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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 23, 1797
Page
4
Read with concern the slow pace of peace talks as rulers debate terms in Udine Vienna and Mantz while Buonaparte reportedly nears an early treaty. Reports from Milan Turin and Venice detail riots, censorship, price controls, and military mobilization amid turmoil in Piedmont Lombardy and the Italian states.
The passage notes Volunteers not noble receive a silver medal while Venetia Ven tastria and Dalmatia are cited as future maritime power. It mentions Francis II potential to perfect a plan eluding Emperor Joseph II and Kaunitz. Dissent runs high in Venetian territories as many resist democratization and French troops must enforce order.
Cadiz reports a lull as English ships retire four leagues from the city. Spanish forces, buoyed by a royal courier’s orders to attack, prepare gun boats and bomb vessels amid a surge of volunteers. Court Gazette notes a bombardment with Cadiz paying 190,000 piastres and vessels donated by Pintados, while no failure by the Spanish fleet is stated.
Yesterday morning Mr. Vick a King's Messenger arrived in town from Lifles with dispatches from Lord Matmissuay. The papers were immediately forwarded to Lord Grenville at his feat at Dropmore.
The Paris papers detail a Sitting of the Council of Five Hundred on the 21st proposing to punish all deliberation or common vote by the armed forces as a crime against the Constitution, with sedition marks on communicating Addresses between bodies of troops and punishments for instigators and signers, varying by authority and period.
Plymouth and Milford report arrivals and movements of Royal Navy ships. Argus and Leviathan dispatched to join fleet. Pompee and Beasts sail for Torbay. Belvidera and Minerva bound for Jamaica and Boston. Princess in commission with Lieut. Cake. privateer actions against Dutch and French vessels noted. other ships arrive at Bristol Deal and Liverpool as winds shift.
Circulation of the new penny pieces is reported with details on design, weight, and counterfeiting safeguards. An accompanying note describes the progress of a recently observed comet with accounts from Fronston and Paris papers, while a separate incident at Union Hall involves police detaining a man after a dead infant body is found among debris near Blackfriars Road.
A fragmentary notice touts Crags authenticated by reputable persons endorsing Strisaur s Antiscorbutic Dross. It claims relief for scurvy gout rheumatism leprosy and nervous ailments, with widespread demand since its introduction. Sold at dispensaries in Scholes Square and by general vendors in town and county in bottles priced 1s 2d.
Fragmentary note references price or stock data from a Friday market report. Mentions Mrs Shane Wite of Sloane Street Peete and percentages like 8 4 and loyalty figures, but lacks clear context, dates, or full figures.
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