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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 29, 1793
Page
2
Prices of stocks at one o'clock show several items with varied yields. Navy bills, Exchequer Bills, and several bonds trade with notable percentages and diffferentials.
Letters from the lead Quarters of the British Army in Famars opposite Valenciennes dated the 27th report little action since Sunday. Shells have fallen into Valenciennes but trenches remain unopened. Letters indicate the bombardment was expected to commence in forma on the previous night.
The French Executive Council orders cannon from Doray to Paris to bolster defense if the Counter-Revolutionists advance along the Loire. Reports claim Valenciennes garrison was not taken. fires at Famars and Strahoung engagements show tensions between French royalists and national troops amid wider war.
Maj Genets Houchard takes command of the army of the Mozelle while Kellerman heads the army of the interior until Byron arrives. General Boulanger’s appointment to succeed Samterre faces strong Sections opposition, seen as an infringement of their rights.
A large armed mob attacked the house of Mr Tennison in Roscommon and attacked enrollment officers for a county ballot. Lives were sacrificed due to obstinacy and outrages. troops are ordered to Roscommon to aid civil power in restoring order.
The French Gazette reports M. de Saint Croix, sent as French Minister to Constantinople, was seized with his retinue by the Bathaw of Bosnia. The alleged crime was wearing the red copy and mounting the tri coloured cockade throughout his journey. Boulanger resigns the National Guard command. The National Convention suffers frequent interruptions as Tribunes insult representatives and face potential sovereignty challenges.
May 22 reports say a great Revolution has been operated in Marseilles. The Section, now dominant by night and day, holds a decisive majority and many opponents have fled to Solon. A large number of arrests followed as extraordinary couriers are sent from Bourges and Meaux. The move aims to exploit internal divisions more than external military progress.
The prisoner, found in female attire near Kensington Gardens, was observed behaving indecently and was detained after crossing to the Serpentine River. He was identified as a member of an infamous club previously reported in Clement’s Lane and committed for re-examination.
Last night the Earl Howe arrived aboard the Queen Charlotte and hoisted the Union Flag at the main top as Commander in Chief. The Thalia towed into Plymouth the French East Indiaman taken by a London privateer and a lugger privateer bound for Guernsey. Monday the ship Regulus, a 44 gun vessel, was commissioned here with Captain Bowater in command.
Arrived are His Majesty s ships Syren and Orestes from the Eastward and sail again for a convoy to the westward. The 32 gun Alarm signals a convoy expected to sail tonight or tomorrow morning. Perseus sloop with 24 guns and the Naimbanachooner head for London and the Coast of Africa. Firepot for the camp near Buckland Down fixed. army surveyors map the ground. The camp should be ready for troops by the end of next month.
Portsmout h May 29 This forenoon arrived his Majesty's frigate Circe Capt Yorke from a cruize She brought in with her a French schooner privateer of 10 guns The Circe has taken two other prizes a hip and a brig both French privateers who are not yet come up May 30 Arrived the Mayflower Hitchener from Waterford Sailed out of harbour the Sceptre man of war to Spithead The Latona frigate has taken Le Rufe Privateer with ten carriage guns and sent into Portsmouth.
The column lists theater bills including Albi in the Wrong and The Haunted Tower with Deaf Lover plus As You Like It and The Rivals and The Farmer. It records advancements and deaths including Thomas Attwood formerly chief judge of Dominica and Bahamas and the York Lord Mayor Wr Liddell in his 72nd year.
The May schedule lists ships arriving at Falmouth from Portsmouth Speakman Fudge and from Swansea Ellis and from Cowes Dunn. The Dover bound Trende Sotkende Thomson to Christiansand sails May 29. Cumberland Atlantic Swan remain with convoy under Admiral Macbride. Fanny for St Kitts and other vessels in the Downs. A large Westward convoy, the Brilliant frigate and Trial cutter, accompany ships including Atlantic from Botany Bay. Elizabeth Dublin and George and Francis Hatking bound for Falmouth. Prices and stocks figures close the report.
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