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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 29, 1798
Page
3
The letter recounts HMS Anson under Admiral Dursam engaging La Loire near Nantes after separation from Warren's squadron. Details include damage to La Loire, casualties, and a commendation of officers and crew led by Captain Joseph Peyton, with mentions of captured prizes and stores aboard.
A fierce hurricane on Tuesday the 25th struck Halifax, driving vessels ashore, wrecking wharfs, and flooding the harbor. The Penelope, Liberty, and other ships suffered damage while cargoes were ruined. one unidentified gentleman perished. Despite extensive destruction, few lives were lost and recovery efforts began, with damages estimated around 100,000 pounds.
Two impressed seamen from the Fy sloop off Worthing attempted to swim to More to escape last week. Both sailors drowned in the perilous crossing, authorities report.
The Crown news reports a Cork court martial finding Lieut Bowen guilty of desertion and dismissing him, while Colonel Lord Kines Boxduck is acquitted on all charges. The proceedings condemn the prosecution as malicious and frivolous. News also notes artillery arrivals from Bantry to the Ordnance Stores, a suspected mass Protestant massacre rumor, and coins and bank note concerns.
The Londonderry Journal reports further details of Sir John B Warren's squadron engagement with the French fleet off Mayo in October. Amelia, Erbalin, Magnanime, Canada, Robustus, and Anson aided in the chase. Robustus struck Canada to end French pursuit. Warren pursued the remaining ships as night fell on October 11 into the 12th.
The frigate, disabled yet still fighting, engaged five enemy ships then held three on her at once for a long stretch. Sir J Warren signaled to seize three French frigates, pursuing the rest westward with the Fow regain for 36 hours. The French jettisoned arm belts, masts, and boats to lighten, while papers and wheels floated away. Warren’s squadron returned to Lough Fwilly to rendezvous, winds forcing prizes to drift. The Hecke, battered, was sighted north of Scotland, and Foudroyant returned to Lough Fwilly with Canada and Mermaid. Sir John Warren and the squadron’s commander visited Neon's after arrival in port.
A Batavian Convention decree prohibits all British manufactures, merchandize, and produce entering Batavian ports from October 31, 1798. The measure adds that goods from British ports or shipped via indirect routes face confiscation for public use, with penalties including banishment for officials and violators who fail to declare imports within 24 hours.
Sporting Intelligence reports odds and results from the Oatlands Stakes of Dogs with entries from Grasvenor Lady Poll Grey Pilot Rattle Paynator and Clermont in various sweeps. Details include weights, draw positions, forfeit outcomes, and notable winners such as Scherloni and Sober Robin across events titled Across the Flat and First half of Ab. M. ogs with final betting odds and placings.
A fragmented OCR line appears to reference a date October 28 and figures 1,397,743 and 28,764. The readable content mentions voluntary actions and financial totals but lacks coherent context or identifiable entities.
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