady that has got a good ten guineas. for if he will send a line of address, directed for R. C., to be left at the Penny Post-office, Woodstreet, Cheapside, till called for. ago, a sprightly youth, about 10 years of age. Sunday and Satterday excepted for an interview, but letters post paid taken in. Direct for C. D., No. 5, Barron Street, Panton Vile, Islinton. (The foregoing is verbatim.-ED.) ABSENTED himself from his friends, near a month field, No. 2, Blossom's Inn-gateway, Laurence-lane, I . * * Wife.-Any marriageable lady, with 3007., age, and who will convince me of her esteem, with her own handwriting in answer to this, and glory in her public and sacred affection, I, Sir J D Baronet, will settle eleven thousand pounds a year upon her, and other estates she may bring with her; and will ever study to increase her happiness, and indulge her ladyship to the highest degree in my power, for her making the kindest and quickest NTERESTING intelligence. To who it may con- steps to matrimony; and I will get her one thousand cern.—If F. Cozani will give himself the trouble pounds a year more by my well known practice of to call on Mr. Woodhouse, No. 10, Little Brook-physick, that appears in one of my Bills in the Court street, he will hear of something that most likely of Equity. I shall impatiently wait to see your signal will afford him much pleasure. with your second finger on your left hand; with it make a snug scratch between your eyes, before you pass by me, on the terrace, or elsewhere, to denote your, or, a lady's intention, to meet me in the alcove near my house in Windsor Castle, when the clock strikes one; where you may find me every dry day. If you are alone, I shall hope to see you instantly move towards the alcove. I shall introduce the subject by asking you if you can tell me how the ladies approve offer that Sir J of the enterprizing and remarkable printed marriage D has made them, with dictations so nice, for the use of their favourable pens, and limitations that they cannot be impeached. IF F the person who left his home on Saturday, the 15th instant, between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, will return, he will be received with paternal kindness and affection, and all that has passed be forgotten. With a man of good sense and disposition this advertisement, doubtless, will prevail. Wither under Government or otherwise, on a permanent establishment, where attendance is not THE A ** N.B.--Pray let me tell your attorney (my sweetest comforter) about another noble estate in Herefordshire that must be yours for ever, if I die first, and that the unintended joint act of me and my brother, has made me only a tenant for life in this estate we so intailed, as his joint act (after his death) could not be obtained. This joint act was inadvertently inserted by our attorney, when we mortgaged this estate to A * S * *, Esq., in Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, for two thousand pounds. * give you a fortnight's notice, that I have a NOR a Wife.-Qualified Ladies, justice obliges me letter lately from London, that tells me His Majesty's knights here are shortly to have £600 a year added to your income, and that I have candid accounts in prints, as large as a newspaper, to read to you for your perfect satisfaction! Come two together, and see me at church in my new grand physical feather'd wig: I may modestly say, report declares I am captivating. See further in this paper of the 20th of October last. Windsor Castle. D * * Ο J CAUTION. Whereas Elizabeth, the wife of me, the undersigned, W Ꭰ of Farley-hill, in the parish of Swallowfield, in the county of Berks, shopkeeper, has lately eloped from me without any just or reasonable cause, and I having great reason to suspect she has been seduced from me by some ill-To the Fair Sex. If the young lady, who a young designed person or persons, having wantonly threatened that she intends to contract debts in order to ruin me, I do hereby caution all persons from entrusting the said Elizabeth, my wife, as I shall not pay any debts she may contract.-Witness my hand this 3rd day of April, 1800. W D*** |