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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 19, 1793
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Clarke and St Giles in the Fields, glaziers around Guildhall, Carey Street, and a money scrivener. The text suggests legal or trade references tied to Guildhall in London with unclear surrounding details.
A long list details bankrupts and surrender dates across London and surrounding counties. Names include Wadley, Grace, Mortimer, Bono, Hamill, Ergas, Adshead, Shepheard, Thornton, Herley, Sharman, Clarabut Gillbee, Barber, Owen, Reynolds, Cooper, Tylécote, Ambridge, Nutt, Aldridge, Smith, Love, Gray, Child, Hebden, Shingleton, Kirkman, Warcup and Lazenby with surrender dates in July and August at Guildhall or other inns.
The Condé garrison, once tallied at 1500 1800 men, now 4600 fit for service marches out with honors on July 13. Imperial troops occupy the fortress and publish a proclamation promising security, public order, and the dissolution of unapproved clubs and assemblies amid strict controls.
Report recounts intelligence from Admiral Garoner on the reduction of Pigeon Island aiding a siege before Martinico. Mentions St Ra soLbo’s actions near Argentiere, Barcelonette, and possible French pressure from two Allied fronts plus a fleet. Additional items note regiments from Cork to Fymouth, transports from Nova Scotia to Jamaica, and Prince Epward’s potential reassignment. Also lists Portuguese squadron officers and reports the Newmarket meeting’s poor turnout and Major Watterton’s death after wounds at Wexford.
On July 8 9 10 reports describe a French retreat after a brutal bombardment near Cofheim. German forces shelled the chapel and redoubts while surrounding the position. Hundreds of French were said killed or captured with prisoners sent to Frankfort and wounded thereafter.
The writer reports constant alarm from French patroles seen near Nieuwpoort in Flanders. Transports with Guards arrived but troops not yet disembarked. Part of the cavalry at Geelel seven miles away while the rest remain in the area. All are well.
A Cambridge landlady was convicted of keeping a disorderly house and sentenced to the pillory and 12 months in prison. The report notes sympathy for the poor and criticizes similar establishments, while recounting other court actions including breach of promise cases and various wartime and political items from the period.
Troops report slow but certain progress in the siege of Valenciennes as the third parallel expands with over 200 heavy guns. The town lies near ruins while besiegers push mines and new batteries. a temporary truce occurs for a woman and child to leave, water remains scarce, and combat continues with heavy firing on both sides.
On Saturday last an elegant entertainment was given at Oeller's Hott by the Citizens of Philadelphia to Citizen Genet minister plenipotentiary from the French Republic to the United States. Three tables were laid out with upwards of 200 persons present. The artillery fired 15 rounds at the first, eighth, and last toasts and three at every other. Several patriotic songs were sung and the Cap of Liberty with American and French colours led the procession. The evening ended in harmony.
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