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A damaged OCR fragment shows scattered words such as order ee and oe and a stray mention of dollars and a name-like string. The text is incomplete and lacks a coherent event or identifiable subjects.
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 17, 1796
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment shows scattered words such as order ee and oe and a stray mention of dollars and a name-like string. The text is incomplete and lacks a coherent event or identifiable subjects.
Fragmentary OCR describes a negotiation involving George and a borough ground lease of about 15 acres. It notes a long lease term of ninety nine years and payment terms, with references to Mr. George Capper the Farmer and contacts at Brydgestreet London and Appleby for further action.
Guildhall London notices announce tickets halves eighth and sixteenths for a drawing. Lunabets offered under favorable terms at the Royal Exchange. Postmasters orders advised for London letters to be prepaid and publicly answered with schemes gratis.
A local vendor asserts that "BRAVING" lemon substitutes sold as lemons are faulty and harmful. William Bayley warns the public his genuine essential sale of lemons is available only wholesale and retail from his shop in Cockspar Street, with his signature on every box.
Their Lordships received a few private Bills from the Commons and adjourned. The record notes Détree in the cause of Linda against Kinlock with no further details provided.
In the House of Commons on Wednesday February 17 the Exchequer Bills debate continued with bills on the Exchequer Bills and Newfoundland being read and ordered to be engrossed. A game bill concerning Bridgeford and Graid re Bulls was presented and read amid discussions on governance and signaling measures for Warwick Road.
The session read bills on Credit and Sabbatiet Cotton to second reading and committed. An account of Legacy Duty for three years ordered to lie on the table. Kennett and Avon Canal petition reported. motion for dissolution of the Million Bank corporation rejected. Legacy Duty Bill ordered printed and recommitted to Monday night.
An incoming Hamburg letter dated the 6th notes little continental news but signals an imminent campaign. General Cuarkrair remains in Vienna though likely to depart soon. It is rumored he may advise from a distance while Marshal Wellusie Archduke Cuantes and General Mace direct operations. The Empire plans strong support for the effort.
The Diet rejects Austria's top proposal for peace talks with the Germanic Empire and approves subsidies. It states France refused to negotiate and authorizes four installments to cover the two Roman Months with immediate payment of old arrears or face distress.
At St James's Palace a midday levee for foreign ministers and nobility occurred, with the Order of the Bath ceremony for Admiral Cwxistran and audiences with the Duke of Portiano. Reports note the monarch’s eyes affected by a local disorder and detail European diplomacy, military movements, and Royalist activity in La Vendee as well as strategic shifts in the Mediterranean and Rhine theaters.
Weasel reports that the French have extended a forced loan to provinces occupied by their troops not incorporated with France. Administrators between the Meuse and Rhine convene to discuss countermeasures as French lines near Duffeldorf gain strength. Damages around the city include destruction of buildings obstructing its defense.
A fragment describes a Patersburgh envoy delivering the triple Alliance ratification and Russian ambassador dispatches. Rumors of peace fade as France and Austrian troops move, with corps marching to Trieste and other forces ordered to follow. The French Princess marks the martyrdom anniversary in prayer and devotion as courtly events unfold.
On January 2 1816 Cologne celebrated the anniversary with a military festival on the 21st where troops took the oath. Bonn held a similar ceremony. Representative Jouvern delivered a speech suited to the occasion. The event concluded with a supper.
Basle reports renewed hope for speedy pacification with Baron de Harvenberg expected to return within days. M de Greim, Privy Counsellor to the Prince of Linance, says a peace is closer, while Paris letters claim an Austrian agent has been there weeks and pacification is near. Austria will abandon the Netherlands and receive indemnity elsewhere.
Reports say the French squadron from Toulon may return for supplies while Sardinia’s Saflari city reels in rebellion. Insurgents clash with loyalists in Tiefi and Moros as authorities seek to define administrative power amid bloodshed.
The French are requisitioning in our country with misery among soldiers who have nothing left but afalgnars, which are not accepted, leading to plunder and ravage. Five battalions reinforce Vintamille, while the King of Naples sends a new Cavalry regiment into Lombardy.
The East India House and Feadenhall Street board review reports on shipping accounts amid claims of 183,000 saved in new ships and abatements. Directors defend liberal terms for captains and insist the monopoly harms public service, aiming to extend bottoms perpetuity and profits for proprietors.
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