Incomplete OCR Report of July Financial Meeting
Fragmentary note states a financial matter dated July 17 and mentions a seventh meeting facing obstacles. No clear persons or organizations are readable. content is ambiguous and fragmentary.
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 21, 1799
Page
3
Fragmentary note states a financial matter dated July 17 and mentions a seventh meeting facing obstacles. No clear persons or organizations are readable. content is ambiguous and fragmentary.
English forces under General Dow retreat from Alkmaar after shelling and bombardment, with posts at Schagen and Birkem overrun by French and Russian allied troops. Describes hardships, bread shortages, evacuations, and preparations to reembark while fortifying Texel and Brelder Point. Prisoner letters from Antwerp reveal tense exchange over humane treatment and lodging.
Mariners report wet ADRs at Harwich and the passage of transports toward Wivenhoe and Colchester for wounded troops. Officers Myrks Deaver senior and Lieutenants not yet reached. Major Hurenixion among wounded. Troops concentrated at Petten awaiting directions. Also noted: the Darfet yacht and other ships sailing, and a Queen’s ship dismasted near Chichester harbour with efforts to salvage.
Ireland dispatch reports a Frenchman calling himself Ze Eire traveling from London to Holyhead and to Dublin as a King’s Messenger, palmed with impudence and ingenuity to avoid expence, arriving last Sunday and eluding discovery. The piece also details reprieves for two 9th Dragoons mutineers after Carlow inhabitants urged mercy. An Baltinglass extract recounts Connor and Doyle murder spree against Neal Doyle, James Hayden, Peter Whelan, and James Doran, with Doran wounded then defending against the assailants. Further, election in Armagh for MP opened with low turnout. Campen Core and Moanyneux each polled five votes.
Mr Mippretor, the adr, died a few days ago of want in a Westminster street. He had recently been released from confinement for debt and lodged in a wretched gartery, giving himself up to drinking spirits.
London Gazette reports Vice Admiral Mitchell praising captains and crews for gallantry in capture attempts near the Zuyder Zee. Describes Dutch gun-boats seized by Defender and crew, with mention of subsequent actions at Delfzel and battles around West Friesland. Credits officers such as Lieuts. Wyburn Hewell Migginson Gardner and Mr Lane for distinguished conduct.
In Kent the volunteer turnout swells as officers fear dispersal into regiments. Northampton men largely enlist for the 2d regiment. A deadly exhaled fever linked to docks along James River prompts dock removals to form a protective arc from the Battery to Coarset's Hook. Lord Eckemont’s fox hounds hunt near Brighton. a hunt covers about 20 miles ending near Bramber Castle. Royalty depart Brighton. bail posted for a gaming-house case. a Tetotum case fined 30s. highwaymen stop Mr. Barrer in a Turnham Green chase.
A Corn market notice from Essex and Kens reports large grain supplies, with country buyers keeping prices steady though cold damp samples sell slower. Prices for Wheat, Barley, Oats, Beans, and Malts are listed, with some goods higher in demand and others softer, plus a sensational testimonial for Sprusavey drops claiming cures for a child’s fits.
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