Auction of Oak Trees at Watteley Park Sale
To be sold by auction in three lots on Tuesday the first of May next at Hanbury's Walley Bridge Inn Staffordshire. Large oak trees, currently standing in Watteley Park, in the county.
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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 28, 1797
Page
1
To be sold by auction in three lots on Tuesday the first of May next at Hanbury's Walley Bridge Inn Staffordshire. Large oak trees, currently standing in Watteley Park, in the county.
Extract from the London Gazette Extraordinary detailing returns of ordnance, ammunition, and stores captured on Trinidad in 1797, including inventories of calibres, shot, lead, powder, and carriages. Includes reports from Major Charles Samperty and Captain Henry Harvey, with notes on provisions and naval actions in the Windward and Leeward Islands. Also covers British captures of French and Spanish vessels, prize reports, and naval correspondence from Admiral Sir Hyde Parker and Rear Admiral John Orde, plus bankruptcy notices and public surrenders.
From the London Gazette March 28 letters received by Evan Nepean report Captain Roberts of the Magicienne capturing the French corvette La Cerf Volant near Altavella St Domingo on November 2. Captain Cooke of the Quebec L A Africaine is also noted in the enclosed copies.
Dover reports an embargo laid on Calais bound vessels with spillover to other French ports. France and Portugal negotiate terms including 30 000 livres payable to the Republic, expulsion of Britons from Portuguese ports, cession of part of Brazil to France, and free Brazilian trade. Also news from Dublin and Belfast about dispatches and a sighting of warships in the Channel near the Irish Sea.
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