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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 15, 1796
Page
2
A garbled report discusses Archduke succession, Prussian mediation, and potential French pressures around Ulm Bamberg and the Danube. It notes military retreat plans, Italy’s quiet situation, and rumors of a Paris peace treaty or Napolitan actions, with sparse concrete details.
Reports from Lisbon detail a convoy of 60 Brazil ships valued at six million pounds sterling, sugar bullion and cotton aboard. The French and American press question shelling claims while Portugal strengthens coastal defenses and enrolls nobility and servants in the army to deter a French invasion. Admiral Walderhurst and Lord Seymour coordinate patrols off Cadiz and Para as political shifts unfold in Britain and Naples.
Report from Darmstadt notes nine French soldiers and one officer with passports. Republicans halted the Lanpcrave’s Castle furnishing after a counter order. French have not imposed contributions or requisitions. mediation by Prussian royalty linked to the Landgrave's marriage alliances is mentioned.
Frangefort reports Austrian forces moving in Franconia toward Bamberg Anspach and Nuremberg while Wartensleben shifts south to Forchheim Forchheim area near Ulm appears evacuated Caffel garrison near Mentz harasses the enemy New and Mylters command a fortress of 18 to 20 thousand with ample supplies Lieutenant Colonel Williams, English by birth, leads flotilla defenses with skill and vigor
Reported cannonade last night as Mantua garrison made a successful sortie at 7 pm pushing French back to Roverbello. Buonaparte moved HQ to Castiglione. Count Hohenzollern joins near Baifano. Peterday sent 18 squadrons of Hussars. final reinforcements due by month’s end, shaping upcoming movements.
A letter from Tree of the 14th notes security measures for Leghorn and Porto Ferrajo. Admiral Jervis directs reprisals against Porto Ferrajo with six gun-boats and support ships, strengthening communications with Corsica while Leghorn remains blockaded. The fortress traces to Cosimo I and features bastions La Stella and Falcone guarding a spacious harbor and strategic station.
A crowded Plymouth Aug 14 report details ships from Sir Alan Gardner’s squadron at St Helens and Majestic’s return, with Bonne Citoyen corvette out to sea. Calypso and other sloops arrive with cargoes. a large merchant fleet passes the Sound Westward. Prices rise and fall at the Corn Exchange. flour prices debated. News from Hanau about Prussia and potential separate peace with France, with fugitive orders. Weather and trade notes, rail of imports, and a grim Cork murder verdict linked to liquor violence.
Chets and fragments from a Cheltenham page recount a musical drama with characters and a recurring motif. The text is garbled but suggests a scene involving a singer and stage action. Readers are left with partial names and phrases awaiting clarification.
The Princess of Orange and her entourage arrived in the city at noon on Saturday. They visited the Abbey Church and the theatre where a crowded audience greeted them with a performance and God Save the King. In the afternoon they attended the infirmary with Rev. Dr. and later departed for Cheltenham.
Hereford racing notes for Wednesday highlight the all ages plate amid mixed results from prior days. Lord Grace and the Duke of Norfolk were among attendees as evening forecast promises a lively program.
The barley harvest has begun in several counties and rye yields are sizable in Midland districts. Wheat prices have fallen across markets, especially in the Western counties, Shaftesbury, and nearby markets, with rates around 53 per bushel in some places and 2s to 38s in others.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a market update referencing wheat prices and a load per quarter age. The text is incomplete but indicates a pleased report on the market and price levels, with mention of a load and per quarter figures.
A Corn Exchange update notes ample English wheat supply with favorable harvest weather causing price declines of 9s per quarter since last Monday. Foreign wheats not saleable except prime families. Barley and malt scarce with higher prices for buyers. Beans plentiful with further price drop. rye cheaper amid weak demand. Foreign and English oats abundant, prices lower about 15s 6d per quarter.
Fragmented report notes warmth of weather and a harvest aid plan from Canterbury troops. Market prices cited include Wheat at 31.85 to 31.16s, Barley 11.12s to 11.16s, Oats 11.3s to 11.7s, at Salisbury and Devizes markets with several price ranges and a note on beans. Legal or formal details limited. names and places mentioned.
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