Admiral Panxer captures Spanish merchantmen in convoy
Evening Mail reports Admiral Sir Peter Panxer's squadron capturing five rich Spanish merchant ships from Vera Cruz to the Havannah. Mr. O'Connor arrives in town from Maidstone under King's Messengers guard, staying at Mr. Marin's Charles Street house until a warrant for Ireland is issued. Binns, Allen, and Leary were released before O'Connor's removal.
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Peter Panxer
Vera Cruz
Havannah
O’connor
Maidstone
Mesfis
Maon
Wagafé
Hooper
Rivett
Fugion
Marin
Charles Street
Ireland
Binns
Allen
Leary
Liberty
Mr. O’connor
Yarmouth
Sir R. Oxstow
Monarth
Ganges
Belliqueux
Dire For
Veteran
Glatton
Scorpidx
Falouse
Rofe
Hazard
Holland
Lancaster
Ardent
Cobourg
Prince of Wales Packet
Lowestoff
Lionen Coxtrey
Colonel Crew
Waynne
Basser
Evening Dispatch from Falmouth and London Gleanings
A mail from Jamaica via Grantham reports Cape Nicola Mole in 50 days. Royal events include a Queen's Drawing room and Hyde Park Guards review with Royal salute. News covers Lord O’Conor and trial details, naval actions, and the destruction of the Bruges Ostend Grand Canal source. Claims on Napoleonic diplomacy and Neapolitan intrigues follow, with critique of Austrian Cabinet subservience. The notable naval operation Woolverene’s success near Ostend and its praise by Lord Isen c is highlighted along with gun-vessel performance and weather-impacted embarkation outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamatica
Falmouth
Grantham
Buxt
Cape Nicola Mole
St.James’s Palace
Kive
1St Regiment of Guards
Duke of Gloucester
Hyde Park
Prince of Wares
Duke of York
Prince Ernest
D’orley
Prince of
Murphy
Thomas-{treet
Ryan
Yeoman Corps
Alderman Swan
Faulkner
Newgate
Plimouth Tates
Royal George
Iragons
Sueexrpan
Mr. S
O’connor
O’convox
Buczer
Rocce O'Connor
Rhine
Paris
Ostenp
England
Flanders
Bruges
Ostend
Ghent
Scheldt
Antwerp
Fluhing
Middleburg
Zealand
Rotterdam
Isenc
Woolverene
Escape of Sir Sydney Smith and companion reported
The Paris Journals note an attempted escape of Sir Sydney Smith and Mr. Wincut. A forged ministerial signature enabled guards to remove them from the Temple, with four impostors posing as National Guards. The plan succeeded unseen until May, then Smith was beyond the Republic’s reach, details later traced to Honfleur and England.
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Wincut
Paris
Uji
Sydney Smits
Wiercur
National Guards
Sydney
Republic
Honfleur
Sir Sydney
England
Misrepresentations on O Connor detention and wartime notes
The report condemns misrepresentations around Arthur O Connor detention and asks what new treason charge follows acquittal. It notes Ireland’s recent events, O Connor’s bail forfeiture for nonappearance, and recalls prosecutions of the Press proprietor. It also mentions Col Fines’s improving condition, Col Hety’s valor, and a forced expedition involving troops, miners, stores, and gunpowder to Bruges Canal.
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Arthur O’connor
Ireland
O’connor
Paine
Fines
Col. Hety
Offend
Bruges
Joan Heathcote
Ripon
County of York
George Allanson Wynn
Lord Headley
Kingdom of Ireland
Ship News From May Passage Through British Ports
Reports of multiple captures and retakes by French privateers and British naval forces. Vessels including The Haye Buncher Thefannah Bell Jemima Seafower and several others are taken carried into ports such as Vigo Antigua Bourdeaux and Nokland. Plymouth Yarmouth Milford Portsmouth and Deal notices detail convoys ships and crew movements with admiralty actions and local arrivals.
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Haye
Buncher
Cape of Good Hope
Lon ‘Don
Weymouth
Jersey
Dartmouth
Fannah
Bell
Marypore
North Sea
Carrie
Christiansand
London
Lisbon
Vigo
Defhon
Savannah
Polly
Tufts
Carlton
Jamaica
Glasgow
Bremen
Lonon
Fortuna
Portugal
Bourdeaux
China
Philadelphia
Antigua
Hull
Rotterdam
Gebroeders
Jan Jacobs
Newcastle
Embden
Wikland
Oporto
Pennant
Nantes
Married at St Marys Newington in an Anglican ceremony
Yesterday at St Marys Newington the marriage of George Vanderzee Esquire of the Middle Temple to Miss Hammond daughter of the late G D Hammond of Lawling Hall Essex was conducted by Rev H B Duciey. Also reported were the death of shipbuilder Mr Robert Mellishy of Limehouse and a note from Newstead Abbey Northamptonshire about Lord Byron.
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St. Mary’s, Newington
H. B Duciey
George Vanderzee
Middle Temple
Miss Hammond
G. D. Hammond
Lawling Hall
Essex
Robert Mellishy
Limehouse
Newstead Abbey
Northamptonshire
Lord Yron
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Tleber
Parliamentary Intelligence
House OF Lords
Tavasvay
House OF Commons
Taurspay
Evening Mail
Postscript
Pruppen
Kitty
Liverpool
Martinique
Mona
Parr
America
Vengeance
Rastadt
Caffel
Kehl
Huninguen
Baron Tuuaur
Directory
Campo Formio
Vienna
Europe
Department For Foreign Affairs
Count Cozentzen
Rastadr
Bernaporte
Baron Thucurt
France
Naples
Biron Taucut
Cabinet of
House of Austria
Sir Sydney Smith
Spars
Legion of Bourbon
Spain
Majoreau
Canary Islands
Duke of Avaay
Louis XVIII
Madrid
Duchess de Pr EwNk
Hailbron
Germany
Hamburgh
Neckar
Alderman Promer
Guildhall
King Street
Cheapside
Whitecross-street
Brighton
Mackarel
Ship News
Plymouth
Repal George
Demetri
Cawland Bay
Aymer
Aeer
Porbay
Milford
Lord Millgrave
Lard
Portsmouth
Lieute Sparkes
Sir R. Stranan
Havre
Cork
Deal
Sophia
Dorothea
Marks
Charlotta Carolina
Stralsund
Maria
Bruton
Britannia
Towers
Copenhagen
Walter
J. Walter
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