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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 23, 1799
Page
3
Reports from Herefordshire detail two regiments volunteering for service as they pass through town escorted by a Serjeant on their way to Ringmer Barracks. Persistent rain has flooded Levels and low lands, delaying local farming while on the Downs conditions remain drier for husbandry.
News from the Nore reports light transports sailing to Holland to bring British troops. Dutch ships seized by Admiral Mitevud remain at Blackstakes, expected to move to Gillingham within a week or two. Ruffian ship in harbor. crew and passengers at Rochester theatres and in licensed liquor traffic, under government indulgence, adopted fashion of English sailors. Custom House officers repeatedly stop their trade, leaving them penniless and distressed due to suspected misappropriation of others’ property.
Dublin reports a Quarter Assembly in William Street addressing alleged coal factor collusion. A motion to union legislatures between Great Britain and Ireland passed narrowly, deemed dangerous to Ireland’s peace and welfare. Lord Lieutenant returns from the North, Mr Gaattran arrives for health restoration and visits Black Rock.
The Governor plans to send Lieut. Sworraup in a Colonial Schooner to survey the coast while Lieut. Sturgtawp earlier found a river 63 to 65 miles from Port Jackson, thought to be useful for loading vessels. Various aside items cover ship incidents, a Zurich shooting, dramatic school shows, hatters’ strike, military appointments, and an inquest verdict of lunacy.
The document reports Royalist efforts against the French Republic with Laval and Mayenne resisting, 13,000 troops ordered to the region, hostages taken, and executions of conscripts. Oct 16 notes 800 Russian prisoners entering Paris, along with naval action at Aboukir where Brueys and Dupetit Thouars suffered fatal injuries.
An correspondent describes four weeks of virulent pestilence in New York. Shipping halted, businesses closed, residents flee to the suburbs, and deaths mount daily. The writer warns of a harsher fate with hot weather and notes a physician urging families to leave the city for safety. He hints this could be his last letter.
On the anniversary of the King’s accession the Royal Family receives noble compliments. The King and the Duke of Cumberland rode to Maidenhead while General Moore and several wounded officers arrived at Sheerness from Holland. Many wounded were ferried to Harwich hospitals, then returned to transports bound for Colchester. Lieutenant Colonel Dawkins of the Guards died en route. his body lies at the Three Cups Inn, Harwich, for interment directions from family.
From the Madras Cazette FX dated June 2, Lieut. Harris of the 74th Regiment returns with the standard taken at Seringapatam and the French colours. The Governor-General in Council announces a public Thanksgiving at Fort St George on June 4 to honor the army's victory in Mysore, with all Civil and Military Officers summoned. A detailed General Return lists killed, wounded, and missing among units in the Seringapatam campaign, confirming widespread casualties and names of officers.
Sir Francis Sykes of Basildon Park was selected last week as High Steward of Wallingford succeeding the late Lord Anthepor. Reports from the Port of London note wheat imports last week at 700 quarters.
Yesterday Thomas Paris and Yeates faced charges over a house theft at Edgeware Road. Paris, a cobbler, climbed a garden wall to steal a box while a woman, his accomplice, was out. Yeates, his brother in law, allegedly planned to buy the plate but later cheated Paris when selling it. Both were committed for trial amid revelations of the prisoner's quarrelling.
In Guildhall Westminster James Durant an elderly man aged about sixty six was sentenced to one month in prison and publicly whirled from the Old- House to the top of the City market for stealing a gown. John Saciel sentenced to seven years transportation for seven indictments of pewter pots. Elizabeth Smith convicted of stealing two silver spoons from Richardson's Hotel Covent Garden and ordered to six months imprisonment.
On the 12th instant General and Mr AraBin were ambushed by three mounted highwaymen near the Uxbridge road. The travelers fired back. one assailant wounded, but none captured. Additional reports note a purse robbery on Wednesday and a Dryad frigate dispatch from Cork with Irish prisoners, plus Windsor fair cattle prices and a skeleton found in Mill Bank.
Fragmentary list shows price quotes for stocks and bonds with references to stock indices, city and Bank notes. Mentions include Omnium, India Bonds, and various conclusive spreads. Overall mood suggests cautious trading and partial gains across sectors.
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