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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 25, 1797
Page
3
The court convened at 1 PM as Cast Williamson seeks delay in Captain William On’s trial due to the vast evidence. Counsel Lockhart and Harvison request another indulgence, aiming for Wednesday morning. the court grants the request.
The Ariadne a fur ship from Quebec was captured by a French privateer and taken to Bourdeaux valued at 170000 pounds sterling with nearly 100000 damaged at Lloyds. The piece notes implications of the capture and comments on European politics and religious debates with references to Paris, the Directory and ostracism.
In Balibury on December 23 the Parochial Assessors of Frome Wells Glastonbury and nearby Somerset districts charged carriages taxed as tax carts 12s only. The Surveyor found they fall outside the tax cart duty and taxed them 3 pounds for 20 per cent on the same. In Balisbury market Saturday an extraordinary show of fine ox beef by Sainsbury butchers led by Mr Stevens with an ox leg six inches round, weight 49 stones 16 pounds.
A new Westminster Hall comedy casts a Major in the Marines as Pandarus. Last week at Shadwell Police Office a Petticoat-lane baker had 440 ounces of bread seized for underweight, fined 1s per ounce, and the bread ordered to the car. A burglary case tied to Drury Lane area saw bank notes and plate stolen from Mr Martin’s Brook Street residence. An officer later arrested M Neal in Caul's Buildings Long Lane Smithfield, with a stolen note found and the suspect committed for the next Sessions at the Guildhall.
In Cork county the proclamation curbs unrest as arms are turned in, seditious pamphlets halted, and three delegates from Youghal’s anarchists abandon plans. Several light treasonous acts' suspects are jailed near Cork, with a principal offender at large but not for long. Five more have been apprehended.
Edinburgh reports the loss of the Galliot from Larne with 2 to 300 tierces of beef on board. The vessel collided with the Jamaica near the Cumbraes Light, foundered within minutes, and only Herries and a crew member survived after clinging to a spar and a dog. The rest perished. two men saved by the Jamaica jolly boat and later landed on the Island of Bute.
Two men underwent examination before Alderman Kerrison of Norwich charged with possessing hundreds of counterfeit half guineas. They reportedly received the coins that morning by coach from London. The discovery followed a letter falling into a person with the same name due to an error by one of the Iter carriers.
A historical advertisement for Dr Brodum's Nervous Cordial claims to cure numerous ailments from headaches to fevers. It cites patient testimonials from Brighton and London, notes export orders, and lists availability at multiple London and Bristol shops. The piece reflects medicinal marketing of the era and includes dates, places, and names like James Gregory and R Agien.
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