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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 20, 1796
Page
4
The Hamburg mail arrives with dispatches on French successes in Italy and on the Upper Rhine. It notes Austrian and Bavarian movements toward Mantua and Franckfort, Kleber’s advances, and fears of invasion of Brisgau. Also details the Triton’s capture and the killings on board, and reports Captain Gardner parting from the Jupiter convoy off Cape Verd.
A Baltic report recounts the capture and massacre aboard the Triton East Indiaman at Balafore Road on January 29 by about twenty five French pirates from the Méndette. Captain Burnyeate, Lieutenants Hodgson and Pickett, with officers and crew, were slain or wounded. survivors transferred to the Diana, while others were mutilated and looted. The event prompted wider notices in Bengal.
The Duchess of York was confirmed at Kingston Church by the Bishop of Wixchester. A Court of Directors met at the East India House then adjourned. Letters from Gibraltar and Italy report transports reaching the garrison, with the 37th regiment aboard. Government plans reinforce Gibraltar as stores and timber arrive for fortifications. Rumors whirl about negotiations and invasions, but experts doubt immediate hostilities. Sir Sydney Smith and Mortson figures are discussed amid Franco-Austrian maneuvers in Europe.
The Leyden Gazette notes a convention seeking new and extraordinary powers. The report implies upcoming political action but provides limited details on the scope or actors involved.
A list of vessels taken and carried into Aux Cayes and Algiers, including The Sally, Betsey, Polly Batton, Six Brothers Waterhouse, Freeport Poll, and others bound for Jamaica, New York, or Havannah. Ships, privateers, and a Dane Hoffnung are noted as captured. the Hope sinks. Portsmouth June 1706 reports Grand Falcon dispatches and a detailed funeral procession plan for Admiral Sir John Larorey with processional order, guards, bands, and half mast flags at Spithead and Portsmouth.
Disjointed OCR reads with names like Augustenburg and Blandford, references to Hamburg, Wind, Indiamen, and vessels such as Prescott and Cushell. Mentions sailing on a river and arrival notes with scattered port and ship names. Overall indicates a damaged maritime fragment listing ships, origins, and routes without clear narrative.
An OCR fragment lists names and titles in a June date, mentioning CURWen GRAHAM, FL Vang, KNUBLEY, Colonel Mori TOOMERY, Younger, Of Cousfeld, with unclear roles. The text is incomplete and reads like a partial civic or military roster item from a historical publication.
A report indicates eight French and Dutch frigates in the North Seas with other inferior vessels led by Bozex of the Republican. The description notes vigilantly cruising ships and a rising threat, while mentions of a sheriff and division suggest ongoing maritime tensions and separations among forces.
An 18th century medical notice touts a dispensary and praises a preparation named SpirsRung's Antiscore Tic Drops as a cure for gout scurvy rheumatism and associated debility. It claims relief from nerve relaxation and lists sale prices in shillings for bottles.
A column notes multiple marriages and obituaries. James Hill of Cheapside weds Miss Mason of the Femesiiace. Wi Veel of Coteswold House weds Miss Sarah Hantley. Kensington’s Waa Bradley weds Miss Thompson. Charles Baily weds Mrs McLachlan. Henry Shepherd weds Miss Ann Hall. Died: Guy Warwick, long-time Snowhill grocer. William Brightwell Sumner of Hatchland. Rev Henry Colfton of Alford. Capt Maude of the Royal Navy. Mrs Anne Bickersteth of Burton, aged 102. Funeral notices follow for Bath and local districts.
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