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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 11, 1780
Page
3
A courier from Copenhagen on September 23 brings Her Majesty's ratification of a treaty between the Empress and a Plonarch regarding neutral rights. The sound hosts three English frigates, one show, three cutters, 46 mercantile ships, and 93 other vessels of various nations.
Muffled shipping notice lists voyages and arrivals. Wind directions noted. Vessels Constant Good Intent Christian Neath Hazard Lewes Wilford AvR RIV D Aberdeen Bathia Walker Gottenburgh Dover Dolphin Barrell Dublin Contentment Bancroft Archangel Liverpool.
London X. yesterday morning Colonel St George arrived from New York with dispatches from the Commander in Chief. They reveal Arnold plotting to join Clinton and turn rebel forces to the British side, with plans to bring many to the British. Major Sinclair was betrayed and hanged. Arnold escaped. Rodney and Admiral Arbuthnot movements are noted, including a fleet heading to the West Indies. A prize, the L Esperance, captured by the Pearl, is described as a rich prize with heavy casualties on both sides. A Niger convoy report follows with the Latium and Jamaica fleets.
Reports describe a gale wrecking several vessels including two brigantines and a Spanish prize, the Magnificent dismasted with four feet of water in her hold. Other ships face damage and loss, while prize captures and dispatches from the West Indies note quiet conditions and no word of the French fleet.
Earl Bathurst presented a petition from Lord Pomfret praying for leave to submit himself to the judgment of the House. The petition was read and ordered to be taken into consideration on Wednesday. The Lords are summoned to attend.
The House discussed extending the Habeas Corpus suspension for a year amid concerns over 400 prisoners in England. Lord Mahon urged unity to curb Bourbon power and questioned American reconciliation. Lord Germaine and Sir Grey Cooper debated orders to secure suspected treason, while reports of American ships in St Martin drew protest as a violation of the law of nations.
A heated exchange in Parliament centers on a Morning Chronicle advertisement linked to Westminster Committee of Association. Mr Fox denies involvement while denouncing attacks as unjust calumny. Mr Adam defends himself amid claims the committees threaten free debate and civil harmony.
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