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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 16, 1797
Page
4
In a divided session the speaker warned that enemies of public tranquility strive to sow distrust of the Legislative Body. Reports from the Higher and Lower Rhine claim the body seeks to enforce religion and provoke Protestant resistance. Troops hunger for pay, Metz seeks a Directory message on delays, and the Military Commission will report tomorrow.
From the Paris papers, Buonaparte remains at Montebello with preparations for a new campaign under way. Venice and Mantua are viewed with unease as the Cisalpine Republic tightens security. An ordinance prohibits Piedmont natives from entering, and Piedmontese in Milan must leave within 24 hours. General Marena’s movements are unclear. Buonaparte stays, and fortifications at Forte Franco are being reinforced with artillery.
Paris papers discuss a Portugal France peace treaty with alleged 12 million payment, Venice bans anti-government speech, Buonaparte prepares for a new campaign and funds via abbey confiscations. Lord Levison Gower to Lisle, Prince of Wales to Crichhilloo, royal sea excursion with salutes, ships, and receptions at Portland and Lulworth. Royal family dines on board Niger, crews perform reels, Barham Downs races near Canterbury, and figures at Bognor. Court martial planned for Artois loss, duel reports clarified, Duke of York era hints, and harvest notes from Winchester Southampton.
The article notes actions by the Secret Committee of the Council empowered to move the Legislative Body, cites the Brussels Papers reporting from Wetzlar on La Fayette and other state prisoners at Olmutz, mentions Milan dispatches about French commissaries inquiring into Buonaparte’s conduct, and notes French papers from Milan on the 79th alt remain silent on the event.
Shipping news reports arrival of L'Epion from the Westward and orestes and Phoenix on a cruise. Princess and Sans Pareil fitted for sea. Portsea Volunteers receive colors and sermon by Chaplain Howett. Aug 17 L'Epion arrives from a cruise. Fal m outh squadron arrives from Brest. Porcupine and Tartar sail for Cork. Speedwell arrives with smuggling jugger. Cowes reports Hind pursuit of a smugglers cutter. prize chase ends near Cherbourg. two Weymouth smugglers seized. Deal notes outward-bound fleets for Quebec Lisbon Gibraltar Martinico and Portsmouth. wind shifts. Brekelman arrives with Transports bound for the River.
The Baltic fleet reached Hull on Tuesday with the 16 gunship De Kleyn Sperwer captured by the Nautilus sloop. Garland frigate returns to Whitby after convoying Baltic ships to Scotland. Proserpine frigate captures a Dutch privateer near Shetland and retakes the Concord. Agincourt sails from Sheerness to join Admiral Downcan off the Texel amid mutiny fears. A new capstan device on Centaur shows naval innovation. Two duels in Ireland, a publican fined for overcharging, and various trials and trials detail crime reports. Public notices, a Kent entertainment, and a Devon man’s death are summarized, alongside broader Irish military totals and civic observations.
Married on August 27 at St George's Hanover Square by Rev Charles Bond Richard Mansell Philipps of Coedgaing Carmarthenshire to Miss Bond Hopkins daughter of the late Benjamin Bond Hopkins of Pain's-hill Surrey.
Died on the 6th at Wandon Buckinghamshire Frances Fitzroy wife of Lord Charles Fitzroy only daughter of M Mundy of Shipley Derbyshire aged 25. She had been married a little more than two years. Also yesterday Benjamin Harrison of Lee place Kent and in March at the Cape of Good Hope Lieutenant Alexander Simpson of Crescent.
The listing shows bank stock prices with percent yields and date references, including Red Bank 28 3 per cent, Conf 5 by set 1. 4 Per. Conf, various 6 feet Cc ann 743 75 figures, and India Bonds with 16ths notation. Also notes for Ditto Short 1778 and Imperial per cent with annuity references, plus India for do and Confols for do October 31. The fragment reads as a market ledger snapshot detailing rate, coupon and bond figures for multiple securities.
Fractured OCR reads Paintzp by Jr Walter Printing House Squaas Blackrazans, with unclear date and location. The readable bits suggest a feature or notice about a printing shop or product line, mentioning a person or entity and a place, but key details are missing.
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