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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 02, 1798
Page
2
Their lordships heard counsel in the Scotch appeal of Janes Robertson of Lundie and the Duke of Athol, affirmed the Court of Session decree, and noted bills on the table were advanced before adjourning.
The session reports orders to read the Scotch Militia and Tea Duty Bills for a third time, passage of the Alien and Militia Regulation Bills, and debates on the Newfoundland fisheries and land tax. Notices include investigations into Lord Onslow’s conduct, plans to prohibit the slave trade’s extension, and committee sittings. Adjournment follows with petitions to be considered next day.
London reports say a Court of Directors met at the East India House where the extra ship Overley was stationed for Madras. A court adjourned at six. Rumors of a Spanish fleet meeting Earl y 7 Vincent circulate, but no official Admiralty alert yet. Observers expect possible news from Lord Vincent soon.
The Brave from London to Gibraltar is captured and taken to Algeziras. The Zephyr from Hall to New York is seized by a privateer off Bridlington. The Jenny from Leith to Copenhagen is run down by a Prussian vessel near the Anton. Several ships from Shields and Sunderland are captured in the North Sea by a privateer and carried to North Bergen. The Goederhenrih from Liverpool to Bremen is taken to Amsterdam. The Mary and Betty from Limerick to Lisbon is captured by La Concorde frigate The Fortitude. Knight from Bermuda to London is taken to St Sebastian's by a French privateer.
An officer's letter from Plymouth recalls a brutal encounter between Mars and Hercules. It notes heavy damage to Hercules and heavy losses, with at least twenty men left adrift as Marines fought. A Boatswain’s Mate narrowly escaped a fatal thrust from a French captain, drawing a fierce naval response and lasting scars.
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