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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 19, 1797
Page
4
Fragmented notes describe a Portsmouth Board gathering with squatter issues and coast society concerns. Reports indicate discontent, a shift toward a more favorable turn, and lingering delays as authorities address authority and governance amid unsettled settlements.
A garbled plea from seamen petitions the House of Commons to address grievances. The text asks for relief and for the petitioners to be treated equitably, invoking past comparisons to sailors who faced similar hardship and urged gentle handling by the MPs.
A lengthy document from the Delegates of the Fleet appeals to Lords in Admiralty, requesting higher wages, better provisions, and improved prize and penal measures. It asserts loyal service in peace and war, urges Parliament to grant relief, and cites hardships endured by sailors and families aboard Royal Navy ships.
The Paris Journals report that regular sets arrived from March to the present inclusive via Calais and Dover. The diary notes vessels have again been permitted to sail from France, with emphasis on the arrival of ships and upcoming election discussion to be covered in the next issue.
Gosport April SQ reports Seamen in Haflar Hospital join sailors in approving proceedings. A flag is flown and cheers express support. Women are barred from leave. drunken sailors punished. No line of battle ships may leave Spithead, only frigates with convoys. Portsmouth and Gosport show few officers. ships depart with caution. Flat merchants barred from the area. Marines disarmed and placed under guard of magazines.
This morning arrived here from a cruize his Majesty's ship Greyhound of 2 guns commanded by Capt Istace Petrew, having run foul of a ship at sea causing her bowsprit to spring. She proceeds to Hammoaze to refit after leaving the Intreligable, 38 guns, Capt Sir Enwakp Perry, and Phozhe, 38 guns, Capt Barlow, cruising to the Westward.
Fragmentary notice references several pun vessels and a list of people and places including Helena Duncan Amelia Douglas Barbadoes Ariadne Boyd Everetta Patterson Quebec and more. Names like Rev John King Magdalen College Cambridge Lord Garlies Earl of Uxbridge Stephen Dowell Jane Bage and Welborn appear amid damaged text.
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