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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 30, 1797
Page
3
A damaged report notes factions in Papal dominions seeking independence amid French and Prussian war preparations. Berlin and Brussels relay illness and political shifts as Archbishops, governors, and ministers are reassigned. Peace talks brew, with the Directory weighing reforms and public prosperity while citizens celebrate hints of a treaty and a festival marking the cessation of bloodshed.
Fractured report from the Council of Five Hundred seating on October 25 26 noting debate on La Vendée matters and proposed brigades of gendarmerie plus secular corporations and seminaries tied to the Republic with pensions for members. A message from the Directory on peace with the Emperor was anticipated amid crowd chatter.
Office of the Minister of Marine reports Dunkirk privateer Légi en pentex, sailing under Danish colors, intercepted a Middelburg bound grain ship and sent for Rochelle a Swedish slip. Ze Succés captured Mary Anne at Bayonne. Ze Hardy took Lovely Matilda of Philadelphia. Le Boulonnais seized Om from Bristol to Jamaica. La Friponne sent Dolphin to London.
From the Paris Papers: on the 28th last month at nine o'clock at night about go persons armed with bludgeons cutlasses and pisters formed bands and roamed main streets singing seditious songs denouncing brigards and blood drinkers aiming to incite quarrels and disturb peace a municipal patrol dispersed them and captured two leaders.
Basle reports a petition by Citizen Mangor demanding the removal of Mr Wickham, the English Minister, provokes strong sensation across Switzerland. The Regency replies that since the minister resides in Bern, it can do nothing for itself and will refer the demand to the other cantons as discussions continue. Members of the Regency of Berne reportedly convene to consider the matter.
A Proclamation from Coblenz invites towns along the Rhine from Duyfhoure to Mainz to form a trans-Rhenane Republic as French agents push for cession of Cleves and Guelders to the new Republic and a Rhine boundary settlement with Prussia and the King.
At Ajaccio on Corsica Island, October 2, a large rebellion by Emigrants and Royalists erupted, forming a provisional government and issuing laws. About 800 republicans advanced on September 26, driving royalists to flee. central authorities moved to arrest conspirators as troops linger in the field.
A fragmentary parliamentary style discussion contrasts the monarchist praise of victory with opposition critique. It cites Britain’s naval defeats and territorial losses, the impact on East India vessels, and the broader drift of power, then shifts to a Bank of England arrest of a stock broker for forgery and related investigations at Bow Street.
A garbled OCR passage lists stray phrases and partial names such as Ud Grofeerars Drita Mr Wilson and Lord Clenmone s Herapipes, with scattered items like Across the Fist and 100 Nightshade. The text lacks coherent story, dates, places, or clear entities to summarize.
Fragmentary verse venerates Admiral Onslow and knightly boldness. It links family motto and martial virtue with seasons and fate, invoking devotion to leadership, courage in battle, and loyalty to the conqueror. Dense archaic phrasing preserves period tone and names while hinting at historical commemoration.
A fragmented historical piece discusses Admiral narratives and a fleet described with bold, sweeping phrases. It reflects on fame, escape, and the contrast between dramatic fiction and real history, mentioning Dr Ruyver and Dutch prowess in a period voice.
An article fragment notes unrest in Chinese provinces tied to Emperor Kien Lowe's abdication, plus a slew of local criminal cases. Reports cover a murder trial at Whitechapel Police Office, robberies at Union Hall, thefts in the Borough High Street, and a coach block crime. Also mentioned are a shooting incident near Hyde Park and a historic pardon case from 1790.
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