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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 25, 1797
Page
3
Reports caution that insurgents in Ancona grow stronger while Buonaparte’s plotting dominates. The French minister’s influence appears to steer policy, with prisoners freed and women praised as school models at a lavish dinner for Trouve, Azara, and a mixed Spanish Neapolitan envoy circle.
In Ancona on June 23, residents feared reprisals if seen in nearby towns as revolutionary sentiment grows. The text suggests tacit French approval of the revolution, noting the fate of Ancona and its strategic value to the new Republic. It argues the port's control advantages will draw Urbino into wider conflict.
In Milan on June 32 workers labour intensely at Place de Lazaret to raise triumphal arches obelisks and altars for the federation festival on the 9th of July. Deputies from all free Italian states are expected to attend including the Genoese Republic.
The piece outlines state revenue shortfalls from defalcation and rising costs, with a two and a half million pack of chet loans to fund treaties with France and support for national and French troops. It details the Venetian Terra Fimeama reorganization, departmental divisions, central and neutral administrations, and a seven-year war prison sentence for Bouget, the French commissioner.
In Genoa on July 3 the revolution has produced four journals and a flood of pamphlets. The provisional government, seeking press freedom to fuel the revolution, decrees that all printed material must be signed, aiming to secure accountability within their strict principles.
The Parisian wags nickname five supposed new ministers appointed by the Directory the “Saluegundi” in reaction to their losses and looming influence. The fragment hints at light satire and social intrigue surrounding political changes in Paris.
July 14 a senate message notes the president signed the act to prohibit exporting arms and suppress privateering while a bill to safeguard United States harbours and ports was approved. A fortifications report estimates 200,000 dollars required for works at New York Philadelphia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Georgia and other points. a House resolution bars use of fortification funds at non ceded sites.
John Foster, former Speaker of the House of Commons, told several corporate bodies he cannot accept a Dublin parliamentary candidacy. He has long represented County Louth and cannot relinquish that seat. It is noted that George Ogle and Charles Stanley Monck may soon be called to the Upper House.
The Beaver, Gardner sails from London and reaches off Conception. The St Rachael from Para to Oporto is said to be taken by a privateer. Grace from Sf Abe's to Cork and Halifay from Madeira to Jamaica are taken and carried to Guadeloupe. Providence on shore at Fairness. cargo to be saved. Defiance Wheelby taken to Jean Bart. Virginia Packet and Hannibal captured off Madeira. Bell from St Domingo to Jamaica carried to St Jago. Joseph from Liverpool to Newfoundland captured by privateer at lat 44 3 long. Betsey from Newfoundland to Bristol taken near Kinsale by La Cour privateer.
Plymouth, July 23. Arrived the Orestes sloop of war with 18 guns, Capt. Parker, from a Channel cruise, and the Danish brig Waakgamheit from Amsterdam bound for Naples, detained after a Channel encounter. Also arrived the Danish brig Five-Sisters from Longfound with timber.
Milford receives royal cutter Diligence under Captain Dobbin with two large sloops laden with fale from Ireland. The incident signals ongoing smuggling activity and customs enforcement along the coast. The crew and cargo details remain limited in this excerpt.
Lady Jersey occupies a house in Pavillion-row Brighton as the town recovers from a dull spell and gears up for a lively racing season led by Lord Egremont to enter running horses. The Prince’s Pavillion entertainments will mix Platonic and Epicurean forms with Ladies Jersey Lade overseeing the former and Sir John Lade and Tommy Tyrrwhis regulating the latter. Also included is an Account of Total Net Producer of Taxes for the year ending July 5 1797 and duties from 1793 to 1797 based on customs returns.
The case, heard in Guildhall, concerned a marine insurance policy on the ship Nymph sailing from London to Port Endie Africa. The court examined whether coverage applied until landing of cargo, with customs requiring leave to barter locally. The jury found for the defendant after a long deliberation.
Aguilar v Rogers concerns a marine policy on the ship Jackson Junior from Jamaica to London. The vessel failed with convoy but was salvaged and arrived, entitling return of the premium unless cargo deterioration or war risk voids the condition. The jury sought higher judicial ruling on whether arrival meant undeteriorated cargo and no war risk.
Wilkins and others sue Despard for seizing a sloop named John with logwood and mahogany cargo from Belize in the Bay of Honduras. The vessel’s exact figure not proven, the plaintiff seeks redress as the Guildhall sitting ends.
Lord and Lady Holland hosted an elegant gathering at Holland House near Kensington last week, receiving the Duke of Bedford Mr Fox and several other gentlemen in a refined social event reflecting the era.
The Earl of Darlington and officers of Ay Camp hosted Friday races drawing a large crowd. Bets totaled across multiple events with Lord Darlington winning on Soldiery and Kinlucky, while Captain Wright and Mr. Hall also scored successes in various twy‑mile heats for twenty guineas and ten guineas.
A Sussex paper recounts a severe thunderstorm Sunday the 16th with clear skies earlier, then torrential rain and frequent lightning. It describes inundated levels, damaged hay, and widespread lightning strikes from Water of Leith near Edinburgh to Stamford Bridge, with injuries to a 14 year old girl and destruction to houses, chimes, and livestock.
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