21 Dec 1796
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 21, 1796
Page
1
Fragmentary note references Pett EES Jones and a calumny case. Readers glimpse potential retrial or ongoing legal matter with unclear details. Names and events appear mangled but imply a court proceeding regarding accusations and evidence.
Fragmented London Gazette text recounts Major General Bowyer report on Caribbean defense at Port Raimond and Jérémie, detailing bombardments, sieges, and actions of the 17th Light Dragoons and Chaffeurs, with references to Rigaud, Saint-Domingue, and the Republic of France. Mentions Captain Whitby, Lieutenant Gilman, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hooke in the Port Raimond engagement and retreat to Gautier.
The meeting at India House discussed Army recruitment, with Alermian Lushington proposing a depot to discipline troops before service. Directors and ministers weighed savings, costs, and timing, with Major Metcalf cautioning public discussion and others defending or opposing the depot as part of military arrangements.
The Court of Common Council sat at Guildhall on Tuesday to consider Mr. Dixon Jose Samuel Dixon’s motion. After compliments to the Lord Mayor, papers claimed he held a stake in a loan, which he denied, then argued the nation’s benefits and the war situation, citing French conduct in Italy and Sardinia’s forced peace terms, alongside neutral states Genoa and Tuscany.
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