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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 11, 1796
Page
3
A discussion notes a summons related to a complaint and custody order not enforced. Mr Tierney argues sufficient evidence existed to substantiate the petition without the unnamed person, avoiding ill consequences from non attendance. Lord Belgrave seeks permission to adjourn the matter to Monday the twenty eighth.
At the Court of King's Bench Lord Exhollow presided as counsel for about two hours in a dispute between a stable-keeper and a Colonel in the Army. The Colonel hired two coach horses and a saddle horse to Brighton in September 1795 at a Guinea per horse per week plus board. He anticipated needing them for a month or six weeks, depending on health, and retained them beyond one week. The jury found for the plaintiff for 31 9s, plus money already paid into court, covering hire for a fortnight at a Guinea per week.
An arm bearing privateer boarded a vessel carrying horses from America and ransacked letters. Captain Church reportedly threw all papers overboard. News notes vessels bound for Jamaica and St Domingo, with a convoy from Cork, sighted near windward, part of a fleet under Adventure.
Fragmentary report notes a schooner of six carriage guns capturing a vessel off Martinico. On board were 30 pioneers, mostly Barbadians, with only two Frenchmen among a largely English and Spanish crew from Saint Thomas.
Reports from Smarbadoes note no new intelligence this week from neighbouring islands or America. Arrivals show no substantial items except a high importance update about fidur and dollars. Three signals are flying at Fort Charles awaiting two packets from England.
Fragmentary accounts from Grenada describe two of Fedon's brothers captured and executed. Fedon allegedly escaped by leaping a precipice. A nearby boy, brought in daft on Thursday, broke a leg amid the turmoil. The feond command on the island has also been taken.
An officer on Windsor Castle reports a dramatic Mediterranean chase near Cape de Gatte and near capture by the Spanish fleet. He mentions 23 large ships, a dragged pursuit of 250 miles, 48 hours at quarters, and two transports left behind. The British force totals 28 ships of the line, eight three-deckers, 25 frigates, and 11 sloops, with orders to accelerate boats and rope-making work.
Reports describe the Republican army of the Rhine and Moselle advancing briskly with heavy artillery and preemptive actions. French forces concentrate near Mentz while General Herze returns from Alsace after successful operations at Germersheim. Nuremberg notes seek action against Senate members for constitutional violations. Unconfirmed reports claim Austrians seized Coblentz.
Vienna reports Rome and the Ecclesiastical State mobilize with zeal against the French, denouncing peace terms as insulting. Citizens demand war, while rumors say two French undertakings falter as mobilizations rise in Modena and Piedmont. a French detachment is said destroyed in the Saluzzo valley.
The Batavian ministers at Paris have received instructions for negotiations begun between Lord Malmesbury and the French Directory. The dispatch sets the stage for diplomatic talks and outlines the expected framework of discussion.
In Constantinople on September 25 Captain Paera entered in state with two Maltese privateers captured, their crews subdued. A large crowd greeted the conqueror and the Sultans honors were shown. Prisoners include a commander and two Knights of Malta. Armaments are laid aside after Sweden’s political shift. Muradji, Swedish Chargé d Affaires, faces censure. Grand Vizier witnessed a French-ordered drill of Ottoman troops. performances elicited laughter and displeasure from the Sultan and state officers. Political observers note trends.
Fragmentary remarks attribute the friction to the Ottoman Ministry’s view of the French Republic’s public dealings, noting complaints about Republican conduct toward neutrals and fears of similar treatment. The discourse questions why bulletins of victories are met with indifference by the Ministry.
Cadiz reports movement of the Spanish army with encampments near Gibraltar and a new camp at Badajoz. War Office busy as a commerce treaty with France is negotiated. The Gagillardo and Arrogance ships sail with 4000 soldiers to Carthagens in South America aboard the Helena frigate carrying the Viceroy. A Spanish squadron of four ships of the line and five frigates sails with troops to American seas in coordination with Admiral Richery’s French fleet, sending frigates and royal corvettes to Trans Atlantic governors.
Vienna despatches recount General Wurmser’s forces defeating French troops at Mantua in late September and early October. Austrian foragers collected spoils from the French retreat toward Verona, while failed French operations around the city provoked renewed Austrian pressure. General Palmer’s rally was repulsed and the garrison endured continued assaults with notable losses on both sides.
Oct 20 reports Morzau’s retreating forces nearing Swiss frontiers. Berne and Basle dispatch troops, 15,000 from Berne head to the frontier. other cantons follow. French in la Valais suffer uprisings. 600 Republicans defeated. Morgan’s rear guard, 6000, beset by Austrians in Swabia. French retreat endangered. threatens Swiss ground. Austrians push toward Rheinfelden as Mulheim action follows. French remains to guard Huninguen bridge.
Strasbourg dispatch notes many Kehl houses torn down to strengthen defenses while troops retreat from flooded out-works. Austrian forces press forward but are repelled by artillery fire as they occupy Star Redoubt. Ferino’s baggage escort blamed for abuses in Forest Towns as Austrians raid toward Saverne and Rhine ships at Neuburg. reinforcements keep arriving.
A fragmented report notes that 4100 Austrian prisoners arrived here recently. Also mentioned are forces under Landau and a disrupted erect communication, with references to 10,600 men and German terms blurred by OCR.
The Paris and London political scene is sketched as the French Directory seeks peace terms while Naples advances its alliance with the Papal See. News from Rome notes the Neapolitan ambassador’s audience and cabinet talks. Military moves include eight thousand frontier troops moving toward the Rhine.
Italy reports a treaty between Naples and Po r e outlining payments of 30 000 and a Naples advance to pore territory. Troops to be maintained by both parties and French-occupied forts to be surrendered if retaken. After a separate Napolitan French peace, outcomes of the Naples Po r e accord remain to be seen.
A Neapolitan courier allegedly informs Archduke Charles that 303000 Neapolitan troops have crossed into Papal lands. Wurmser’s fortress on the seventh caused French losses described as very heavy. French ammunition waggons magazines and chests were captured. General Arvindy with his army reportedly entered Venetian territory.
Reports from Manheim indicate Austrian forces under General Svarray moved toward Schwetzingen en route to Kehl as Moreau pushes from Kinzig toward Austrian lines. French incursions at Lautern failed to secure a contribution, while Austrian Latour and Ancupuxe prepare against Moreau near Kehl. Quosdanovich is in Italy with detachments joining Landau quarters for five battalions and 300 artillerymen.
In October reports from Mantua detail a successful explosion of the enemy’s powder magazine in the Vigilian Buildings at the Gate of Ceresa. Austrian forces under Mitrovesky advance into Venetian territory, while French captainries capture enemy stores. Trieste hosts arrivals including General Alezazy and English frigates. Mantuan sortie on the 7th seizes 13 cannons, ammunition, stores, and over 200 bullocks.
From the Valley of Ehrenbreitstein dated Oct 22, Austrian and German forces crossed the Rhine at multiple points and attacked French positions from St Goar to Linz. The assault intensified with a large force storming Petersberg works, but by 3 o'clock they began to retreat, taking many prisoners as they pulled back to the right bank.
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