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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 13, 1798
Page
3
Henry Dundas outlines to the LordsLieutenants plans to raise local armed associations in towns and countryside, to train volunteers and provide for coast defense, inland security, and liaison with civil authorities, detailing schedules for manpower, transport, and emergency provisioning across counties.
The document urges rapid, orderly removal or destruction of live stock and provender in danger zones to starve an invading force. It outlines parish led drives, designated depots, marked stock, and milled defenses, with indemnities for moved or destroyed property, and strict wagon train coordination under royal command. It calls for noble and yeomanry support, funds, and defined transport rates to sustain subsistence and army needs.
A fragment outlines forming pioneer corps under civil authority to maintain roads bridges and fords in marching counties. It calls for cadet officers, daily allowances, and tools for 25 men, plus duties to repair open and obstruct enemy movement. It also mentions breaking upper millstones and oven crowns as cost effective disarrangements.
A discussion outlines a system to secure regular bread for Majesty's forces during invasion. It argues flour magazines and a field bakery would be costly, but nationwide resources and ready bakers could meet emergency needs. Reports show bakers in counties could bake four to six times their population and troops, with journeymen added, to supply 30,000 men in four to five days and far more with longer notice, provided preparatory steps are coordinated with millers and bakers.
The Saturday show at King's Theatre featured the Comic Opera of Capriccio Dramatica praised for its harmony and well chosen music by Cimarosa. ANGELELLI Vicanor and Morelli receive acclaim for execution and grace in cantabile airs while Moretti is lauded as a comic actor. Dvltor, returning after illness, rejoined the Babes in good form as the performance closed.
The Magpies receipts during Mr Met cren s short continuance exceeded the sum for two years prior, signaling the naner respectability and solicitude of the friends of that amiable but unfortunate gentleman.
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