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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 11, 1799
Page
1
A mixed OCR fragment lists books for sale, legal notices, medicine advertisements, and correspondence involving Theodosius and Constantia. Elements include Thrush ton design notes, various publishers, auctions in Pembroke, and medical syrups with addresses in London and Dublin. The text references drugs, cures, and a November 1799 date, with multiple vendor names and locations.
The court heard a dispute over the capture of a vessel named Hannah as a smugglers cutter. Officers of the Naiad testified the cutter lay between them and the shore near Wolf Rock, about four leagues from land, challenging whether the seizure was lawful under the March capture.
Legal proceedings describe witnesses and judges debating merchant losses at sea and land routes. Questions focus on perils of the sea, contract terms, and responsibilities of carriers in a distant port city. The verdicts pivot on whether damage arose from natural danger or contractual fault, with Lord Kenyon and Lord Ellenborough cited.
The case centers on Hermitage the bankrupt once a stocking dealer at Leicester now in bankruptcy. Plaintiffs claim he accepted bills for Nelson by proxy, with one verdict for 2221 and another suit dismissed after Hermitage admitted accepting eight or ten bills. Counsel highlighted alleged authority, while Park portrayed Hermitage as a Methodist preacher. The plaintiff was non suited and Hermitage retired.
From the Madras Gazette June 8 the Garrison orders call the 16th and 51st Regiments and the Militia to be on parade at four o'clock morning to form for receiving the provisions of the late sultan. Spectators gather at the fort and streets while the Governor General and party observe the proceedings. Reports from Mysore note detachments advancing toward Seringapatam and Chittledroog, with intentions to finalize settlements and boundaries under General Hartley and Colonel Read. The fleet returns to Mocha after a voyage from Perim, while excavations near the land show shallow depths.
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