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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 16, 1799
Page
4
Fragmentary verse recalls longing and vision on a farm. The speaker describes gloom, rain, and distant hills as the idol of the heart nears, lifting mood despite the storm and loneliness. The scenery blends nature with personal yearning.
The Hamburg Mail reports Swiss theater news with Allied defeats near Zurich on Sept 24 and 28. Hotze division reportedly retreated to St Gall after General Suworow’s fate remains unclear. Archduke commands from Restedt with 26,000 troops as Ruffians retake Conffaner and advance post-battle.
The late arriving messenger from Holland carried no news of consequence. Advices dated Sunday last note many men of war and ships armed en flute sailing from various ports to the Zeeland area to extract our troops from Holland.
Yesterday morning the Kine and royalty rode out in the Great Park Windsor while a hunt followed. An express from Yarmouth carried letters for mercantile houses tied to a bye-boat from Hamburgh to cover protested bills. The Hamburgh exchange shipment had not arrived and fears of further failures rose as Harper Laney and associates were set to sail with the Xenophon. In London Cabinet ministers and Irish deputies were entertained at Buckingham House. a Court of Aldermen was summoned to discuss the Lord Mayor election and a new election might be advised. New April excusqusr Bonds were discounted five shillings. dividends on reduced annuities paid at the bank. The Hamburgh house Fehban Rodde’s failure loomed over London with related fares from St. Amsterdam and Copenhagen.
Reports from Zurich to Basel describe heavy fighting as Austrian Russian forces clash with French and Neapolitan units across Switzerland and northern Italy. Victories, retreats, and mass movements unfold near Zurich, Limmat, and across lake regions as the Imperial allies push toward Rome and confront French defenses.
Fragmentary 1665 news item reports ships including Unicorn frigate for Torbay and Halifax bound escort. Mentions Lydia from Bourdeault and St. Pierthig arrival from the Westward. Lord Mornington East India Packet sails outward from Portsmouth amid variable wind.
Fragmentary OCR describes chaotic Swiss events, military detachments under Generals and 15,000 troops at the frontier, with British naval deployments to Margate and Gravesend. It notes confusion, political tension, and a forged debt case, amid yellow fever illness and court appearances.
A Monday event in Alfo involved three boys named James and Kee. The report notes first pregnancies for two individuals and mentions a group pact among friends.
Sn yesterday Samuel Heanett of Foster Lane wed Maite Bennett of Sloane Street at Old Radnor Charter Whalley of Stow Gloucestershire married Mile Lewig daughter of John Lewis at Harpton Covert Radnor On Monday Kendal Rev Ri Brath wedded Joseph Christian of Wigner firece to Miss Seates daughter of John Seates of Theatrehead Lancathire in a local ceremony
London notice fragment listing PrinTxDay J Walter Jun Palatine Hovee Square Black Fayane and published by J Bonsor Salisbury Square at the Office in Blackfriars. Communications for the paper to be sent to the Printers.
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