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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 07, 1797
Page
1
Editor appeals in Annals of Agriculture to armed defense citing urgent danger. Letters to Yeomanry and landed interests call for immediate, universal arming as the most effective means of safety. Published price 1s 6d by W. Richardson at the Royal Exchange.
An auction notice details sale of Ten nal Hall Estate near Birmingham with two farm houses and 188 acres of arable meadow and woodland, plus Lot G a capital messuage on Bull-street and Lot 7 a malt house on Steel House Lane. Also references Wedderington Hall and legal notices, plus testimonials for Dr Brodum products from Taunton and Downham Market.
An advertisement lists sales outlets at St Pauls Churchyard Tutt’s and Boulton Royal Exchange Pidding No 76 opposite the Pantheon Oxford Street Williams Perfumer to His Majesty Pall Mall Collins Salisbury Spilsbury Co Mary Street Dublin and via Newsmen. The third edition promises a two volume work titled A Guide to Old Age or A Cure for the Indiscretions of Youth priced 58 shillings with the Doctor’s Portrait. Posts and inquiries to the Doctor’s house are noted.
In Wednesday proceedings at Spithead the court heard ten witnesses for the prosecution in the Hayes ONeil Gray and Needs trial aboard the PuaniX. Woolley and Simpson were found guilty of perjury and subornation, with Woolley given three months solitary confinement and Simpson one month. The court adjourned until tomorrow amid remarks about disaffected men aboard the Phenix and lenient treatment toward Hayes.
The testimony covers mutineers on the Sandwich and Swan including M Carty Holding and Gregory. Witnesses describe attempts to seize ships, demands for magazine keys, armed men taking officers prisoner, and printed papers claiming loyalty. Reports note deposed prisoners, irons, and threats tied to prize money and execution. The court adjourns to hear defence as the 81. Fiorenzo reports a privateer lugger captured at sea.
The Henry from Memel arrives at Yarmouth after being retaken. The Robinson Percival from Memel to Borrowstoness is retaken and reached Cromer. Several ships including Chollet Lloyd and Calypso are taken off West Africa. Calypso is retaken. The Langton from Memel is captured and burnt. The Bridget Rizmaiden from Africa to the West Indies is taken by the French and left on Martinico.
Reports from Spithead describe a court martial adjournment due to high gales and the defense of Hayes ONeil Gray and Needs, with evidence and adjournment to nine tomorrow. The dispatch also notes a Serpent shop of war capture near the Western Isles and a parliamentary session covering a Vote of Credit of 500000 pounds to fund extraordinary war expenses and support for Portugal.
Plymouth July 5 The Hope Cutter from Hamoaze with 22 Marines boarded the Saturn of 74 guns, removing a corporal drum mer and ten Marines and ten sailors identified as leading mutineers. They were sent below, then to the Cambridge 84 guns bearing the Commander in Chief flag where Lord Kerra will preside, arriving this afternoon. Kerra's flag was saluted with 21 guns in Calowland Bay on the Queen Charlotte.
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