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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 02, 1796
Page
4
Fragmentary text shows pricing and stock references with dates and percentages but lacks clear subjects. Reads like a damaged market note with stray numbers and words such as navy and October, offering no coherent event or identifi able entities.
A garbled September dispatch from Westminster discusses royal decisions and cabinet prospects as Britain faces a European crisis. It notes delayed alliances, possible Prussian actions, and ongoing exchanges with Madrid, Paris, and the United States, with emphasis on peace efforts and naval considerations.
The readable fragments suggest conspirators connected to a temple and a plan involving Vendome. The garbled OCR mentions government, occupation, and subduing efforts but no clear names, dates, places, or outcomes.
Fragmented OCR note references Jamaica and a time 10.3. It hints at weather or aiddring arrival but text is garbled. No clear names, dates, or events identified.
Crowds welcomed the Royal Family in Weymouth as a shore visit followed by theatre and outings. Major naval movements include Leander and Venus convoying merchant ships from the Nore, with Jamaica Fleet ships and squadron changes under Captain Sir Richard Strathmore and Captain Moore, amid coastal defence preparations and mutterings of political notices.
Seaport dispatches describe arrival of his Majesty's ships Tartar Nemesis and Ghichetter at Portsmouth with Captain Elphinstone and Captain Fantcourt, plus salutes, refits, and sailings of Innovators Freedom and other vessels. A French privateer threat near the coast prompts escort and anti-privateer actions. ships Argo Hastings and others depart to Spithead and the Downs. minor combat and rescue efforts noted with volunteers and coastal defense.
An old advertisement extols Spizsaury’s Antiscor Drops as a cure all promising extraordinary purification of the blood and invigoration of spirits for nervous, rheumatic, leprosy, gouty, and scorbutic disorders. It claims a new existence for those treated and urges purchase from the London proprietor at No 75 Sphero Square and reputable vendors in Britain and Ireland.
Obituary items report the death of Mrs Turner widow of Charles Parker of Queen Square Bloomsbury and the death of Lady Sylvester widow and mother of Sir Sylvester KC. Other notices list deaths at Portman Place Edgware and Bedford Row Milman Street and a clergy death at Pentonville. A bank stock table shows prices and percentages for several shares and government bonds with commentary on various securities.
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