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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 28, 1800
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a notice that Parliament is prorogued to Tuesday the next for a day to be held hereafter. It mentions royal assent and the prorogation instruction, with garbled names and date references.
The Lords read and agreed to amendments on the Swe dish tracing bill. Public Accounts were laid before the Lords, including expenses for the Secretariat and the Volunteer Corps. Wilberforce urged decisive enclosure reform while Alderman Curtis proposed a flour market clause. Prorogation followed as the Speaker read the King's Speech.
Postscript reports stock prices at one o clock and details the arrival of three of four ships due that morning. The Danish frigate capture sparked anxiety, with cargoes and destinations of vessels named, including Anna to Leghorn for sugar, Palmbaiza to Malaga, Minera to Madas, and Rafke Boade to Carthagena with timber and deals.
Fragmentary note appears to mention a Danifi captain and a hopeful sentence. Details are too incomplete to identify event, person, or location with certainty.
Dispatch indicates government suspends fleet sailings to the Baltic due to alleged conduct by the Emperor and concerns about reliability. Officials cited trust issues as decisive for delaying operations and reassessing Baltic passages.
Morning inspection of troops on King’s Beath Hill followed by Royal Speech at St James’s Palace. The King then prorogued Parliament, with the Duke of Cumberland and others accompanying him. Cabinet considered the speech and war aims, while changes in Copenhagen dispatches and Portugal defense surfaced. The Times notes pricing shifts in grain and a Danish convoy incident.
Reports from Vienna detail Austrian victories and French retreats as German forces fall back to Anzing and Feldkirch. Count Klenau cites French advances near Nuremberg and Mentz garrison clashes after ten days of combat. Messages from Carlsbad and Ancona note Russia relations and papal sovereignty. Brussels mentions peace congress talks and Ostend cargo activity with blockaded Dunkirk.
The column records social and royal affairs, a Knights of St Patrick installation in Dublin, upcoming events at Windsor Camp, and local incidents. It notes a scare about a crime at Haverfordwest, a charitable response to high prices, and a fatal incident linked to Mr Bootey Crofton, including jury verdicts and a broader view of unrest and luxury.
A fragmentary diary note describes His Majesty's ship Aredee of 20 guns and other frigates at Deal and the Downs. The fleet, including St Bircuse and Cambetdn frigates, is reported moving westward toward the Cape of Good Hope with crews striking and sailors setting sail amid shifting winds and harbor actions. The entry references vessels such as Baker, Savage, Tervier, and Loyalist and notes the departure from Deal and the Downs with dates close to January.
The report notes vessels laden with Fabian, COT, rice, flour, and wheat under government orders to distribute to Derry Newry and Belfast. It lists prices for oat meal barley meal and butter, with American flour at 885 per barrel. It laments surplus potatoes and questions long term preservation.
A garbled OCR record lists miscellaneous notes including a lottery entry number 16 6575 and prize mentions. It also references various names and places such as St Pacers Camb 11 Fenchurch, Mrs Cornhill, Mr William Hunte, Margaret Coverdile, Limehouse, Buckreed, and Jedit family. The fragmentary text mentions dates, streets, and a house gathering, with unrelated personal references tied to a single page.
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