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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 11, 1797
Page
4
The court heard remarks on the cafe etore and disposal of the evidence. Garrety finished his speech as Lord Kenton diverted the jury to the case’s material parts and expressed a strong opinion, but left the verdict to the jury. The jury returned with a verdict for the plaintiff in damages.
From the London Gazette December 12 and Dublin Castle December 4 His Majesty appoints the Right Hon Robert Earl of Ayden to the Privy Council of Ireland and takes the usual oaths. The issue lists various tradesmen and merchants with their towns and occupations alongside upcoming dividend dates for February and January entries for named individuals and firms such as F McClary Salisbury Strand and S Arnott Cornhill Silkemercer along with others in Yorkshire Berkshire Cumberland and Northamptonshire.
An unexpected House of Commons adjournment sparked reports that the government plans to postpone the second reading of the tax bill for increasing assessed taxes. London bodies and civic groups instruct representatives to oppose the measure as biased, signaling strong outside opposition and calls for revision while preserving the principle of raising funds for the war.
From Vienna letters dated November 21 and 22 report French Directory demands on Naples and the Papacy, 10000 Neapolitan troops seizing Benevento, and the Duchy of Modena renouncing claims on the Brisgau in favor of his daughter, widow of Archduke Franswann. Ambassadors Meavetor and Declam an noted. Count Lenrxgaca and Count Merrernica proceed to Rastadt.
Reports from Rastapts Congres appoints Baron Drepen as minister plenipotentiary while French negotiators signal slow peace prospects with Germany. Mail updates bring news from St. Kitts and St Lucia with details of a plotted island surrender, treachery by units at Baie Terre, and reinforcements from Martinique to St Kitts and St Vincent.
An article outlines the planned procession to St Paul’s with the Lords and Commons assembling at half past ten, sailors and marines marching with flags, the royal family departing from the Queen’s Palace, guards lining the streets, and seating allocations inside St Paul’s including peers, ministers, and officers. The Prince of Wales is expected to attend, and the procession is anticipated to reach St Paul’s around 11:70 o’clock.
Ship news reports the Ariel taking on board French prisoners destined for Cherbourg when wind favors. Minerva brig arrived at Plymouth from Bordeaux to Brest, captured by St Florence. Portmouth convoy frigate appointed for West Indies. Repton arrives from Gibraltar with transports Ark Barrick and companions, some sailors injured by powder explosion aboard Boston. Wind steady at Dec 32 with ships preparing for Margate.
An 18th century record notes James the hatter maker from Shoemaker-law acquitted of a suspected assault on a servant after the girl’s evasive testimony. The court then sentenced Robert Franklyn for forgery and others for crimes including cow stealing burglary highway robbery and attempted seduction. Multiple defendants were transported or imprisoned with sentences spanning three months to four years, and the sessions adjourned to January 16.
Local notices mix marital announcements, deaths, and public notices from St Johns to Ramsgate, plus Christendom and bank figures. A London market brief reports wheat, barley, oats, and flour prices at varying rates with supply notes and a total Wheat return of 10,702 quarters for the Kingston market area.
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