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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 03, 1799
Page
3
The text notes dissolving prospects after actions against Austria and Tufeday, with several other circumstances cited. Citizens d/guéer and Bacher have arrived here, signaling shifts in local or regional dynamics.
General Bernadotte arrived at Manheim after receiving dispatches from General Fourdae. He notes the bombardment of Philipsburgh was countermanded again due to new couriers from the Upper Rhine. Artillery reports claim victories by General Mafena at the Grifons.
An extract from a French dispatch notes a misunderstanding between Jourdan and Bernadette. It was speculated Bernadette would advance against the right wing of the Aacapulcé while Jourdan attacked the main body. Bernadette’s headquarters have lately been at Schwetzingen and General New’s have moved to Heidelberg.
The bulletin details French Army movements around Strasburg and the Rhine, with engagements near Balzers, Enghien, and Coire. General Auffenberg and General Lugentinberg (Auffinberg) face heavy fighting. Obr. Auffenberg retreats after French assaults. French losses around 4000. Also notes earlier guard patrol advances toward Stokach and Lech and mentions charitable bequests and local incidents in Britain and Scotland.
At Carrickfergus the Antrim Assizes opened with juries and Judges Kit ranpen and Carleton presiding. Henry Holywell was found guilty of murder in Ballymena case and hanged. John M Cleery was acquitted. Additional trials followed including thefts at Ballydonelly and Larne with mixed verdicts. several defendants were acquitted for lack of evidence.
House of Commons proceedings include Mr Long's first reading of a Bill regulating Army pay and quarters, with second reading set for tomorrow. Lord Hawkesbury moves to inquire into copper mines and trade. petition delay on Wet Docks raises concern over London port trade. East India Goods Duty and Scotch Distilleries Duty bills advance. Slave Carrying Bill postponed due to absent counsel. merchants petition laid on the table as the day ends with adjournment.
A labourer’s wife in Queen Street Brook Chatham left a girl of about eight asleep who caught fire from a spark and perished after screams awakened two upstairs children. In Wadhurst a woman fell into a spring while dipping a pail, was pulled out within five minutes, but died despite rescue efforts. The fall may have been hastened by drinking stronger liquor than water.
Yesterday the King Queen and four Princesses dined at St James's Palace then held a Drawing Room attended by nobles and ladies with new introductions. Court mourning orders issued for Bavaria's Rivelo r. A fire in Field Lane destroyed several houses. James Fleming committed for deception of feedsmen and selling their feeds.
The Guildhall session addressed a proposed bill to regulate the City Militia with a two committee review. Chamberlain’s financial statements were discussed, with debate over printing and accuracy of last year’s and this year’s subscriptions and arrears. A report on the City’s net income was scrutinized as potentially erroneous, and a committee was tasked to investigate the Greenwich Lectures neglect.
The Feruaferad cutter arrived yesterday with the state prisoners from Dublin. The vessel with the prisoners bore to Holy Loch due to heavy Diow. Messengers Sylvester and Scott, acting on orders from the Duke of Port-Lanp, arrived to oversee transport in four Edinburgh coaches, escorted by horse.
The Cumberland Packet reports exceptional frost since Thursday with ice four inches thick at Hensinghalm and widespread snow in Scotland and the Isle of Man. Newcastle notes lingering winter weather through Sunday, while a fatal cold event near the Mansion House highlights hardship. The piece also lists militia recruitment figures by county from a pending Parliament bill, detailing numerous shires and numbers.
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