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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 04, 1792
Page
3
The Thames Frigate carries extracts from the Madars Courier and the Bomsay Gazettes presented to readers each Monday morning. Couriers relay the most interesting parts, with timing and sequence noted as feeds arrive for public perusal.
Reports from the Madras Gourier and other papers describe river breaches at Nunjum Caukum and Spur tanks, widespread inundation in Madras Black Town, and water filling streets on rafts. Rain measured twenty five inches between Tuesday morning and yesterday. Vizagapatam and other northern areas report rain as well, altering political calculations and alarming authorities.
A letter from Tellicherry to the Court of Directors discusses Major General Abercromby’s army near Cannanore, supply lines and passages via the Malabar coast, a siege recently abandoned at Seringapatam, and the Rajahs’ support. It notes weather delays, army strength around 700 men, and confidence in Earl Cornwallis’s forthcoming actions.
In Paris on March 25 and 30, distress grew as government finances faltered and mockaffinats forged. Riots erupted around the Caife Patriotique, troops dispersed crowds, and the City sought urgent funds from the national treasury. Diplomatic reshuffles and Jacobin pressure dominated the scene, with reports of conspiracies at Toumelon and fleet actions near Genoa.
Evening fitting recounts ministers detailing departments as riots erupt in the department de Contal with mobs burning chateaux and terrorized inhabitants seek swift aid. Government thanks are noted to Jamaica, Britain, the US Congress, and Pennsylvania for aid to St Domingo.
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