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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 13, 1796
Page
2
A council session debated a new loan with Abraham Goldsmid and Robarts present. An agreement was attached prohibiting further borrowing for the current year and setting payment terms. The ministers will review again tomorrow, with consuls to be taken at 65 percent.
The King held a levee at St James's Palace from 1 to 2:30 pm with officials like Haggington, Hatbes, Hawixon, and Tarts presented by Count Woretzow and Earl Howe. Letters from Hull report a false sighting of six Dutch ships near Texel. six Dutch ships were not yet part of the fleet. The Count of Kine's Beach ruled that common carriers by water share duties with land carriers. The French bankers failed on Madrid notes, hinting at Spain’s secret treaty terms. Rumors about Pilnitz emerge as the Press debates peace and France’s fate. A Royal School for 60 French noblechildren is praised. Irish literary progress grows under the Royal Academy.
Reports from Liverpool and Plymouth describe privateer captures in the Gulf of Venice and French depredations, with vessels seized while others escaped. Cornwall insurgents are quelled with no fatalities, nine ringleaders imprisoned. Chatham docks note major ships docked or launched and new sloop of war prepared for sea. Cork hosts ships Apollo Doris Prince Edward arriving from Jamaica and convoy protection ordered.
A law report discusses whether an attachment for contempt could issue against Lord Falkland and Mr. King after an unpaid court order. Kenyon recalls Earl Ferrers and notes the Union linking Scottish peers to Great Britain with similar privileges, though Falkland is not among the sixteen Scottish peers. A rule to show cause is proposed.
Readers note expected Baltic and Barbary grain imports may lower bread to 8d per quartern loaf. The page critiques the Dan Taurne court martial print request and urges Commons integrity regarding Mr. Cawthorne. It also reports contractor price demands, a wall collapse at Christ's Hospital injuring youths, Kennington executions, and Bristol convictions for rioting, theft, and related crimes.
The court refused the rule to set aside the nonsuit and grant a new trial in a Somersetshire action for compensation for board and lodging of a wife. The case discussed whether a husband must take back a wife after she lived with another man and committed adultery. Lords Kenyon and Kenyon’s remarks framed whether such a matter was a new point and if remarriage or divorce avenues affected the ruling.
Mr King sought to set aside an arbitration award alleging misconduct by the arbitrator and witnesses. The narrative details King’s alleged aggressive conduct, his attempt to appoint his own counsel, and the judges' consideration of grounds to vacate the award amid parliamentary and legal references.
Disjointed OCR fragment references Mr King and Mr Blacktone, with mentions of nomination, affidavit, and award charges. Procedural language implies a legal affidavit or discharge related to a rule for setting aside an award, but most text is garbled and names are unclear.
Lawyers for the defendants, MAWBEYS and SHernerd, delivered two eloquent speeches urging dismissal of the indictment. They argued the charges fail to show obstructing public justice and that the alleged offense is not indictable. The case moves toward possible new trial discussions in court.
At the close of the ballot yesterday for the East-India Company directors the numbers stood as follows with the detailed tallies recorded publicly. The report notes the concluded vote results and outlines the leading candidates among the board nominees.
Sunday night show at Baxnzster junior’s event featured several acts by eminent culinarists including SeazPye and Fetotid. Critics lamented underseasoning and praised new material by Mr. B and Mr. CorimMan while noting a late entertainment and a toast to the Loz Mavor for reducing bread prices.
Reports from Pontefract sessions note a broad and narrow woollen cloth upturn in the West Riding over the last year with 250 993 broad pieces and 155 087 narrow pieces milled, while a severe winter reduced output and a poor medical tale warns of dangerous drug mislabelling in Bradford and Thorpe, near Wentbridge.
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