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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 12, 1797
Page
3
His Majesty pleased to appoint Ralph K.B. Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in the kingdom. A commission dated November 4 1765 records the oaths taken and the placement at the board.
Severe winter weather halts the mail coach and delays travel from Dublin to Kilmacs. Snow drifts cover the country, devastate crops, and strain farmers and manufacturers. Yet Tol Hall acquitted by Brigade Major Uniack, as soldiers march to Tarbert amid deadly cold.
In a King’s Bench libel suit, plaintiff Williams sues Faulder claiming injury to reputation from published references to Anthony Pasquin and alleged indecent writings. The trial features Erskine and Garrow arguments, testimonies on naval actions, and continued court proceedings including Captain Williamson and Mr Baker’s examinations.
Last Friday the remains of Lady Leslie were conveyed in pomp from Brighton through Lewes to Laughton and interred at the burial place of the Peshams. The body was wrapped in flac si on and covered with crimson velvet. Fraudulent bank notes have been widely detected on the Continent, threatening to disrupt foreign exchange. An Agricultural Society is to be established in Herefordshire to benefit the region, and at Newhaven Market there was large attendance with grain prices steady compared with Saturday’s market.
Fragmentary testimony from Captain Hopper and others details the Agincourt engagement with the Alkmaar and the Dutch Vice Admiral. Witnesses describe gunfire, wind, and damage to masts while court questions focus on accuracy of statements and timing. Separate items note local prices at Monmouth Fair, a robbery, a prisoner’s suicide, and a fatal hogsugar accident.
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