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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 18, 1798
Page
2
The House debated the Assessed Taxes Consolidation Bill and land tax provisions, heard complaints about Coventry tax commissioners with many tradesmen listed, and considered appointing new Coventry commissioners. Adjournment ordered amid friction over prioritizing Crown claims and potential reforms.
London faces alarm over an alleged plot to invade and burn the city. Government and police steps are urged, while opposition leaders consider backing the government. Royal visits proceed, and a council at Downing Street discusses dispatches to Vienna, Berlin, and Petersburgh amid rising unrest.
Public-Offich Bow Street reports Daniel Machant charged after swords and dirks were found at a Plumbtree Street house in St Giles. He claimed weapons belonged to a brother-in-law maker in Birmingham. A gaming-house at Great Suffolk Street was raided. a subterranean passage led to Hedge Lane. A porter and a man were examined. the porter held for trial. Also reported: Aickin of the Guards charged with uttering forged notes. Barnett and Levi tried for counterfeit coins. Prougher and wife charged with uttering under value forged pieces. Reeves convicted again on forged scrip receipts linked to a 1796 loan. verdicts include Guilty and Not Guilty in various forgery cases.
Telegraph notes from Washington dated April 24 and 26 describe Dutch ships in the Texel Outer Road pressed by crews, with several ships rigged or ready for sea. Reports claim Holland engaged to supply large boats to France for an England invasion, while fighting ships and frigates remain unmanned in inner roads. Dutch prisoners numbered 166 aboard Echo sloop. other vessels seized include timber laden hoys and cargo ships bound for Holland and Spain.
A Middlesex Grand Jury returned true bills against Lieut. Col. Dawson and a soldier named Hall for the same offences. They were found in a sentinel’s box near the Pay Office. The report notes prior silence but says no concealment is needed now the matter is before the jury. Volunteering units across Scotland pledge readiness to march in case of invasion, with several corps offering to extend service to wider districts and regions.
Yesterday at the Old Bailey Mr Jattice Butter presided as Elizabeth Brown faced trial for uttering a forged bank note. Evidence showed she bought items from a jeweller in Shoreditch and burned potentially forged notes in a back parlour. Forder Sheppard was also tried and found guilty of stealing a silver ink stand and other valuables from Dear Clarke’s Burlington Street home.
A petition presented to his Majesty was led by a Prosecutor who was a Quaker. He interceded for Abrahan Clarke, not a Quaker, accused of murdering Mrs. Sawyer.
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