French Fleet Off Neath? Inconclusive Fragment
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 12, 1796
Page
2
Passport demand and Franco British tensions in 1790s politics
Reports from London note Marquis de Las Casas pressing for a passport to quit England, with officials aiming to avoid widening the Franco-Spanish breach. News recounts ministerial efforts for calm, a ceremonial visit by Lord and Lady Grenville, and expected arrivals of passports and naval detachments as contention plays out amid Proclamation debates and commercial dispatches from Corfu and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis Degas Casas
England
Spain
Kingdom
M. de Las Casas
Naples
Venice
Grenville
Coruzna
Paris
Abercrombie
Scotland
West Indies
Bueu
Parker
Goormese
France
Paus VI
Rome
Kane
Johnson
Theatre Covent Garden Hamlet season review opens strong
The Covent Garden Theatre opened the season with Hamlet, praised for the cast and the kingly presence but critiqued for Hamlet's portrayal. Alterations aim to improve audience comfort, expanding boxes and entrances while balancing scenic art and accessibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Rofeius
Afopus
Stentor
Covent Garden
Bow-street
Detained travelers drift to Cowes as winds delay Naples voyage
Mr Lamston Lady Ann and family seek calmer seas after grounding near Erith Reach on the Thames and anchoring at Cowes Isle of Wight. Their delay reflects the voyage’s peril amid late sown seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasrines
Teignmouth
Ticken
Worthinxcton
Lord Manshetp
Southampton
Brighton
Thelivsson
Tuellusson
Parry
India
Thellusson
John Vaucuan
West Indies
Plymouth
Minotaur
Chudleigh
Ships and Missionaries Sailors Fail To Embark
Portsmouth reports a late 18th century incident as the Mediterranean ships Gulfward bound with a missionary voyage to Otahite and other Pacific islands, the Unicorn frigate under Captain Williams and the cutter brig under Lieutenant Columbine failed to depart on a cruise yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otahéite
Pacific Ocean
Unicorn
Williams
Columbine
Mutineer Guristran on Bounty and escape to South America
A long account from Cadiz by Guristran details the mutiny on the HMS Bounty, the seizure of Captain Bligh, and subsequent voyage to Juan Fernandez, with shipwreck while rescuing a Chilean official, ending in his lucrative role under the Spanish in South America. The report also covers local court actions, market prices, robberies, coroner inquest, and notes on various parish and market incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guristran
Bounty
England
South America
Cadiz
Bilis
Bligh
Otaheite
Old England
Captain Bligh
Christian
Loyal Wakefield Volunteers Offer Service to Crown
The Independent Corps of Royal Wakefield Volunteers pledge loyalty to the King and Constitution, condemn invasion threats, and offer to extend their defence beyond Wakefield if the Crown requires, under Captain J Naylor, dated September 8, 1796.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Wakefield
Jer. Naylor
Grenadiers
Wakefield
Colossal Beacon Observatory Planned at Fonthill
Salisbury reports William Beckford plans a grand tower on Steps Beacon near Fonthill. The structure would rise 280 feet with a lantern visible up to 80 miles, an observatory offering safe ascent and descent, and scale to employ hundreds of locals for nearly ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
William Beckford
Fonthill
Corn Excuance Market Report from Monday Sale
A rough memo notes English wheat in short supply with heavy sale and price drops to 9 8 per quarter, barley steady, oats plentiful, and beans and peas selling slowly at varied prices. Current prices list wheat 46s-65s, rye 20s-24s, barley 23s-31s, malt 37s- and hog peas 28s, total fifty thousand quarters sold with average value about 445 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham
Brooks
Emberton
S. Newman
Simpton
William Eggar
Hill Farm
Bently
Hants
Eggar
Knight
Coxbridge
Thomas Miller
Froyle
Winchester
Salisbury
Devizes
Bartley
Warminster
Wells
Shepton’ Mallet
Putney
Hare-Dean
Barle
Lowe
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Baker-street
Mon‘roe
M. Baxthelemy
Bailey
Pam
London
Genoa
Ami Des Loix
Executivi Directory
Portucar
Scuerer
Empire
Louis d’Ors
Houfekgeperg
Covent-Garben
Hambit
Zoran
Harleys
Macktapy
Hamlet
Pore
Ship News
Portsmouth
Wilderness-lane
Salisbury-court
Harlow
Bath Fair
Essex
Barnet
Hannay Watt
Edinburgh
Correttion
Prisour
Ednétdiy
Morpeth
Humberland
David Moffatt
Chillingham
Fengather
Creedlane
Tooting
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