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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 17, 1797
Page
4
Dispatches describe Austrian strategy, battles near Mantua, and new hostilities. Reports note French and Swedish movements, Léger-Lafayette imprisonment, and shipments of arms and ships captured around the Caribbean and Atlantic.
The Royal Family boarded the frigate Fiorenzo as dispatches from London arrived. Attendants of the Prince of Wales circulated amid a crowd approving the spectacle. The event followed a Cheltenham Spa rumor and noted canal progress, naval orders, and agricultural yields with reports from Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.
Reports state multiple vessels including Nes Ee Charles from Petersberg to Bristol and Concorde Beale from Archangel to Leith were captured by French privateers and retaken by British frigates. other ships such as Bacchus from Philadelphia and Falcon from Newfoundland were seized and diverted to Nantes and Poole respectively. several convoys reached Gibraltar or Antigua after engagements.
PORTSMOUTH August 17 45 men aboard His Majestys frigate L Espion Capt Dixon arrived from the Nore for trial by Court Martial charged with mutinous conduct. A fleet of ships is said to be entering the Downs driven in by westerly winds.
A Victorian notice reports that Lord Viscount Mountmorres killed himself in his York Street lodgings, after years of toiling for fame and social notice. He left a small fortune to a half brother and had prepared a loaded pistol, with neighbors noting his restless pursuit of status. The coroner’s inquest is expected to explore motive and mental state.
Reports note large bills on Britain and six tons of silver coins arriving for government use. A fierce thunderstorm caused damage in Putney and Aldermanbury, with trees struck and a gravel path dug by lightning. Edinburgs Col Legh dies after a toast. Devon assizes report five prisoners convicted, including a shooting case and a burglary with watches. Pickpockets resume depredations in Holborn and George Yard Whitechapel. A street fight leaves a soldier severely wounded and a sailor missing after a pub incident.
The manner of Jones's Royal Circus in St George's Fields is praised as superior to other public entertainments. Crowded nightly with fashionable company, its new spectacular Reevesavoss piece captivates with pathos and eye catching scenery. A ship cabin description, crew manners, and Indian traits add to the performance, followed by a masterly pantomime and equestrian displays.
Market notes report no changes overall on Friday with barley showing a clearer quality. Other staple commodities hold steady as traders monitor supply and demand dynamics.
Died. In Kentith Town on Sunday morning at eighty three. John Noble aged 83. On the 2d instant at Ayr Mrs Dustop wife of Mr George Duntop of Macnaisttone. On the 5th instant at Edinburgh Mr Alexander Grant June Writer to Miss Eliza Dickson daughter of the deceased Dr Dickson late Physician in Hallfat. On the 21st alt at Chester Mr George Baily timber merchant of Manchester to Miss Jane Hallwood second daughter of Alderman Hallwood of Chetter.
Market items list daily paces for Traxive and Confols with percentages and values. Confols 63 5-Sths 3 per cent, Confols 513-4s89, Duo Account 53 7-Sths, Diste Scrip 53:5.
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