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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 18, 1800
Page
2
A jury heard Mr. Shawe sue for 5 000 pounds in a breach of promise of marriage to Mrs. Baker, an elderly widow. Evidence showed alleged fraud, a transfer of wealth, and disputes over the contract’s validity with testimony from counsel, a physician, and a servant. The judge and jury weighed morality, property, and fitness for marriage in delivering verdicts and comments.
The court comments on how acts of matrimony may fail if either party suffers mental or bodily illness. Dr. Squire and a maid servant testified that even if the marriage had occurred it might be dissolved. The jury, after a five hour trial, found for the Defendant as the Count’s audience looked on from a crowded county venue. Ladies from the county attended but were asked to withdraw due to the case’s delicate topics.
London dispatch notes the uneasy doubt among papers over the August 29 preliminaries between Austria and France. Count St Jurin pressed Britain’s inclusion. Talley r a nd resisted. Duroc to Vienna to secure ratification as armistice terms threaten delay. Emperor expected to sign, but lasting peace unlikely without broader sanction.
The Chapman armed ship from Plymouth arrives at Portsmouth with Earl Spencer and Mile cutters on cruise. Seaflower Yoop of war with General M Dowanp arrives for Jersey. At Falmouth the Lady Franks packet sails to Jamaica Barbadoes and Martinique with 55 men and 14 guns. The American brig William carries flour to Liverpool. The HF affingham with mails from Lishoh arrives after 21 days. The Kang George packet was to sail from Lisbon on the infant.
Reports from Canterbury show hop grounds improved locally but countrywide conditions worse. Bloom is abundant yet weak bines will yield few hops due to lack of moisture, while strong bines suffer vermin and mould, with duty bets ranging from 70 to 85,0001.
Reports from across the country praise the harvest as abundant while warning of the long heat and drought causing putrid fevers. Yeast is urged as a universal remedy with rapid effects, though it may cause temporary flatulence. Brifford Fair near Salisbury tallies 15,000 sheep with prices for wethers 18s to 23s, ewes 14s to 22s, lambs 10s to 17s. overall flock prices down from last year.
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