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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 12, 1797
Page
3
The assembly weighs punishing suspected conspirators as a tactic to save the republic. Leaders propose banishing chiefs listed as conspirators, while others urge caution and further documents. The debate notes the gravity of separating from enemies and suspending the session for more information before voting.
The sitting resumed on the resolution guiding the legislature to approve the measure. Brdas Brival and Yrabeau argued the state must condemn men implicated, while Regnier Lecoulteux warned against punishing those who may not deserve it, invoking constitutional guarantees to hear each accused. Creuze Latouche urged urgency to root out pilots opposing the Republic, and the Council approved the resolution.
Report from the Admiralty via Admiral Duncan notes Winter's resignation urge amid discontent with officers. Dutch events delay freeing ships as a new improved vessel is planned at Haewick with a design to carry additional crews and supplies.
Fragmented excerpts discuss constitutional articles on legislative and executive powers, trials of deputies, and procedures for arrest. Also quoted Burke on mercantile influence, England’s envy of wealth, and how institutions shape change. Includes weather and shipping notes about barometer drops and shipwrecks in Brighton and Sunderland.
Earl Camden visits the south with a noble party sleeping at Deer Castle in Kerry en route to Killarney as autumn tones harshen the landscape. London reports revived union talk with Ireland dropped due to unfavourable cabinet advice, while a group of burglars plunder the widow Doyle on Donnybrook Road taking 750 guineas and flee as detectives search.
The Margaret sailing Clyde to Tobago is captured and taken to Nantes. The Sappho from Lisbon to Limerick is seized and brought into Bourdeaux. The Columbus from New York to Hamburg is carried to Nantes. The Lord Mulgrave arrives at Portsmouth escorted by the fleet from Cork.
Portside dispatch reports his Majesty's ship Hornet arrived from the Downs with a convoyed fleet. Also Melpomene frigate under Captain Sir Charles Hamilton arrived from Weymouth where the King and Royal Family had been in attendance.
In Sept 1810 Plymouth reports the Argo and Cambria signal the outward Lisbon convoy awaiting in Catwater with only about a third of ships out by day’s end due to strong E and SE winds. De Braak sails with coasters. Cumberland arrives to refit. Also detailed is the Hanover Street case of John Welchman, a counterfeit coin dealer, and his wife. A Jew aided by Mr Powell and Worship Street officers secured warrants, with Welchman arrested and his house searched for coins including guineas and dollars. Welchman is committed for trial. wife discharged due to pregnancy.
Old court notes report Petre Orancy of Berkhamstead detained at Clifford's Inn Passage on stolen goods valued at 300. A separate charge mentions a man buying plate at Woburn for 32s 6d per ounce. Inquiries into footpad robberies include Richard Ferguson, John Morley, and John Carrington with witnesses from Barret Hill and Dartford. Morley’s alibi faces scrutiny as re-examinations are ordered.
The text lists horse entries and owners for a race meeting. Durand's bay mare Hermione, six years, Bailey's rohound Confederacy, several colts and fillies including Granadilla, Edgar, Janette, Fortuns, Mermaid, and Patriot. We note weights, ages, and associated owners such as Mr Brereton, Hon G Villier, Ld Sondes, Ld Clarendon, Mr Shirley, Mr Tatton.
The card shows multiple horses with owners and weights for a Members Plate event on Wednesday September 6. Entries include Tatton's Patriot aged eight, Brereton's Doricles aged six, Mermaid mare in the Mermaid sweepstakes, Granadilla trained by Hon G Villiers, Yorkshire Bite ridden by Tattoo, Prince Frederick owned by Hon G Villier, Halbert and True Blue among others. The list notes weights and distances for each entry and mentions a three quarters of a mile run for Granadilla.
A clogged fragment from Clathar's Chehasford Paper reports on Spilsbury’s antiscorbutic drops with claims of many extraordinary cures. It mentions Elizabeth Neville of Colchester and a purported chancel of battles and remedies, noting the medicine’s widespread publication and the proprietor’s possible withdrawal if not for reported patient recoveries.
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