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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 01, 1797
Page
4
A fragmented excerpt depicts gamblers awaiting the Bank’s collapse amid intoxication and fear. The Bank’s hollow cry echoes through the crowd as misfortune spreads, prompting a moral about plunder and fate in a Fortune’s school vignette.
The Evening Mail reports a London drawing room at St James's Palace with Queen Victoria present and new baronets, plus court gossip on presentations and fashion. It notes state of the Bengal packet, Spanish prize, and Halifax cruising orders, with Dutch and French policy remarks, naval movements, and political satires.
Reports describe Bripeérr's squadron near the Castle awaiting the sloop's boat, with intelligence of French fleet arrivals at ports in France. The Atlas and Majestic joined the fleet, which proceeded toward Torbay as French Hussars and other prizes are landed or convoyed. Privateers off Beachy Head and near Newhaven renege and capture multiple vessels, while Royal Navy ships press the sea lanes, and calls arise to curb naval officer expansion and cost.
Coroner’s inquest details a fatal pistol shooting near Westminster Abbey. Witnesses describe two men near St Margarets churchyard and a boy who saw a masked assailant flee after a firearm blast. The body, identified as Colonel Rex, is taken to St Margarets workhouse as inquiries continue.
Fragments report marriages and ceremonies including Thomas Hall and Elizabeth Andrews with Chelsea Church, and Mrs A Layton of Thro…motro gmerton-street. Also an extensive notice promoting the ENGLISH STATE LOTTERY 1790 with ticket sales, prize details, offices in London and Liverpool, and brokers firms Hornsby and Coostbens.
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