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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 10, 1799
Page
3
A fragmentary report describes furious fighting as insurgents confront French forces in region near Ancona. A French threat from a Small French city from Fano is noted, but insurgents push back and the town holds.
Plymouth July 8. Teijo, a Portuguese brig carrying sundry goods from Bristol to Lisbon, was captured by the French cutter privateer La Vengeance of 14 guns and retaken on the 3d by the Feaney cutter of 14 guns under Lieutenant Daisy. Iris from Barcelona brings wine for the navy. Maria from Copenhagen bound to Guttenburg with wine, part of a convoy of 150 sail under two Danish frigates likely to Lisbon.
Dublin reports no military encampments this season as fears of a French invasion ease. West India sugars land briskly at the Custom House quay. A violent assault near Priesttown to Dunboyne targets a loyalist named Moors. he narrowly escapes with his family, pursued by attackers. Courts Martial suspended during Affizes, shifting many cases to civil power, praised as a protection of subject rights under Marquis Cornwallis.
Cork reports McCarthy alias Captain Slasher and his brother, captured on Gloun fleigh mountains, Kerry, by locals. They are to be taken to Méil-street by Muskerry Cavalry. Three more burglars found in Inchigellagh mountains under a rock, a hunter’s pistol fired, cave yielded butter eggs and cream as tribute to the people.
A letter from Madras says the expedition toward the Molucca Islands is in great forwardness and Batavia may be attacked. Colonel Craururn, long absent, was wounded in an ambush years ago, carried to Fourdan's headquarters, cared for by a barber, and later treated by Austrians. He now shows signs of recovery. His younger brother became British Resident at the Archduke's headquarters.
A long obituary honors the life and public service of a distinguished judge born in the East and educated at Windsor and St John’s Oxford. It traces his rise from recorder in 1762 to Lord Chief Justice, praising his incorruptible integrity, steadfast constitutional defense, measured mercy in criminal cases, and clear, forceful legal reasoning. His private kindness and loyal friendships are noted, marking him a cherished figure in the Bench and among peers.
The readable portion references survive to Befiel and mentions pelt related terms with unclear context. Entities are not clear. no definite person or organization can be identified from the fragment.
London court reports recount Crake v Crake where a Westminster house contracted for 300l yielded a dispute over a passage and costs. the Master’s report was upheld, full costs awarded. Reed v Addington concerns a widow and trust for two infants. a misread word in the will required account, debts settled, and net estate divided after costs.
Names of the peers voting on Lord Grenville’s motion to form a committee on the Slave Trade Limitation Bills are listed. The division totals show 32 against and 25 for, with 36 proxies. The Duke of Cumberland held the Prince of Wales's proxy against the motion. bishops’ proxies favored it. The Bishop of Bangor withdrew and did not vote.
The scene recounts a royal procession to Ascot Heath with the Duke of Cambridge and other officers, followed by a royal dinner at Swinley Lodge and a Kent Volunteers review announced for Moat Park. It also covers parliamentary discussions on wartime finance, loyalty accounts, and plans to study the slave trade, with a proposed inquiry into West Indies governance amid growing slave imports and colonial anxieties.
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