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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 08, 1796
Page
1
An abstract lists Members returned to the New Parliament from the House of Commons. It identifies individuals and parties, noting the composition of the newly elected body and key oaths or procedural references.
A vivid anecdote from the Virginie action recounts Sir Edward Pellew rescuing the French General's lady who fled a bed to safety aboard Indé fatigable. After a shell tore the room, Pellew consoled her, arranged safe transport for her and her son to Rochfort, and declined a diamond gift, noting his service was reward enough. The tale praises Pellew's gallantry amid war.
A 14 year old sailor aboard the Dryad writes from Cork to Plymouth about leaving for Kinsale, engaging a French frigate named Preferir, and the brutal close-quarters battle that followed. He notes casualties including a messmate, prize money around 50 pounds, personal purchase of a French officer’s quadrant, and describes heavy damage to their ship as they prepare to remain for repairs.
The will allocates the brewer’s freehold estates and brewery to his son Satryai Wattsman, with a daughter’s dowry from a marriage settlement. James Gokpon and three nephews receive specified sums. the three head clerks and a private clerk get bequests and trustees roles. Numerous annuities go to servants and widows. Gifts to hospitals, infirmaries, and charity schools total over sizable sums, with various legacies to lifelong acquaintances and distant relatives.
Shipton beard the Polly sails goods to Mr Hodgkinson at Theatre Royal New York in care of Mott and Lawrence. Includes beft Lightning sets Thunder Alderman Arable's Farm items Sky Moons Storm Sea Flying Dragon Daggers Goblets Witches hats Helmets Shields Seymeters Jewels buckles rings earrings necklaces and several plays and melodramas. Signed Meynety and Moorz brokers.
In Dublin region reports say most meadows near the Grand Canal are mowed with hay made up as weather turned favorable. Crops look abundant though heat and wind linger. Network of crimes noted with two apprehensions near Naas and a mail robbery in Dublin. a strange letter from Margate reads of England Germany and Berlin, signed by a friend.
The court heard an appeal over Mrs Campbell’s adultery with Major Archibald Hook, detailing witnesses who described visits and intimate scenes. Doctor Wynne concluded the evidence supported adultery. the surrogate’s sentence was affirmed.
A witness testified the defendant tendered a country bank-note in payment and the plaintiff objected to its size rather than the note itself. The Lord Chief Justice held that neither a country note nor a Bank of England note is legal tender if objected to at the time, but since no objection was made at the moment, the tender was legally valid.
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