15 Feb 1793
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 15, 1793
Page
1
The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear names, places, or dates. It appears to be an OCR artifact or note referencing February dates and possible duties or stations, but no coherent event or subject is identifiable for a proper news summary.
Summary of two jury cases from Westminster Hall and the Admiralty Coffee House. The first concerns a pawnbroker Brickmanya and a bill of exchange misused via Knight and Reilly, testing title and value against fraud. The second covers Sir John Gallini’s contract with dancer Louis L Abarie and licensing questions, with Lord Kenyon urging verdicts aligned to statute.
Francis Sykes of Wakefield Yorkshire, attorney, sues the London York lying-waggon proprietors for two barrels of oysters sent to Wakefield and left there. The jury awards damages equal to the oysters’ value. Yorkshire witnesses attend in Westminster Hall as Lord Kenyon laments the legal costs could reach two or three hundred times the oysters’ value.
In a case labeled Jones v Sparrow a servant sues his master for assault. Trial details conflict between Jones and Captain Impey. Sparrow denies and claims Jones refused to come promptly. Lord Kenyon voices strong disapproval of the attack and notes the fault lay with the master.
The outbreak of war with France boosts public funds and shows British faith in national resources. The piece notes France’s dangerous ambition, forecasts grim consequences, and reports British naval and land armament progress. It reports Dumourier’s proposals, Dutch defense readiness, and Parliament’s united stance to support the king.
From the London Gazette dated February with Whitehall notices appointing judges and officials, militia orders, and Isle of Man governorship, plus a convention on Nootka claims and parliamentary returns. bankruptcy enlargements and petitions announced with extensive lists of names, places, and surrender dates.
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