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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 22, 1797
Page
3
Court heard detailed testimony from soldiers and sailors regarding the Agincourt engagement with the Dutch fleet. Witnesses described firing, signals, and Captain Williamson’s conduct, including urging readiness and avoiding friendly fire. Proceedings adjourned with Williamson seeking time for his defense.
Testimony recounts Captain Williamson directing 24 rounds at the quarter deck of a bright sided ship. Witness describes signals No 75 34 39 5 and the Agincourt’s responses as Dutch ships close in. Witness notes Monarch raking, mizen mast loss, and signals recorded for clarity during the action.
Severe war talk dominates the discourse in France and Britain as leaders trumpet plans for invasion of England while deriding rival governments. Prominent figures like Buonaparte Jousger and Barras frame France’s aggression as a reckoning against tyranny and perfidy, urging bold action and the capture of Britain’s throne.
Reports recount the violent death of Colonel Fitzgerald after an attack on his peace and family. The wounded nobleman urged care for the assailant, while Kilworth mourned him with military honors. News also notes an officer dying from a wound at Mr Ailey's theatre and locals resisting insurgents near Fermoy and Catnew in Wicklow. An American vessel, the Benjamin and Nancy, faced French privateer boarding. Irish passengers were treated with respect, bearing the slogan Liberty or Death.
The piece notes party fervor fueling upheaval in America, cites rumors of Spanish influence through Philadelphia flour trade permits, and reports on varied topics from taxes and court cases to theatre, market prices, ship losses, and a distressing distillery accident with two officials severely injured.
The Marine Barracks at Chatham will gain extra rooms for men and a new officer wing in spring. Last night a soldier quartered at the White Horse on Chatham Hill robbed comrades of money and attempted to flee from a garret window, falling to the rest and dying with the cash in his pocket.
In Canterbury on Friday night last William Stowe a prominent Farnborough farmer was found dead beside the road near Bromley. The horse and chair were some distance away with the chaise chair still warm. The coroner's verdict was Died by the Visitation of God.
A strong Sunday gale toppled a barn at Ufington and a corn lick near Ryal, with about 30 trees blown down in Worthorp Groves and many houses unroofed in the area. Three Quakers jailed for non payment of tythes are released through Lord Chief Baron Mac Bonald's intervention.
NORWICH December 23. The Quarter Sessions for Norfolk will be held at the Shire-house on Wednesday January 10. For Norwich at the Guildhall Friday January 12. Suffolk at Beccles Monday January 8, at Woodbridge Wednesday January 16, at Ipswich Friday January 12, at Bury Monday January 15.
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