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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 12, 1797
Page
2
Fragmented dispatches report royal visits at Windsor and St George Chapel, mutiny on board the Frigate and Dromedary, seizures of shipboard delegates, and arrests for treason. Venice and Genoa scenes show French advances, bank seizures, and preparations for large troop movements.
London dispatch reports ongoing mutiny at the Nore and on the Sandwich with divisions among delegates and crews. Admiralty refuses unconditional amnesty, water shortages worsen discontent, and proposals to move mutineers to a French port are rejected. Parker’s fate unclear as ships hoist red and Union flags amid tense naval standoff at Sheerness and the Nore.
A June report describes a deadly mine blast near Antwerp causing multiple deaths and notes about European politics. It cites payments, naval actions, prize ships, and Italian revolutionary leaders with references to L Eclair and Buonaparte's appointments. The dispatches discuss peace negotiations, passports for plenipotentiaries, and Danish Neapolitan Ottoman ministerial presentations.
A Vienna letter notes La Fayette, La Tour Maubourg, and Bureau du Puig remain not set free despite repeated claims. Provisions in Italy grow scarcer as corn and meal are sent from Hungary and Austria. Another dispatch from Trieste reports French success over Venice and Casimir’s troops entering Trieste with the encamped forces.
Italian dispatches sketch a violent crackdown with Counts Augulus Verita Atela and Malenza executed in Verona on the sixteenth for leadership in the recent insurrection. Reports claim the Bishop of Verona and three canons may be executed similarly. Montenegrins move ships and troops near Venice as French forces enter the city. The periodical Liberty Equality Virtue is cited. Venetian colors and titles shift. Buonaparte advances plans for Lombard or Transalpine Republic with a two-chamber directory. Unclear notes mention the Archduke Ferdinand and developments surrounding Milani Palace. A new Porte official, Effendi, travels to London.
Letters from Venice dated show a Manifesto of the New Municipality declaring amnesty for the past and offering annuities to ex nobles and their wives in privation. It promises indemnity for those harmed on May 12 and undertakes to pay Old Government debts. The Doce claims to have surrendered his dignity on the 14th and notes the Aristocratic Government is replaced by a Democracy.
Plymouth reports at six o clock in the evening that a line-of-battle ship of Lord Bripprort s fleet, likely the Minotaur, has come to in Cawland Bay. A large Danish vessel from Portsmouth arrives with about 300 Spanish prisoners aboard, en route to Cadiz.
Lawsuit by James Jones and Thomas Elstor surviving partners of Robert Smith deceased to recover 67 pounds 1 shilling 5 pence from Machell. Dispute centers on a West Indies firm of Smith Jones Elliott at Port Royal Martinique and Dominica after 1784 debts and trade between parties. Arbitration by two jurymen agreed to resolve complex partnership claims and accounting.
Mr Lone, a Woolwich baker, secured a verdict of 1 shilling against a neighbor after the neighbor’s wife accused him of selling underweight bread. The case centers on a small civil dispute over a disputed loaf weight and monetary penalty.
Reported yesterday a plan by desperate villains to blow up the Repubican of war was discovered. thirty five suspects were captured and sent ashore at Tilbury Fort. The dispatch includes remarks on politics, fashion, and local arrests for hair powder certificates. The George and Mary sailed to Leith, reporting Neptune wreck concerns after heavy seas.
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