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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 17, 1797
Page
4
A fragmentary report notes loud interruptions during a session where Hardy defended the Tribune and Council faced multiple treasonable practices allegations. Names and full details are unclear from the OCR fragment but the dispute centers on perceived disloyalty and official conduct.
A fragment reports that on March 26 the general championships division passed the Rhine yesterday and is quartered in the environs of the city.
Bonn in April reports that on merchants request General Hoche allows Rhine traffic on the left bank free, bond demanded as cargo security, with boat stations at Bonn for upstream and Andernach for downstream, and mentions General Bonneau died of wounds from the recent campaign.
Genoa reports unease over French negotiations for an Offensive Treaty with Sardinia. Sardinia is rapidly mobilizing troops and preparing for war. It is said France would obtain part of Milan and a river guarantee as indemnity, with imperial fealty in Genoa.
Reports from Switzerland in March 195 recount renewed peace prospects as courts reportedly mediate while new diplomatic moves surface. Arrival of Tatsor as Embassy Secretary at Bern and Marquesye del Campo’s Basle legation officialdom signal likely prelude to fresh negotiations. General Clarke’s extended stay in Italy is read as a possible signal from the Direbry toward new overtures.
London Postscript reports stock prices and market notes at one o'clock, with Exchequer bills and other securities listed. It also covers naval discontent, seamen mutiny aboard the Grand Fleet, parliamentary critique, and Allied communications from Cadiz and Martinique, including prisoner exchanges and commercial conditions in the Caribbean.
Portsmouth intelligence reports Lords of the Admiralty inclined to hear sailors complaints. Rear Admiral Powe dispatched to London. on return to Spithead ships ceased cheering. Romney embargo lifted as crews pursue a 6s monthly wage rise to 15s per day, reportedly settled with Lords Commissioners.
A Portsmouth reader laments missing news as letters from ships and shore are not received. Correspondents elsewhere report communications are intercepted, explaining the lack of letters in public offices this morning.
The Eliza, Crow, from Newfoundland to Bar patoes, is taken by the French and retaken by a Montferrat fort. The Helena, Henderson from Cork to Liton, is taken and retaken by the Fortune loop and carried to Lifon. The Sugar-cane, Marman from Africa to the West Indies, taken near Barbadoes. The Catherine, Ormsby from Montferrat to Jamaica, taken and carried into Porto Rico. Diana arrives from a cruise. Cerberus and other ships sail on a North Atlantic cruise with strong NE winds. In Plymouth and Dover correspondences, various arrivals from New York and Portsmouth are noted, including privateer captures and convoy movements.
Fragmented 18th century notice recounts Serepe Highness the Prince of Wrarett born in 1754 with six children by Augustine Caroline daughter of the Duke of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel sister to the Princess of Wales dies 1788. It notes royal visits to the Bank Parliament Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London and references estate sales and funeral expences. A separate Bow Street case reports William Addington Bow Street, Madras and Bengal postings, plus timber theft involving a prisoner named Ferguson and a witness named Charles Ferguson. The timber marks are identified as Fism and Smith near the water. The trial is set for next Monday with questions about lath procurement and costs.
The Island of Barbadoes General Assembly considers a January message from Governor Poyntz Ricketts proposing five regiments of black troops for Windward and Leeward Islands. The House, fearing danger to the colony, unanimously adopts resolutions opposing the plan and warns of slave uprisings and loss of colonial control.
A Antwerp letter dated the 6th infant reports a French flotilla of 22 transports with troops and ammunition sailing from Dunkirk to Boulogne for reinforcement. One vessel struck a mole and many crew drowned. English forces attacked, causing the rest to retreat to Calais. A Dunkirk letter dated the second infant says Mulken’s flotilla returned from its cruise and will head to Cherbourg to join ships bound for Jersey and Guernsey.
A brief notice reports Ca ala Jean ham daughter to Rear Admiral William Parker and Sarah Parker of the Royal Navy. The fragment suggests a marriage announcement involving naval ranks and family connections.
Fragmentary obituary style notes list various individuals including Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington and Sir John Dryden Bart. of Caporne Athby with references to dates and places such as Ditton Surry Kensington Brifdby Nerci ane and Iftington. The text sketches generational respect and social regard among a wide circle of friends.
The Corn Exchange notes tolerable wheat supply and steady or cheaper prices from last week, with Norfolk and Sagfolk barley in larger, mixed quality. malt plentiful and cheap. oats, rye, peas, and beans largely steady. current quotes list wheat 38s to 45s per quarter, rye 17s5d to 7s, barley 15s to 20s, malt 27s to 30s, oats 16s3d to 34s, and heavier Polands at 14s to 39s, reflecting a varied stock and market tone.
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