Privateer captures and ship intercepts in the Tagus theater
From the Netley under Lieutenant Bord to Evan Nepean, a report details the capture of the Spanish privateer Nostra Senora del Carmen La Confianza and the retaking of the brig Mary and the Lial Invicta Vianna near Lisbon in November 1800. Captain Hatstet and Captain Bond describe engagements with a Spanish privateer and the St Michael alias Alerita, while a list of bankrupts and dividends follows alongside coastal notices and ship news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bord
Evan Nepean
Netley
Tagus
Oporto
Mary
Dublin
Saint John’s
Vienna
Vianna
M. Pedro de Mille
C. L. W. HatstTep
F. G. Bond
Phenix
Srr
River Tagus
Lisbon
Greenock
St. Miguel
Alerita
St. Juliens
Haxseo
Price Movements and War Notes In Evening Mail
The Evening Mail reports stock prices and a halted trade is noted alongside war news. Hamburg mails arrived this morning as Russia seizes English merchantmen and crews are moved inland. Curhaven remains under Prussian control amid renewed German hostilities. Wheat and flour prices rise at the Corn Market with wheat at 10s per quarter and flour at 120s per sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Curhaven
Germany
Island Matta Surrender Delays Under New English embargo
From the Court Gazette: Matta Island, recently French possession, has been ceded to English troops but the Dec 30 1798 restoration agreement to the Order of St John remains uncertain. Emperor orders embargo on English ships in his ports until the convention is fulfilled amid broader European movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matta
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Russias
Hanau
Aschaffenbourg
Mentz
Vienna
Germany
John
Bannat
Transylvania
Ratisbon
Bavaria
Bohemia
Vield
Count Klenau
Stadt-am-Hof
Danube
Furstenburg
Wolseeg
Etershausen
Klenau
Upper Palatinate
Turbay Channel Fleet sails under Parker to Martinique
Reports from Portsmouth Plymouth and Portsea detail signals and movements of British naval forces. The Channel Fleet under Sir_Hyoh Parker sails on a cruise with the 68th Regiment and Fairy flotilla toward Martinique. Other ships arrive, are captured and retaken, and convoy operations for the Mediterranean and West Indies continue. The American ship Happy encounters disaster near Havannah after hitting Mornington Country cargo ship. Weather and wind conditions influence sailings in early December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torbay
Det
Channel Fleet
Hyoh Parker
Calcutta
68Th Regiment
Martinique
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Countess of Bute
Glasgow
Newfoundland
Naples
Leghorn
Privateer
Doris
Lord Raneragh
Caledonia
London
Jamaica
Robertson
Bilboa
Channel
Temeraire
Wairsuep
Barfour
Courageut
Montague
Ruffél
Sea Horse
Maidstone
le Pique
Dihance
Chichester
Scrap 'S
Larpy
Havannah
Mornington Country
British Plans for Egypt and Dardanelles Fleet Moves
Rumors in political circles claim Sir Raleigh Abercrombie leads forces for Egypt while Lord Kerry reportedly takes much of the Mediterranean fleet to the Dardanelles to watch the Russian squadron. Reports note Prussian and Swedish envoys, prisoner issues, and quarantine actions as Britain maneuvers amid European tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RaLtey Abercrombie
Egypt
Lord Kerry
Mediterranean
Dardanelles
Streights
Lord Kerri
Coxehaven
Baron Ehrenfeard
Sweden
Spain
Stockholm
London
Barcelona
M. Nettway
M.niev
M. ‘Orro
France
Great Britain
Charlotte
E. Berry
Sir Eswarp
Grosvenor
Tatsyt
Montgomery
Col
Sontan
Ise of Wight
Ireland
Grain and Flour Price Surge Sparks Calls for Controls
The article argues for government action to curb rising grain and flour prices, warning of continual increases harming consumers and enriching farmers. It notes the dairy of convoys and naval movements, with ships and fleets preparing for South American expeditions, and reports on British naval activity and troop transports bound for Jamaica amid ongoing wider conflicts.
Fervent political clash and military reports dominate
The article recounts Bonaparte’s defeats in Egypt as British heroes, the Middlesex House of Correction visit debate, and trials and prosecutions. It notes election results in Leicester, Dublin deaths, Prussian captures, and parliamentary notices about land enclosure. Military movements near Birmingham, Sheffield protests for cheap bread, and weekly grain imports are summarized with local reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isis Majesty
Duke of Kent
Ascot Heath
Bonaparte
Paul
Forace
Shakespeare
Peterburgh Gazette
Egypt
Europe
Terra Firma
Nexton
England
John Douglas
Stowex
Smith
Acre
France
County of Middlesex
Clerk
Garrow
Middlesex
Yarrow
Westminster
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Leicester
Mannersy
Manners
Basmaten
Nicholas, Westby
Wicklow
Dublin
GranGe- Paxson By
Lord Progg
E. Pellew
Barnstaple
Plymouth
Patriompus
Baeck
Lisbon
Embden
Hay
Borer
St. John’s
Antigua
Guadaloupe
Bozer
Cuanke
Court Martial at Clonmel Delays Court Proceedings
Dublin December 4 A General Court Martial assembled by order of the Lord Lieutenant at Clonmel to try Colonel Courtr ey of the Cheshire Fencibles for disobedience of orders to Major General Myers The proceedings concluded Tuesday with the sentence remaining undisclosed A King s Bench verdict awarded ten thousand pounds damages to Robert Wighe in a criminal conversation case against Jones Esq The Lieut epwanp Curam is praised for action in the La Seine engagement and is promoted to Commander
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clonmel
Courtrey
Cheshire
King’s Bench
Robert ‘Wighe
Weymeath
Fig
Jones
Epwanp Curam
la Seine
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Tus
London Gazette
S. Tompson
Greenwich
T. Read
Henknowle
Durham
G. Ford
Ipswich
Schoolmatter
J. Berry
Netherthongue
Yorkshire
Clothier
G. Kirkpatrick
Halifax
Evening Mail
Postscript
Lusury
Cape Clear
Brixham
Port Royal
Abergatenay
Lord H. Seymour
Cargathc
York
Cattard
Quebec
Amphion
Prompt
la Vengeance
Cork
Liverpool
New London
N. W
Yarmouth
6Th Regiment
J. Ley
Cl. Q. Com
House of Commons
Woodley
Holland
Dantzic
Hamburgh
Jalland
Baibden
Bremen
Molland
Midland
Birmingham
Stafford
Newecastle
Stourbridge
East Suffolk
East Middlesex
7Th Dragoon Guards
Sheffield
W. Baldwayy
Woolwich
Creaey
Gainsborough ‘Theatre
Uty
John Simon Macour
Thomas” Sheppard
Sarah Down
Henry Barnes
Aise Am Coyte
George Coyte
Sthra
Misnes Powley
Hanover Fiat
Chesterfeld
Cuthier
Irisia Board
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