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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 17, 1799
Page
2
The remaining evidence in support of Seells Divorces Bill was gone through and Mr Adaim replied at length for Mrs Campbell. Further proceedings were postponed to tomorrow. The High Seas Offences Bill was received from the Commons and read a first time. Adjourned.
The House read a second time the Water supply bill for Liver pool and, in a Committee of Supply, debated petitions from the Veterinary College and Board of Agriculture with grants of 1500 and 30001 respectively. A surplus of 2,000,0001 Consolidated Fund was examined in Ways and Means. A motion to discharge the Lords Address on a Legislative Union with Ireland was agreed for Monday. Proceedings covered Palmer post office inquiry, Palmer conduct debates, and an income tax extension bill in committee.
London reports arrivals from Berlin and Hamburg showing cautious prince diplomacy and scattered military moves. Prussia treats Grenzvitee kindly while war is not certain. French forces retreat from the Danube though major engagement is unclear. Massena withdraws to Grisons, Horace advances peasants. Venice uncovers a conspiracy. Prussia may send a minister to Paris for peace. New York papers signal renewed talks between the United States and France and the President's message to Congress.
Yesterday the King held a levee at St James's Palace with a large attendance. Presentations to the King included Lord Band Colonel Sts Captain Par Captain, by Eag Sandwich, Earl Camden, and the Bert of Effingham, as arrivals with dispatches from royal envoys.
The article chronicles naval and diplomatic appointments including Major Queuis and other officers, promotions for Allis and naval leadership, and a consul general, plus court and army movements. It notes a French attack on St Margot, a directors’ meeting at the East India House, and ongoing fiscal anxieties over loans and the income tax. Also reports recruiting tragedy near Perth with two wives lost, and executions at Horsham for Arundel Mail robbery with grisly gibbet display.
In a dated message to Congress President Adams nominates William Vans Murray as Minister Plenipotentiary to the French Republic with conditions for reception and talks. The Senate debates a fresh negotiation with France led by Oliver Ellsworth Patrick Henry and Vans to discuss a treaty, while a House committee handles a piracy decree and adjourns without day.
The House of Representatives convened for a March 2 evening sitting. Mr. [Orés] called the Order of the Day on the bill, signaling a move to a key legislative item.
Alarm spread along the Texel coast as a Swedish prize was captured by a French privateer and pursued by an English frigate. The French Directory has issued orders depriving privateers of commissions against Allied or Neutral vessels near our ports. Dutch administrative changes shift terms for titles and set five year terms for Directory members with staged departures between 1799 and 1803.
A proclamation from Constantinople denounces the French Directory for luring troops to Egypt and warns war against the allied powers. It calls on soldiers to reveal their intentions to allied commanders and promises safe passage and passports home. Dated 11th Banarzan, 1213, 16 February 1799, from Hasiteng near Constantinople.
From Freyberg Briscaw dated March 28 reports 700 Austrian prisoners brought to the place, total 2500 to be sent farther. French wounded large, General Com pire severely wounded. French retreat in small squads, infantry without muskets, cavalry without horses. Wounded to Neuf-Brisuc, inhabitants misgivings but French commander restrains mob as Austrians near.
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