04 Aug 1797
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 04, 1797
Page
1
Fragmentary text references pills for obstructions and pregnancy, a church gate location in Saint Pauls, and community questions about secrecy and laity involvement. Mentions Mr White and a Biioelensi incident, with guidance on eating and children. The garbled content lacks coherent events or dates.
A 1796 correspondence details Dr. Brodum of Exeter and London, praising Botanical Syrup and Restorative Nervous Cordial for diverse nervous disorders. Letters claim rapid cures, request fresh supplies, and list London and provincial outlets where the medicines are sold.
A July 18 letter to Prussia urges impartial review of Franconia principality disputes. It argues against arbitrary dethronement, stresses impartial justice, and favors negotiated settlement among Franconian powers to safeguard sovereign rights and minimize conflict.
A diplomat warns that recent imperial steps threaten the Germanic Constitution and arouse distrust across states. He urges the ruler to seek an equitable, lawful settlement with the Empire’s states to avoid juridical conflicts and preserve national unity.
Milan reports on the Festival of the Federation of the Cisalpine Republic celebrated at the Lazaretto field with grand decor and officials from Bologna Ancona and Venetian territories. It notes the new departmental division excluding Mantua Brescia and mentions a Consultante legislative body of four six member committees. Corfu and Venetian islands are democratized and Venice protests Austrian actions in Istria and Dalmatia. The Directory orders restitution of 7000 to 8000 cash to the pope.
Reports from Hague say troops disembarked from the fleet off Helder and Texel were sent back, but most have been reshipped. Fourteen men per company returned to garrison while others remain. The English fleet of seventeen line ships and twenty frigates sits offshore awaiting wind to sail, with the French minister and Swedish envoy observing the grand mobilization.
Evidence for the prosecution continues as De Ruyter, a Dutch marine, and others testify about the May mutiny aboard a British ship. Inspectors describe weapons, threats, and actions at the starboard yard, with defenders claiming perjury and seeking mercy. the court adjourns after brief German and English testimony through an interpreter.
The St Philip commanded by Jones from Africa and St Croix has arrived at Liverpool after a two hour engagement with a 14 gun privateer off Cape Clear. The John commanded by Carter from Yarmouth to Newcastle was captured and sunk by a privateer.
Portsmou th Aug 3 A court martial aboard the Royal William at Spithead tried Lieutenant C Bunsary of the Purfiant for drunkenness and neglect of duty after the ship broke from moorings in a thunder storm The court presided by Captain Kniext among others adjudged him dismissed the service and incapable of serving again
Dante Buss Macarthy, Esq., of Iveagh Barony in County Kerry, Ireland, died February 25 at age 132. He married five times, the fifth wife survived him. had twenty children, a child born yearly with her, and claimed immunity to cold. He drank rum and brandy as “naked truth” and avoided nightwear, preferring a shirt under his pillow. He walked daily with greyhounds during winters, returning with hares. A Norwich gentleman named Wright endured a two hour bees incident in his garden.
The plaintiff sues to recover debts on an account for wine and goods delivered. The defendant relies on a French Revolution asylum context and a Duchess acting as a feme sole during the Duke’s absence. The court weighs whether the wife’s debts are recoverable from her as a wife or as a feme sole, given the Duke’s absence in Spain and potential future return.
At Huntingdon Assizes a case heard before a Special Jury concluded with a verdict for the defendant. The trial, lasting from Monday morning to Tuesday morning, centered on paternity and inheritance doubts regarding the Day estate valued at about 10001 per annum. Prosecution argued the child was of the plaintiff’s line while the defense contended otherwise, with witnesses recounting prior claims and insinuations of fam ilial connections.
The number of cures authenticated by reputable persons appears in papers confirming Spicsbury's Antisconsetic Drops virtues. Attendant symptoms are described as fatal and destructive, yet the preparation is praised for efficacy. Demand rises as more believe in relief from scurvy, gout, rheumatism, leprosy, nervous affections, and related ailments. Sold at the Direct Library in Soho Square and by patent medicine vendors in town and country in 5s and 25s bottles.
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