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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 31, 1797
Page
2
The managers have engaged Mrs Jordan for three nights at great expense with bespoke boxes for her performances. Her first appearance was Tuesday in the Country Girl. Mrs Martyr remains a favorite, Munden is engaged, and The Heir of Law and the Italian Monk are in rehearsal at the highly regarded theatre.
An East India Company veteran from Bengal credits Rymer Cardiac Tincture with restoring his health after long illness and liver yellowing. The letter, dated July 3 1796 from Steine Brighhton, praises the medicine, notes bottle prices and local outlets in London, and requests publication for public benefit.
Francoea council hears a work transmitted by its author, praising truth, and moves to place it in the library of the Legislative Body. Dufresne reports on army finances revealing large sums diverted from rations. Jourdan defends military needs, while others demand tighter oversight and a declaration from ministers of religion. Various notices include peace rumors with England and Emperor, troop contributions, and administrative changes across Italian territories.
Paris August 28 news reports La Reveillere Lepaix begins his third presidency amid mixed signals after preliminaries of peace with England. The Directory, still divided, refuses to cede the Cape of Good Hope to the English, seeking full restitution to its allies while negotiating with Lord Malmesbury.
Naples reports a French force of eight ships of the line and four frigates passing the strait between Italy and Sicily in the night of July 5. They may join the Venetian squadron in the Adriatic for a joint expedition. The fleet is thought to have left Toulon on June 19 and aimed for the Straits of Gibraltar to link with the Brest fleet.
In Piedmont order returns as the Marquig of Frimo with armed citizens retakes the rebel town of Atti without bloodshed. In Novara the homes of insurgents who fired on troops are surrendered to punishment and armed enemies are marked for death.
Vienna reports peace negotiations remain opaque with no certainty on Mantua. French reinforce Italy and fortify Palmanova and Piacenza while sending more artillery to Verona Ferrara. Heavy wagons move provisions. Emperor orders Hungary counties to raise cavalry and infantry by September for an insurrection army. foreign recruits to be exempt.
Count Cobenzl, appointed to negotiate the Empire's peace, has arrived from Petersburgh for the Congress. Reports of a signed Definitive Peace between France and Austria are unfounded. Talks at Adina between General Clarke and Count Meerfeldt move slowly amid new difficulties, with the Directory in Paris asked for help. Marquis di Gallo remains here. Dispatches from the Neapolitan Envoy discuss Italy boundaries, with the court yet to agree on the Cisalpine Republic's limits.
August 12 dispatch notes General Buonaparte invites the Marquis to continue negotiations for peace in Udina, with Baron Degelmann and M Hoppe joining. Expectation grows that definitive peace may be signed soon. Cobenz travels via Petersburgh to Lisle en route to the Congress, while the Director Barthelemy sends a letter for La Fayette and other state prisoners’ release at Olmutz.
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