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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 23, 1797
Page
1
A report outlines the financial impact of recent Acts on servants and households, detailing surcharges, penalties, and anticipated public benefits. It notes how commissions claim power to relieve penalties, the broader fiscal shift, and projected yearly gains to the public, with additional dispatches on European diplomacy and naval movements.
Fragmented OCR text records a parliamentary debate on a tax bill with a proposed third reading delayed to Tuesday week due to New Year’s Day. It notes discussions on modifications, potential defalcation, and the report’s timing. Numerous names and places follow as notices of attendees and witnesses from Guildhall and inns.
London Gazette reports no Drawing Room at St James's until January 78 1798 for the Queen's birthday. Also letters from Captain Gusningham of HMS Chyde dated December 13 1797 note the capture of the French privateer brig Success near Bayonne after five days at sea, with one American vessel taken.
A early modern list records numerous local traders and craftsmen including grocers woollen-drapers and surgeons bound to surrender by Feb 3 at Guildhall. Attorneys named with firms such as Meff ann Seytagar Cavendith and Bunn and Gray appear for various defendants across streets like Oxford Street Holborn and Fleet Street.
Monarchy notes describe a royal hunting chase with the Earl of Chesterfield and generals amid thick fog, followed by divine service at St George's Chapel and furniture making as a state cradle gift. Reports cover ships sailing to Madras and Bombay, spice trade prices, and troop deployments to reinforce colonies, with a focus on royal movements and imperial logistics.
Fragmented record lists christenings and burials by parish within and outside walls, with counts by age and gender. Includes totals for Middlesex and Surrey, notes on decline in burials, and a line about executions reported to have occurred in Middlesex and Surrey.
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