Arrival of the Downs fleet under convoy with 100 sails
The Downs welcome the safe arrival of the India Fleet consisting of upwards of 100 sail under convoy of his Majesty's ship with 74 guns and other ships of war. Not a single ship missing.
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 02, 1798
Page
2
The Downs welcome the safe arrival of the India Fleet consisting of upwards of 100 sail under convoy of his Majesty's ship with 74 guns and other ships of war. Not a single ship missing.
From America comes news that on May 26 the House passed a bill authorizing the President to direct US naval commanders to seize French cruisers off the coast and bring them to port. The same session also approved a bill to halt all commercial intercourse between the United States and French territories during the current dispute.
Yesterday the mail from Hamburgh arrived, overdue since Wednesday. Negotiations at Refade near fruition as new French Plenipotentiary Jean Desry, replacing Director Trevu HarDd, arrived on June 12 and validated his powers. Abbé Steves reached Rastadt on the 14th and, after a two hour delay, continued to Berlin.
A Windsor Privy Council convened with Duke of Portland and peers. Crown plans review of the 15th Regiment of Light Dragoons at Ashford Heath next Saturday. Staffordshire Militia held a grand field day in Windsor’s Little Park amid Jacobin plots and Ireland’s wounded peace hopes.
Copenhagen reports confusion as a British merchantman mutiny tale surfaces while Ruffian line anchors near Drogden. Rafts from Rostadt note Debry arrival and unsettled negotiations at Seltz and Udine amid French force movements and rumors of Buonaparte heading for Constantinople with 40,000 men under his command.
A dated squadron dispatch notes arrival of Experiment with 44 guns and Digator 64 guns at Portsmouth, Medusa 66 guns at sea, and West India convoy Skyward duty. Militia regiment embarked for Ireland. additional ships from the Downs and Clyde patrol areas, including Monmouth with stores and a Dutch lugger captured on the coast. The Rose and Phenix cutters arrive at Yarmouth, with Prince of Wales sailing for Cuxhaven with mail and passengers.
On Thursday last Rev. William Bird of St Edmund Hall and Satimnel Clarke of Exeter College were admitted Arts. Also admitted as Bachelors of Arts were Thomas Brereton of Merton College John Fox, jun? Nelton of Queen's College the Hon Thomas Howard and Robert Humphrys of Christ Church and John Emira of St Albins Hall. On Thursday morning next colours given by the Duke of Portaye Chancellor will be presented to the University armed Association in Christ Church Meadow.
The piece notes Paris journals blaming Port’s financial maneuvers for gold from the Continent to England, while asserting England buys East and West Indies produce with cash due to continental disruption. It covers militia politics, French naval morale declines, and Holland’s revolution, plus local incidents including drownings, robberies, a fire, and a veal theft case at Newgate Market.
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