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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 14, 1799
Page
4
Reports from Bologna Laussanne and Florence describe French Italian and Austrian maneuvers. General Montrichard and Macdonald are active while Mezel and Mezzot are contested and Verona and Urbino fortifications strengthen. The letter mentions rebels and a revolt near Amsterdam and French troops advancing toward Italy.
An urgent address from legislators and directors describes dire military retreat to Suze and Mount Denis, with General Morgan commanding 10,069 troops against 40,000 rebels. It notes shortages, disorganization, and calls for sacrifices to save the country as Milan falls and Naples, Rome, and Tuscany lose strength. The address was read on June 16 in the Council of Five Hundred.
Postscript shows stock prices and Paris journals with crucial Allied war updates. Reports allege Turin siege with Citadel holding and French resistance. Brest fleet movements and 16,000 troops landed at Leghorn. Cuarces Stuart arrives at Portsmouth. various dispatches from Minorca, Gibraltar, and India outline strategic checks and hopes amid broader European conflict.
A fragmentary poetic sketch evokes spring awakening as a choral naturing of life. The speaker muses on bees, sun, and renewal, with archaic phrasing and garbled lines suggesting a rustic pastoral scene. The unknown fate of the speaker’s beloved adds a fleeting emotional weight.
Plymouth reports arrivals including the Roysh George manor and several ships from Lisbon and Gibraltar. The cattegaté privateer L Firondelle captures vessels. Burnt ships and prizes are listed with several frigates and cutters sailing to the Westward. Deal notes remain as per last.
James Newland proprietor of the Mock Auction Shop near Temple Bar and Edmund Ltd faced charges of defrauding a woman of two guineas. The Prosecution claimed she was enticed to the shop where knives and forks were swapped for cheaper plated items. Defense argued illegality of actions and disputes about the tradesmen’s goods.
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