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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 06, 1800
Page
3
A garbled report notes a reward offering to identify each offender tied to a house burning in Kilha Hard, Kilha County, Cavan. References include Sir Jt Braq and a Royal attenti tion. The fragment mentions 1001 reward and apprehension of fenders.
The Duke of York from Dublin to Leghorn is put into Falmouth leaky and will be obliged to seek repairs. In Portsmouth ships sail or prepare for duty as Rear-Admiral Warren commands the Kent and 74-ocher captains. Harwich reports the Dispatch riverboat arrived from Hamburg with a Ruffian Lady family and moved toward London. A mew brig from Memel with iron and hemp arrived leaky, its rafts gone. Inside port remain the Hufy gun-brig, the Argus revenue cutter, and the Wind E hired cutter under stay.
An official account details the poundage and allowances for collecting the income tax for 1799 and 1800. It covers inspectors, clerks, receivers general, and affeholders with projected rewards, and notes actual advances by the Receivers General. Also noted are surveyor and inspector numbers, salaries, and a Nantes explosion and St James’s Friday levees season end.
In a lengthy hearing, Dent sues Howes over the sale of ewes and lambs at Smithfield market. The plaintiff argues for damages beyond market price. the defendant claims he acted fairly and with skill. Judge Evans cites freedom of speech and long-standing forestalling laws, ultimately ruling for the defendant.
In a Guilbralds court before Lord Eldon and a special jury, a policy dispute on the Duchess of Gordon follows an intermediate voyage to Sydney and Newfoundland. The case contrasts with the three sisters ship crew pay after a Deptford arrival, highlighting crew rights and wages amid wartime maritime practice.
The plaintiff Mr Davenport Sedley contests confinement after a demand for a copy of the warrant. The jury hears arguments on whether a keeper could detain a prisoner without the official warrant and whether the Habeas Corpus Act protects detainees. The judge lauds the Act as a shield of liberties, returning a verdict for the plaintiff.
Francis Steel Bond a stock broker was tried for stealing bank notes worth over 2000 from Mr Alster a butcher. The money was handed to buy stock in the threepence, he fled with it while en route to the Transfer Office. He hid briefly in Carlisle, returned to Bull and Mouth Inn, and was captured by Carpmeal. The jury found him guilty after a long trial.
Fragmentary OCR describes silver medals commemorating his Majesty with a protective shield, inscribed phrases, and references to Westminster terms. It mentions guards, display of influence against licentiousness, and a courtly context, with dates and titles partially legible.
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