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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 06, 1796
Page
4
A fragment notes the Royal Gazette printed just before the Packet left, signaling an official timing update related to maritime or postal proceedings. The terse wording implies a supplement to currency or wartime measures and a quick dissemination through the Gazette.
Major General Balcarres argues for the use of bloodhounds in Jamaica and defends colonial measures against Maroon rebels. He contrasts British discipline with harsh wartime tactics, recounts attacks on Maroon strongholds, and asserts necessity of force to protect property and lives, maintaining loyalty to Crown and duty.
General Macleod replies to the Noble Lord in a July letter, defending impeachment rights as a member of the House of Commons. He denies personal hostility to the Earl of Barrington, cites passion distorting Mr. Yous, condemns cruelty against Maroons, and accuses the Assembly and Governor of Jamaica of robbing Maroon lands.
An OCR messy excerpt shows a derailed critique of Highlanders and a reference to a letter to Mr Yorxen. It mentions TarNWieKE and Lord Balcarres with observations on expulsion proposals likened to Spanish Moors. The text ends with a note of having written more than intended on the subject.
The Evening Mail reports stock prices at one o clock with dividends included. The piece then critiques French and Spanish revolutionary effects, notes Spanish officers joining the Rhine campaigns, discusses Bourbon versus Republic dynamics, and comments on naval protection and privateering. It references Montue de la Bourdonnoie, Hocus, and Captain Tomlinson in Brittany and Jersey, with broader implications for Spain and France amid civil war.
A Victorian theatre notice surveys performances at Hay-Marren Theatre and Old Market. Sylvester Daggerawood and Cauarreloo's Imitar receive mixed praise for liveliness and mimicry while Caulfield is critiqued for overreaching satire. The piece defends deft mimicry as art and lampoons excessive imitation.
An early Ramsgate scene mocks fashionable visitors and velvet society. The writer boasts of a showy mix of guests including Mrs Deputy Plumb with her nearly naked daughters and Mrs Pop from Whitechapel, all described with satire on luxury and fashion. He notes learned ladies and novelists seeking amusement, while hoping salt water cleanses vanity among frequenters of watering places.
The report details several naval events: Russian ships reinforce Admiral Macapine’s squadron from Yarmouth. the Sophia Brady captured by a privateer between Carthagena and Valencia. the Newcastle and Seneca captured by the Theampus off the Dogger Bank. prisoners and ship movements bound for Rotterdam. a French lugger privateer captured by a revenue cutter near Swanage Bay. arrivals at Portsmouth and Deal with convoys and ships to London. Green land ship success with multiple seals near Greenland. a bloom of whaling in Davis’s Straits and a large Baltic fleet arrival.
The column reports on an upcoming marriage rumor involving Miss R and a Memtier, a naval appointment for Captain Mawn Consox commanding the Queen, and a hoisted flag by Sir Hype Parker. It also notes attacks by disgraced ladies on a virtuous lady, pending slander reactions, and public figures facing scandals, estate sales, and financial news.
Marriages are listed from various locales including Spelsbury Oxfordshire Guildford Surrey Northampton Bath and Bridgewater with names such as Rev George Turner Miss Clifton and Mr James Allanson Simpson. Died notices include Campbell Edmonstone Lieutenant-Governor of Dumbarton and Mrs Balcomb with details of ages and places. Stock quotes listed at end with Bank of England style shorthand and prices.
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