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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 12, 1799
Page
3
Poem fragment portrays a lover pleading forgiveness after a kiss, asking the beloved to restore the kiss to ease pain and prove lasting love, with lines of longing and charged emotion set in a small town.
A short verse laments the witching power of an aged coquette who no longer stirs passion. It warns that vanity leads to ruin as she clings to folly and prayer, with imagery of one foot in the grave and age wrinkling her care.
Whitehall notes the King appoints John Falcon, Esq. as His Majesty's Agent and Corril eneral for the City and Kingdom of Algiers. The Gazette also lists various tradespeople with Sept dates and locations, including T. Sutton of Kent and linen-drapers in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The London scene shows massive effort to move troops to embarkation points for a Foreign Expedition. Coaches, chariots, post stages, and carts jam Canterbury area while prices rise and travellers face delays. Reports note strong fortifications and readiness across the coast as Britain braces for possible action.
Letters describe a late news broadcast about the Lord Lieutenant’s progress through the country and a dinner visit planned for Sunday at the Park. Mails are arriving, Dublin eases on Anton, and harvest fears rise as July yields few fine days.
An extracted missive notes a government dispatch of military flares ammunition guns and related ordnance from Cadiz. The action sent a grey quantity of arms to diverse destinations with emphasis on Cork and Athlone, stirring the ordnance departments.
The Ramsgate embarkations yesterday evening failed for the Downs while harbor vessels were ordered to prepare for sailing. Ships in the Downs reportedly are to sail immediately, with signals prompting Margate transports to join. The wind is W.N.W. and authorities hasten movements.
Notes describe surrendered troops in Italy allowed to oppose rebels in France and in Flanders. garrison moves to Paris. prisoners march toward Holland. internal service under capitulated soldiers. mentions Va snciennes garrison, sequestration issues, and suspicions about Carnot. Also reports a Salisbury alderman’s drowning, a Stafford riot, and a comic exchange over salaries of performers in a Green Room audience anecdote.
The narrative describes the Pope's reception in France, praising public piety despite Jacobin hostility. Crowds along the route to Lyon hailed him, carrying relics to Vizille Castle and pressing for blessings. Observers note calm, devout demeanor and contrast with political unrest and arrests in Grenoble.
The Frend ship Botany Bay, leaving Waterford on the 13th ult, faced a violent gale off Dungarvan, parted from the convoy Ruslan cutter, and thwarted a mutinous plot to kill the commander. It carried 200 people and is expected to sail with the first convoy. The Carolina from Elfinear to Dublin, with linseed, capsized near the Isle of Wight. all crew were saved. A Paris National Institute gathering led to a comic duel over Mercier and Roederer, ending with flight at Bois de Boulogne. The coroner ruled Captain Skinner’s Pimlico death a lunacy case.
The document describes a royal pledge by Britain and allies to restore order in the United Provinces, urging Dutch cooperation to reestablish a regular government. It warns treachery will be treated as enemy action, and stresses peaceful restoration without violence, while noting no French invasion plan is revealed.
Sporting Intelligence reports Worcester on August 3 as race meeting heavy weather. Jack Andrews and Delpini feature in matches with horses like Integrity and Duches. Despite rain and poor footing the event drew crowds through the first three days, with rivals Bathing in mud and strong support from the beauty and fashion of the city.
The report notes Kemave's fortnight run in Birmingham with 13 guineas per show and seven appearances as Refla, claiming the largest sum in Britain aside from London. It adds oblique items: Fort George prisoners’ fates, Berefordshire apple crops, cattle breeding hopes, and the death of Joan Nasu of Bradburney near Sevenoaks, praising his rise from modest beginnings and his ties to Lord Ammenst. It closes with a Maystone review moment and loyalty to the king’s defence.
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