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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 06, 1796
Page
2
The Lords met after a period, the Marquis of Salisbury announced papers on national finances following the Lords Address. A bill for a duty on collateral personal succession was read after motion by Lord Grenville, with counsel and witnesses heard for Rev. Mr Jones seeking a divorce. The session adjourned after an insufficient House count at four.
A London report from April 7 notes restored Sardinia tranquility and cites a Florence Gazette letter claiming internal divisions, some revolts near St Boniface, and an insurgent move to seek French protection. It states Beaunéville’s imperial army totals 50,000 with 46 battalions and 36 squadrons, while Piedmont’s army numbers 40,000.
A private letter from the Hague dated March 20 notes a cutter has arrived. The Texed from Admiral Braags command of the Dutch fleet reported the fleet was at the Isles of Herland, with the Isles of Shetland as a possible location. No other significant news is mentioned.
The king held a crowded levee at See James's with the Dukes of Bearoryn Beauroart and Buc Cleugh present. Knight hood acknowledged Sir George Pownar, plus presentations to the Bishop of Frans in Ireland and other nobles. A council post levee signed Ireland bills, then the queen’s household and Ancient Math Concert followed. Treasury strain appeared as 50,000 pounds Exchequer bills issued amid honey scarcity shown by a 26,000 pound prize discounted to 18,000. Reports from Augstpurgh and Berne note French and Swiss movements, with reinforcements and prep for campaign. tensions rise as Cantons align with the French Republic and Rhine activity increases.
The court opened with Lord Mayor and judges presiding as Sarah Chandler, refusing to plead, eventually pleaded Not Guilty under advice. She faced capital burglary charges for entering the dwelling of Bailew and Dingwall on December 3 and stealing diamonds and jewels valued at up to 1600 pounds. Evidence showed she lived with the employer as a house servant, with diamonds hidden in an iron closet and later found on her person and in her shoes. Read and Welch received various verdicts for related thefts and felonies as other defendants faced suspicion and testimony from officers and a mint bareness witness. The jury returned Guilty for Chandler, with the death sentence noted in the report.
R Thomas Crossield Paul Thomas Le Maitre John Stith and George Higginss faced indictment for high treason in St Dunstan's West with counts alleging intent to kill the king and to procure a poison arrow device. They pleaded Not Guilty as the trial was adjourned to the next Session.
Thursday report details Samuel Read and John Rimes captively accused of feloniously making and counterfeiting silver sixpences under High Treason law. Samuel Harper testified entering Read’s house, finding unfinished metal pieces, rubbing paper, and a file on the table as officers observed dirty hands and suspect objects.
The Anna from Altona reached Ramsgate after stranding on the Goodwin Sands. The Hibernia from Belfast to Jamaica was captured near Madeira on December 7 by a French privateer. Polly from Philadelphia was left at Madeira on January 5 and Talon from Portugal reached a port. Admiral Cottons inquiry duties move forward as Admirals Bripfort and Pots join. The Dons and Apollo frigates sail westward. Artois and prize Etoile return to Carrick Road, Brest-bound cargo of old iron guns. Kangaroo waits in the Sound for Admiral Poke to join West Indies expedition.
Marcus Leghorn reports the English man of war Agamemnon arrived on the 7th from Genoa. He notes the English squadron commanded by Admiral Sir John Byng had been cruising ten days off Toulon, according to a basinel.
Reports say British traders are being gathered for safe passage to the Mediterranean and Toulon, while two frigates stay in the Dardanelles Smyrna. Warlike preparations intensify, likely to subdue rebellious Bathans against the Grand Seignior.
Cadiz hosts a state commotion with the Royal Family arriving from Seville. Balconies glow with curtains and arches while bull feasts parade by day and illuminations blaze at night. Monks join with lamps, fleets display flags, and the 132 gun Santísima Trinidad witnesses a striking sea battle in the bay.
Copenhagen reports four French commissioners Mets Delamare Cafero and Honore, long residents, ordered by the Executive Directory to return to Paris this week. Two couriers have been dispatched to Paris to report on purchases and ongoing peace negotiations.
From Savona letters, Genoa reports the villages of Sy Giacomo and Mallare battered by a severe frost while the French hospital at Rivale overcrowds with wounded soldiers. Looting by French troops continues as scarce horses are requisitioned for the army. General Sérrurier is imprisoned and sent to Paris. French regiments of Nice threaten to lay down arms without pay and provisions. The government refuses to comply with Savona fortress demands. Rumors say Richert sails from Cadiz to Toulon with six ships, and the Toulon fleet has sailed, disrupting plans to land troops near Sardinia as a broader war threat persists.
Francefort reports that German Prinz believes Preach forces will evacuate Dulleldorf then be occupied by Prussian troops. Konigstein and Falkenstein fortresses defend, Count de Wenzelky arrives to govern the city. Mannheim residents stock provisions for six months as Allied lines near Manheim. Imperial Rhine forces receive supplies while artillery moves east. British magazines in Westphalia reportedly bought for Prussia.
Report from Hague notes English cutters at Meuse mouth firing on the coast as French garrisons march toward Rotterdam and Maesland. General Compere to be replaced by General Reaubal, with Bournozvee expected next week to command in chief of the army of Morella. Domestic debate centers on foreign affairs committee structure and the Convention convenes next month. Pieter Paulus buried at Scheveningen churchyard with widow given his presidential scarf.
The issue notes elections for the Committee for Foreign Affairs and ministerial candidates like Van Leyden and Schimmelpennink. It reports a garrison shift to three battalions of grenadiers and recent British vessel alarms near Briel Maesland. Intelligence suggests Dutch fleet reached the Orland islands and captured two British whalers.
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