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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 18, 1796
Page
2
A chaotic dispatch mocks Paris reports on Corsica, revealing conflicting accounts and French tactics while British officials scrutinize the Directory’s aims. Debates rattle governance, taxation, and public trust as observers note diplomatic strain and wartime rumors.
Extracts from the London Gazette dated Nov 19 detail HM ships Melampus Minerva and others engaging a French corvette L’Etre, capturing it near Barfleur. Ships involved include L’Etonnant, Havre bound for Brest, with 137 men. Also notes dispatches from Yarmouth Roads and a Dover privateer capture near Land’s End, and reports on Le Franklin and Le Arrtois pursuit. Includes bankruptcy and dividend notices for multiple tradesmen.
The court proposes a rule effective next term requiring in affidavits filed in the court that if two or more persons sign, all names appear in the front and no interlineations or erasures are allowed. The discussion notes prior abuses where names were altered after signing, risking distrust in sworn statements. Separately, bail proceedings discuss a Gentlemans eligibility with estates in Jamaica versus Ireland and the court's stance on local residence versus bail eligibility.
A Lisbon mail arrives reporting patriotic gifts for the Holy See defense against France. Banker Zbrlezio of Rome offers his person and his bank’s aid gratuitously, and will raise a cavalry company of 86 men. The Prinzess Caroline Dutch prize, a 50 gun vessel, has been broken up at Plymouth as unfit for service.
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