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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 19, 1798
Page
8
Public notice seeking a respectable apprentice for mantua making in the West End of town. Inquiries to No 12 Bury Street Se James’s.
London dispatches from Vienna recount alleged events surrounding Buonaparte and a Tripolitan officer in Cairo. Natives and officers supposedly attacked French forces. the Pacha of Rhodes allegedly landed and Barbary troops retook Alexandria with limited resistance. The piece questions certainty and condemns massacre. It notes Mr Grenville’s Berlin trip fueling peace or continental union speculation.
The report says a cartel arrived at Doves on Sunday bearing news that the French evacuated Malta and retreated to Coryfica leaving Valletta to Lord Nelson who would assume control in the king's name. No French papers arrived and none will be allowed. No mail from Ireland due to wind. Commissioners from both kingdoms are named to draft the Union Articles.
In consequence of the bill before Parliament for a tax on income the Short Annuities have seen a drop of 1.25 percent. Over 30,000 pounds in specie and bullion arrived from Hamburgh on the last packet. Yesterday the Lord Mayor ordered no change in bread prices.
Plymouth reports a dramatic blaze aboard the La Coquille frigate at Milbrook Lake. Explosion blew the quarter-deck, fire spread along decks, and the ship grounded near Mud-bank as crews battled flames. Many crew saved, several feared lost, including midshipmen and a customs officer jury.
Corn price shows Wheat at 325, Mealing 373 with fluctuations. Fi Effex 52s6d, Kye 275, Bar 303, Fi 343, Male 375.20 and 46 for Fine flour. Includes price movements and baseline figures from the market listing.
Bank stocks show a 236 percent dividend yield with a 7 3 per cent reduction and a 54 4 per cent conversion note. The notation indicates notable changes in share values and distribution terms.
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