09 Sep 1796
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 09, 1796
Page
1
A fragment from Warwick Tuesday describes a sweepstakes event for horses with entries including Gohanna a six year old and Diogenes a five year old. The race final is noted as Mrackley's or a similar owner in a two mile course with a 100guineas prize.
Fragmented OCR reads like a local item mentioning Yorke and Selby Red with unclear context. Readable portions point to a place involving Freeholt or Freehol e Twee and Lincroet. No clear event, date, or organization is discernible to confirm details.
A garbled OCR fragment references a public matter at a ho-square and mentions Booth A tertles of dollars and a date or amount 28. The text is incomplete and does not provide a clear event, names, or outcomes beyond hints of a local transaction or notice.
London Gazette records a September Weymouth court order granting the crown authority to license Britons to sell supply deliver or send money goods or services to France or for use by those resident there within the war period. The measure enables trustees and agents to act on credit or otherwise to enforce the sale delivery or transfer as needed to preserve property for owners in France and prevent misappropriation.
The document grants a licence authorizing export, sale, or delivery of goods to prevent use in the kingdom or abroad, with strict limits and reporting. It requires certificates within six months, funds and bonds secured by consuls or magistrates, and forbids arms or naval stores unless specifically allowed by Parliament. It remains in force to December next unless revoked.
At the Court at Weymouth dated September 3 1796 the king in council grants licence under acts of war measures to permit payment and transmission of money and effects by British subjects to or for persons in the United Provinces Austrian Netherlands Italy Germany. The order enables remittances, bills, drafts and payments for those resident abroad, with protection of property for individual owners.
A Cornish gardener's son, about twelve, drifted four days at sea after his fishing boat separated from its anchor rope near Fowey. He survived on small fish and water, was picked up near the French coast as thick fog closed in, and credited his rescue to the Spitfire.
London markets show coffee rising on the advance with mixed signals on other commodities. Ditch C fold at Garraway's, with hitherto high prices for beef, butter, tobacco, and oils. imports include substantial butter from Dublin Cork Waterford, and 12,098 cwt of various goods. Prices per cwt and per ton noted. hay and straw costs listed. shipping and port activity referenced.
A Barnet fair report notes a large display of Welch and Scores cattle but limited graft from continued dry weather keeps buyers scarce and prices high. North Wales ponies and prime Galloways sold slowly. a Huddersfield rider set a record pace on a hackney four-year-old from Huddersfield to Wakefield in 48 minutes despite toll-bar delay.
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