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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 13, 1798
Page
4
A faded broadside discusses a proposed land tax act, praising its political utility and perceived benefits to landowners. It analyzes practical details of the measure, detailing enforcement and opportunities for estates to deploy the act, with commentary from a printed sheet by Burney, Thompson, and Co.
Cornhill notices promise payment on demand for current prizes from the lottery office. The document urges the public to expect prompt settlement of all prizes, notes the lottery’s ongoing draws, and claims faithful handling of public funds.
A clipped OCR fragment shows financial figures and company names, indicating a listing or report from NSB and Co. The readable text references a monetary amount and identification codes, but lacks complete context or dates.
London Evening Mail reports stock prices at one o clock with Consuls and Omnium futures. It recounts the engagement between His Majesty's ships and the French frigate La Seine near the shore, noting La Pique's capture of the prize, heavy carnage, crew casualties, and the dispersion of the fleet. It also covers Irish mail arrivals, Dutch versus Russian fleets in the North Sea, and military movements including the 76th Regiment at Wimbledon and Canterbury commands.
Reports from Dublin and scattered towns describe insurgents in Kildare planning to surrender arms and take the allegiance oath on favorable terms. Rebels at Arklow surrender arms with amnesty for hundreds, while Wicklow and Kildare hills remain active with skirmishes. Quarter Sessions in Dublin showcase clemency for two burglars, and a Yeoman is executed in Naas for delivering a rebel dispatch.
The Adamant mutineers were executed after acknowledging their sentence. William Fimmings and James Cormick of the Heughty gun-vessel are to be executed tomorrow, with a Court Martial to sit on a new Pluto sloop mutiny. La Seine, a French frigate, arrived in Portsmouth badly damaged after a clash, treasure rumored aboard, while La Pique’s figurehead is displayed. A large dock is under construction to equip ten ships, with a steam pump to replace horse power.
Colonel Twiss and engineers examine Mr Dodd’s tunnel plan from Gravesend to Tilbury. Col Turryert, once acquitted at Newcastle, dies in that town. Malton MP Hon C Dunpas elected. Duchess of Devonshire shuns society, visits town, returns to Chiswick. Dublin fear as strangers surge in, city guards deployed after Monday alarms. Battle Bridge house of Mr Smith robbed at dawn Friday.
The Lord Chancellor moved that all peers in and about town be summoned to attend in two weeks when a proposition of great national importance would be considered by the House. Ordered.
In Tutspar on July 1 Lord Caflereagh announced a proposition affecting the country’s tranquillity and prosperity. He moved to insure full attendance, but urged no call be enforced against any whose public duties necessitated absence. The call was ordered and the House adjourned to Tuesday next.
The Gustavus Swedish East Indiaman reached Ramsgate harbour on Friday to repair damage sustained on the Goodwin Sands. She is reported wounded in London for two hundred thousand pounds. The latest East India fleet cargoes are listed from Fort St George to Amboyna, including large values of sugar pepper saltpetre silk cotton indigo and other goods. A Haerlem boat from the Nore to Sheerness capsized on Thursday with a drowning of a lieutenant and sailors.
A search with warrant led to a gaming room raid in Suffolk Street Charing Cross where 13 men were found just after play. French emigrants were sent to Bridewell while others posted bail. Eliz Brace charged with stealing a ten pound Bank of England note from Mumby. A Frenchman beat and forced prostitution on his wife. she described long abuse. Mary Rox-Evans charged with stealing two banknotes from Fullarton.
The obituary items recount the late Mr Jennnings property including bank stock sums and various South Sea stocks with cash dividends and land holdings. A series of accidents and crimes follow: a three year old girl injured by a window fall, a man dies after scaffolding accident, a husband and wife dispute with injuries, and a condemned woman respited due to pregnancy. Also reported are marriages, baptisms, and deaths across England, with notes on several legal and religious figures and a description of a man with two wives in Wiltshire.
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