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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 21, 1797
Page
2
The dispatch notes no new important items arriving by mail and cites a Hague correspondent reporting that intelligence about the Texel Fleet’s fate was expected daily. The message mentions Mr. Majea, a messenger from Petersburg, and remarks on the lack of further news.
A late 18th century gazette reports a Treasury Council in Whitehall debating Dutch East India ships, and a Bank advance on the Loyalty Loan with two payments due. It notes naval glory, a mutiny, colonial affairs, European negotiations, royal entries, and social gossip from Vienna to London with numerous named figures and places amid uncertainty.
July reports from The Hague indicate all interned troops have joined the armament and sailed under Admiral de Winer. A Commissioner of the Executive Power is aboard, awaiting destination. Uncertainty persists whether the force targets England, despite martial songs hinting at action against Great Britain. de Winer resigns after a dispute with General Daendels.
Rumor says the Prussian Majesty may tour Hamburgh during Pyrmont stay. Apartments at Ploen Holstein are prepared for Marquess La Fayette and family after their release. About 850 French citizens in the town wear cockades and plan a solemn revolution festival tomorrow.
From the VISTULA July 5 report Russian declarations on the Poland partition. A Petersburgh dated article promises mutual aid if any party is attacked. A Petersburgh note fixes a 1797 pension of 20,000 ducats to Potss Mayzsry. The abdication of Stanislaus Augustus of Poland is dated Grodndé November 25, 1795, signed by the king and Prince Kéziel& Puxyns.
Vienna notes indicate all trade is stalled in Venice as mercantile houses shift assets to Vienna, Augsburg, and Switzerland. Dispatches from the Marquess of Gaxxo spur long conferences over Italian affairs. Negotiations face difficulties, with French aims differing from peace preliminaries, though an amicable settlement is expected.
In Genoa the new government is acknowledged as liberty trees appear across the territory. Ex-nobles must return within ten days under a 10000 dollar penalty. Citizens with more than one musket must surrender excess arms at headquarters. Prisoners freed from pre May offences numbered 206. An ordnance threatened firing for those not returning within 24 hours, 168 complied. The Citizen President Doge dons a blue and white scarf.
A 26th declaration from M De Houm the Prussian minister asserts the loss of neutrality was a mistake and vows to defend threatened provinces with full force. Buonaparte urged to return church treasures. a Paris Assembly of Revolutionary victims’ families opens. Bow Street detainees Yates and Garnell charged with theft. traders note rising cost to wives marking civilization.
The 582 year old remains of King John were exposed during repairs at Worcester Cathedral. The ancient monarch lies in a stone coffin, five feet five inches tall, with teeth intact and bones unmoved. His left arm rests over his chest as his sword lay nearby. The body shows exceptional preservation for its age. King John died October 19, 1215 at Newark and was buried at Worcester Cathedral.
The Hope, belonging to Hull, was attacked on the evening of the 4th by a French privateer lugger armed with four guns and about 40 men. Captain Wise was wounded in the head and a crewman shot in the arm before Captain Wife steered aground on the Hanoverian side to avoid capture. The Whitby arrival reports 360 butts of blubber and 44 seal fins from Greenland.
A Charlestown letter dated June 6 reports an 18 day voyage from Port de Paix with news of an eight day embargo after General Toussaint moved on St Marc's with 70,000 men. The Spanish consul in New York notes the Havana port reopens to U S provisions for neutral bottoms for three months. In Dublin a box at the theatre saw God Save the King sung as hats were removed. the Chancellor’s hat was tossed into the pit. Lord Merrais hosts emigrant nobility at Dinnington Castle. Army reform includes powder use for health. A new Itchin bridge between Portsmouth and Southampton begins, architect Mr. Lister. Stewartstown violence erupts over Orange and Kerry militia tensions. Irish casualties include Kerry militiamen and Stewartstown locals. A ship, the Thomas, catches fire at Pickle Herring Chain but is saved by firemen. Stamford sessions punish a King George insult and a seduction case in Bradford yields a year in York jail. A Newgate prisoner pardoned after policy offences, Botany Bay plays entertain.
Reports from Admiral Parker and Vice Admiral Parker detail captures of French and Spanish privateers, prize vessels, and engagements in Carcatic Bay, Cape Clear, and Bahama Straits. Letters from Milton and Nepean note schooners, galleons, and armed vessels taken, with honors and losses among crew. Additional Dublin notices announce Ireland’s Post Matter General appointments and sugar price averages, plus surrender notices and early dividends.
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