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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 23, 1798
Page
2
In a session of the House of Lords a message from the King urged consideration of means to remit up to two million pounds for Ireland’s government. The Lords expressed readiness to aid the object, and the Bills on the table progressed through their stages before adjournment.
The House of Commons debates military funding and a Land Tax sale. Pitt advocates increased Navy seamen, loans, and public credit, while opponents warn of landholder burden. A second reading for the Land Tax bill is urged amid division. war-related measures and foreign news wrap the session with updates from France and Geneva.
London reports Paris Gazettes to April 21 show no major news except the Grand Expedition being prepared under General Buonaparte for Egypt and confirmation from Hamburg that Paris deputies have accepted all peace conditions offered by the French Republic, with remaining steps to finalize.
From The Paris Papers Capo d istria Germixaz reports a decree under the name of the Imerniat Majesty punishing cries for Liberty and mentions gallies for four years for possessing desks forbidden by Catholic Religion and death for speaking of the French. It questions whether such measures are political or philosophical in peacetime.
The Paris papers list the present distribution of French armies under General in Chief Bonaparte. The Army of the North quarters in Holland at 25,000 under Jouzzrt. The Army of the Rhine covers Huningue to Cleves with Alsace Lorraine Luxembourg garrisons under Harry. The Army of Switzerland runs Soleure to Lausanne at 25,000 under Schauenbourg. The Army of Italy extends Genoa to Rome at 65,000 under Brune. The Army of the Coasts of the South includes the 16th division at Perpignan at 40,000 under Angereau. The Army of the Interior appears at 40,002, with absent on leave 2,020. Total 460,000.
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