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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 08, 1800
Page
4
Reports from Berlin, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Petersburgh detail demands for prisoner releases, English naval dominance, and potential armed mediation. Observers flag Denmark and Sweden avoiding full alliance, while Russia and Prussia maneuver around Prussia’s mediation and Prussian-Russian naval considerations.
Reports from Paris and London describe French prospects in Egypt with Kleber and naval actions off Brest. Berlin Potsdam and Piedmont diplomacy are framed amid royal intrigue as Britain notes shipwrecks and treasure lost near Anguna while Danish ship Norway brings word of further Atlantic dispatches.
Morning Paris journals arrive with scant news. The vessel delivering information confirms the Edict prohibiting import of British merchandise into France is revoked.
The Novas Family led by the Duke of Cumberland and Princess So- Putas visited the Cambrian frigate, hailed by St. Liorengo and Syren. They dined aboard, did not return the half part Zim the evening, and later walked on the Uplanade with companions RCART and Mr PRICE as August 82 marked the day.
Reports from Fidrell and Portsmouth describe Fatona frigate and allied ships forming a fleet at anchor ready for departure. Vessels include Monarch, Romney, Pobjphemus, Ardent, Hound, and five gun-boats with two fire-ships. Dispatches mention sails toward Cuxhaven and Hamburg with French and Spanish concern, plus arrivals and sailings at Deal, Yarmouth, and Tarifa with various convoys and captured or detained vessels.
Impediments to the Turkish Ambassador's departure ease after a royal letter. Ambassadorship and Weymouth embarkation planned for Yarmouth then Cuxhaven. Mail detentions set for Jamaica and Leeward stations. Tarifa report cites ships through Gibraltar. Ongoing peril for the Oreges under Captain Haacr. American papers through July 2 reveal little. Clerical figures and ecclesiastics promise aid, while mercantile fears rise over coal and dress prices. Gloucester assizes report masques of crime and mercy, with John Young granted hospital relief after death sentence.
Fragmentary report notes Publin Adeus and the pemibpekethite Fencible Cavalry quartered in the city for some time, disbanded in a ceremony. A marching band played as depowered troops prepared for a grand event, with local officials and residents watching.
A chaotic report notes a broad drop in grain prices, with wheat down from prior levels in Birmingham and Exeter and flour following. Prices for corn, oats, and barley fall in Leicester, Hall, and Winchester measures, while households see reduced costs. Separate items describe a local court case and a murder-related incident, including a confession of extortion by a suspect and a fatal accident in Plymouth.
The fragment reports a lottery drawing at Bridewell Chapel in Ely with prizes and lists individuals including Henry Van Bags and Mrs Gellip. It cites numbers such as 3 226 and 16 885 among prize figures and references the Precingt and local figures like James Gibson. The text is garbled but indicates a prize ceremony occurring on Thursday at a church location.
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