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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 28, 1800
Page
4
The text records a dated dispatch from Downing Street concerning arms, ships, and ordnance stores at Leghorn, with references to various calibres and munitions, followed by a list of bankrupts and dividends with multiple names and addresses across London and surrounding counties.
The Evening Mail reports on Prussian troop movements and Hamburg occupation fears, plus Berlin and Paris diplomatic maneuvering. It cites the Prague Gazette and Bowar te, noting possible mediating peace efforts and proposed successors to Bonaparte. Also comments on Egyptian events and Greek uprisings with Kiprusad’s actions near Alexandria and Turkish transports.
The Bamburgh Mail, due last Wednesday, arrived this morning while the Foreign Journals contain nothing of importance.
Yesterday the royal party attended a church service at St George's Cathedral Windsor with the sermon by Rev Dr LawGroup. The King hunted with the Earl of Sawpwick and other nobles, deer driven toward Winkfield Plain before returning to Windsor. A supper of political intrigue follows as Berlin and Frankfurt tensions loom over the German states.
Hamburgie mail from Riga notes an embargo on English goods in port, with 70 items seized and potential spread to Russian ports. Vienna reports Austrian army mobilization toward Mantua while Russia presses for passage. Paffuan Oglou defeats the Porte’s forces near the frontiers of Weddin and threatens Walachia. Milan reports French troops under General Dupont advancing across the Po states, with proposed Montete feltro republic department. Hoffembrone blocks D Ancone to Urbin communication.
Report details multiple vessels captured or taken by privateers and naval forces during a 16th instant engagement. The British and allied ships including The Hero, True Britan, and Dawn are seized or retaken, with various prizes carried into Boulogne, Cuxhaven, Cairns, and Dominica, amid a widespread Atlantic naval activity near Dover and Gibraltar.
Portsmouth dispatch reports the Andromeda commanded by Captain Brapar making signal to convoy this morning bound for the West Indies. Weather and exact convoy details are not provided.
This item notes that on the current day the 64 gun ship Polyphemus, commanded by Captain Lawron, set sail from Sheerness for Yarmouth. The terse notice records royal seafaring movements in a period-appropriate tone.
Deal dated notice reports the Dart sloop of war and the armed cruiser Lord Duncad with a convoy sailing westward this morning from the river. Romney Cape Sir Home PuPHaM accompanied by the P2 for sloop of war followed shortly after in the same direction.
The fleet bound for Lifbert and Gibraltar moved along the road days ago and came to anchor at Yarmouth Roads due to a light wind. Part of the 6th battalion of the 60th regiment under Lieut Col Macluay embarked for Jamaica this morning, with another portion having sailed earlier. Dutch regiments in barracks have orders to prepare for embarkation to full rebel land.
Plymouth dispatch reports Amelia frigate from a cruise, Ambuscade and fynguard frigates sailed, Kinard fluop and other vessels involved in the cruise. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate naval movements and patrol activity.
A London society scene reports Lord Nelson and Admiral Gardner at top-drawer gatherings in St James's and Piccadilly, with naval promotions and a shift to Irish defense command. Widespread damage from a gale and a deadly earthquake tremor ripple through Holland and Brandenburg, wreckage washing ashore and homes crushed, plus prices and local distress across towns.
A fragmentary line implies a historic ads snippet or stock note noting officers, offers, and a penny price. The readable text fragment suggests a catalog or classifieds context with names or titles obscured by OCR errors, offering limited distinct entities or clear events.
Frayed OCR fragment mentions days and a numeric code 35065 with unclear events. No clear person, place, or organization identified. Summary focuses on fragmented schedule terms and recurring weekly references without concrete details.
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