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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 01, 1799
Page
2
The document outlines ongoing regional rebellion, rising brigandage, and the need to expand forces led by General Vandamme. It discusses delaying law execution, preserving public safety, and organizing officers. It reports decisive Army successes, a capitulation favoring the Republic, and anticipated reinforcement to end the war.
London dispatch notes the King hunting with the Harriers at Maidenhead, princes arriving from Holland, and the Prince of Wales visiting Petworth. Government plans to defend Hamburg with English troops are reported, while English boatmen, carpenters, and militia units are mobilized. Brest squadron and Irish unrest cited amid Franco-British tension.
Reports recount ships arriving at the Motherbank and Downs with troops, including Monarch and Zohrvereile frigates, Prince of Wales Packet, and several Guards regiments. A French privateer attacked a brig near the harbour, while Moorish danger leads to quarantine efforts. Buonaparte’s arrival joy spreads as transports sail with horses and dignitaries to the Helder.
Miss Frecprwc travels for health from Lady Caartorre Fiscu to Bristol and Bath for waters. Reports state Lord Hucy Szymovun’s servant died of yellow fever at Surinam, with his lordship’s health unfavourable. Kosciusco directs a new Polish corps in Paris under the Directory. General Dagwarts, son of a Harrem Burgomaster, led Dutch revolution efforts in 1787 and 1794-95, later commanding the Batavian Legion and Dutch army. Bristol Quarter Sessions condemn Z. P. Mansell and co. to 14 years transport for theft from Messrs. Buncough and Palmer.
A second-night performance of Management a new comedy by Mr Reynoxps at Covent Garden Theatre features Captain Lavishi and Juliana among a lively cast led by Mrs Dazzle and Sir Hervey Sutherland. The plot centers on infidelity, inheritance schemes, and reconciliation, with Captain Lawish as a notable character. Critics praise wit humor natural sentiment and dramatic incidents, predicting enduring popularity for Mr Reynolds's work.
Testimony recounts the Lottery cutter incident off Dartmouth and Start Point on May 18. Defendants Barret Marks Foster Searle Bentham face charges for firing on Custom House officers and resisting seizure. Jury acquits all except two theft cases involving a lamb and a goose with related items.
On a Wednesday fornight at Coalpost near the Tron Bridge Shropshire a passage boat carrying 435 workers from Rose and Co China Manufactory sank as it crossed the Severn due to inattention. Fourteen men and boys and one woman and girl died leaving many bereaved including two women each with a daughter among the dead and among the survivors were three sisters and a brother and sister. Also Radway Warwickshire saw Miss Banecourt and her maid suffocated by noxious fumes from burning coke in a recently plastered room. A new road is planned from Bit to Frome to shorten the journey and ascend fewer sharp hills.
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