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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 16, 1798
Page
4
Fragmented dispatch urges Swiss and French alliance support, praising bravery and urging citizens to prepare to defend liberty. Aimed at strengthening ties with the Helvetic Republic, the letter invites readiness for joint action against common enemies and stresses shared revolutionary ideals. Signed by SCHAVENBOURG.
Reports describe King of Naples urging Italian states to unite against France as Neapolitan fleets near Rome, while Napolitan declarations and French movements influence the balance of power. Dispatches note naval actions, rumored transports burned near Alexandria, and Turkish-Russian forces shaping the continental conflict.
Letters from Genoa report an insurrection in the Corfu area with French forces retreating to a fort after burning three Venetian warships. News from Naples mentions a Turkish corvette arriving and French garrisons strengthening at Bastia and Berne. Helvetic reports Austrian troops in the Grison area, while Brussels notes Brabant ferment. The piece discusses Leoben preliminaries blame and Emperor’s choices, plus potential gains from Mantua, Pechiera, Corfu, and Dalmatia.
Letters to a mercantile house in Turkey trade detail dispatches from Commodore Hoop, sickness in Buonaparte’s army, and French retreat in Egypt. Buonaparte at Cairo with 15,000 men, Mameluks and Bedouins fighting, discipline lacking, expecting Egyptian liberation. Corfu strong. possible Turkish and Russian fleet actions nearby. Uncertain Paswan Octvu status.
The news item reports a large ship found drifting at Hasbro Stands later identified as the Louisa tug or a frigate from Norway to London. Nine crewmen landed at Winterton while the captain and rest stay aboard a coal smack hoping to salvage materials. Other vessels mentioned include Mary Stuart from America and Neptune, Kangaroo, Nymph, and Argus. Portmouth arrivals include a Danish frigate from St Thomas and Copenhagen with Constance fleet heading to the River.
All descriptions of persons will be gratified to learn that a speedy and general promotion is to take place in our naval and military departments. Each Admiral of the junior orders is to get a step, while captains are added to the list of Rear-Admirals including David Graves and several notable names. The Dublin Evening Post reports Curran and Johnson seeking Habeas Corpus in Font matter. Tone notes Wolfe Tone execution concerns and Drury Lane appearance. A carriage incident at Reed-hill ends with thieves returning the pocket book after stealing five guineas.
A fragment lists marriages and betrothals across domains from Calcutta to London. Entries include Richard Wm Wales of Northamptonshire to Jane Eligyi mnkin. Captain Robert Torin of the Coutts East Indiaman to Miss West. Seth Thompson to Miss Melland. Captain Erskine to Elizabeth Erskine. Lady Elizabeth Montague to Earl Home. Nathaniel Winter to Miss Pitcher. and Martin William Brown Folkes, with additional financial and Royal Bank notices. The piece reads as a miscellany of society matches and financial references, typical of late 18th century notices.
Fragmentary OCR shows a notice attributing printing or publishing actions to Perxrepty Jr. Walter and Jon Paritana Hovee Scuarn Brack Waland, with publication by J. Bonsor at Salisbury Square and an office in Blackfriars. Communications to the paper should be directed to the printers.
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