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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 31, 1791
Page
4
Continental Intelligence reports Aug 10 that royal edicts against foreigners and travelers have caused a great stir. Adventurers sign and ignore conditions, while respectable residents find them cruel and refuse submission. Government has modified the edict but may yet alter it further to stave off anticipated evils.
Friday afternoon report cites letters from France indicating fresh advices from the French West Indies claiming Saint Domingue has emancipated itself from France. If true, observers expect other islands to follow suit in rapid succession.
Tomorrow at five o'clock the royal party leaves Windsor for Salisbury then Weymouth with four footmen advancing to Andover. Reports from Lloyds note the Atlantic Whaler leaving St Helena with ships from China and Danvers, while diplomatic trouble and reform plans unfold in France.
The Assembly of Revision to be held in 1800 will examine the constituted powers to ensure they respect the constitutional limits set by 1789 and restore them if infringed. It shall also decide petitions from Citizens, the Legislative Body, or the King regarding reforming any part of the Constitution.
The article recounts Captain Wilson’s Pelew Islands voyage, the Antelope loss, and Lieut M'Cruger's Panther expedition to Pelew. It describes humane interactions with natives, presents given gifts, and mentions journals to be published. It covers subsequent plans to chart Bougainville Strait and nearby coasts.
Colonel Simcos newly named Lieutenant Governor of Canada receives broad authority to begin commercial talks with the neighboring Indian nation. A central city is to be founded soon. Simcos will sail to Quebec aboard the Triton Frigate at month’s end. Warwk August 30. Local rumour ties BomBer Gascoyne’s fate to a potential customs recovery and a new Receiver if he dies.Rioters Green Fiber Hands may be saved by influential backers including Sir Robert Lawery and Birmingham Freeholders.
AUGUST 31 this day came into harbour from Spithead the Princess Royal 90 guns Barfleur 64 Courageux 74 and Romulus 36 This day the Circe frigate under Captain Oakes sailed to Scotland with seamen paid off The Hector last of the guard ships was paid off and tomorrow the Commissioner begins with the Victory paying daily until the ordinary are laid up SEPTEMBER 1 Arrived Nancy Footner Hannah Speedwell Hope Silver Charlotte Esther Blanch and Speedwell from London Waterford Scarborough Newcastle Spithead Dredalus The Medusa man of war under Captain Inglefield was paid off.
The report lists His Majesty s ship Hannibal 74 guns being hailed off Plymouth and a seizure of 95 anchors of foreign pilotage near Start Bay by Ranger cruiser. Arrivals include ships London 98 guns Formidable 98 guns with others in the Sound, Druid sails Channel, Welcome damaged at St Croix, Kite ashore near Ostend, cargo landed.
On August 28 at the Lands End area a mugsling cutter resisted boarding by exiseman Mr Mizler of Helston and other officers. The crew fired, killing Milles and another man, with a third dying from wounds and a fourth badly injured. The cutter escaped but is expected to be captured.
Arrivals list vessels with origins including Nevis Jamaica St Kitts and Davis Straits. Ships proceeding to Jamaica Plymouth Bristol and Dublin, with winds noted and several vessels returning or staying for the eddystone and Botton area. The Danby Milhawk and Winchelsea are mentioned among others as sailing or coming down.
The Hon George Leonard of Antigua wed Miss Martin of Grosvenor Place daughter of the Hon Martin late President of the Virgin Islands Council at St George s Hanover Square on Saturday last.
Died. On Thursday in Wolverhampton aged 82 Mrs Molineux wife of Mr Thomas Muli nex. Friday at Margate Mr John Butler. Rev Digby Martha B D Senior Fellow Trinity College Dublin has died. CORN EXCHANGE report notes grain shortage and rising prices. Wheat oats barley rye peas beans and malt priced with scarcity. Prices for stocks including Bank of England and Navy bonds given with changes.
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