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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 16, 1793
Page
2
The speaker links Ranespierke and Danton to two bold cats in a quarreling scene. They chase power and plunder, clash violently, and only when entangled by a bungling trap do they turn on each other, tearing at one another with furious energy.
Yesterday a French 74 gun ship Le Scipio carrying 600 men caught fire at anchor in Leghorn harbor. The blaze spread through rigging and masts, explosions followed, and the ship blew up after an inland store of 300 barrels of gunpowder. 200 crew perished, including Captain Goy, with livestock and provisions for Toulon lost. Rumor attributes the fire to a barrel of brandy ignited by a nearby light.
The Play of the Honoraous staged at Westminster College last night after its third performance this season. Young noblemen and students received deserved applause as judges attended on the second night. The piece, performed yearly, was praised for its superior execution and the house was unusually crowded with the first company in town.
The speaker warns that no matter a commander’s courage or tactics, experience alone cannot form true military character. A sailor may fail in fog or winter, and cruel, tyrannical decisions echo continental cruelties. Hope rises for tribunals in a country famed for its liberty and fairness.
The article hails important victories over France and celebrates British gains in the Rhine campaign. It notes the seizing of a large French portion of Saint-Domingue as a significant national resource and predicts broader benefits from the war effort and indemnification for wartime expenses.
The Postscript cites Mr Drake, British Minister to Genoa, stating neutrality cannot exist among nations in real conflicts. It warns that declaring neutrality in battles of religion versus atheism, law versus anarchy, virtue versus vice, humanity versus murder would itself deride neutrality and align with France's usurpation of power.
The article denounces the National Convention address as printed in English and urges broad dissemination. It contrasts it with the supposed orderly loyalty of the British government and laments the bloodshed and chaos in France, urging readers to form an opinion on tyranny versus sanctioned rule.
A dated dispatch from Zournay reports British troops moving to winter-quarters at Ghent. It notes two rival leaders nearly at open rupture but reconciled by a fraternal exchange. Private letters from Lausanne and Strafeoury claim mass killings in the City of Lions, with executions nightly and bloodshed by executioners, though some insist the accounts may be exaggerated yet genuine.
Reports describe Jacobin brutality and revolutionary actions in France with mass killings and shortages. Admiralty dispatches recount repairs and refits at Plymouth and Spithead after heavy gales. Other items note Dunkirk privateers, Parliament prorogation, and local agricultural yields amid mild weather.
Fragmentary report details several ships and captains, including Inflexible, Rupp, Dyn aig to Layons wrecks, and various packet and privateer movements. Mentions St Helena voyage, East Indies, Newfoundland banks, and captures near Wicklow and Cape Frangais with retake by Spitfire Roop.
The Friendship armed ship arrived from Guers fey with four or five sail of transports. Also the Me lith transport from Guernsey in diktieh and Ratler cutter Wyne from the South Seas.
A customer notes relief from nervous illness after using a herbal tea marketed by Mr Appeesy. The letter, dated 1794, praises the product's nourishment and restorative effects, describes prior suffering, mentions payments and distributors in Woolwich and London, and invites others to order from Camden Street, Marlton.
The page lists multiple stage offerings and actor pairings from last evening's theatre scene including The Recruiting Officer and The Prodigal among others with recurring titles like Covent-Garde and Dramatis t selections. Readers see a mix of performances and performer names across venues.
Marriages of Chuitehy Holborn to Miss Bodicoate at Bartletts selldings and Howard of St Paut's Churchyard to Miss Graham. a death of Suneyd, Esq. of Keel Stafford. Shipping news reports Royal Navy transports bound for Guernsey and Jamaica, arrivals and sales at Corn Exchange London with price details.
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