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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 24, 1797
Page
2
Parliament heatedly questioned ministerial conduct amid rumors of a separate peace, Irish disturbances, and reports aboard ships. Duke of Grafton pressed for information as Lord Chancellor noted uncertain authority while ministers faced votes on Navy supplies totaling 12.6 million for 1797 and related debt measures.
The Speaker reported Admiral Jervis’s reply of thanks for the Address of Thanks voted by the House for his February 14 victory over the Spanish Fleet. The House debated Committee powers, limited notes, and Maidstone Canterbury petitions, then turned to Portsmouth mutiny news and Supply discussions with ministerial timing for future communications.
In Downing Street a group including Mefits Borp Ro BARTS Curtis Thettusson and K P Saromons with Mr. Pitt settled an 18 million sterling loan plan. English Irish portions to 14 million with various Bond classes and a 4 percent prompt payment bonus. payments scheduled through December under parliamentary guarantees. Lords’ meeting postponed awaiting Lord Howe and Grenville attendance.
Letters from Vienna describe the capital’s dire situation as Austrian and French forces clash. Archduke Cuartes withdraws behind Brack on the Murr while Republicans seize Klagenfurt and threaten Graetz. Vienna’s garrison/officers prepare lines near Linz, and empress and archives are sent to Olmutz or Prague. Armistice proposals are rejected. negotiations continue amid broader war concerns.
Vienna issues declare widows of citizens to receive pensions and strangers ordered to leave within three days. Arms sent to Vienna by Prince Atoys of Liechtenstein. Tyrol reports a stronger German force and peasant uprisings foreshadowing action. Bank of Vienna introduces cash exchange rules for notes amid economic strain.
Reports detail captures and repairs along the English coast with British vessels, French privateers, and prison transports. Dispatches to the Admiralty were sent, and multiple ships including Elizabeth and Le Suffisante were mentioned with cargoes, captures, and movement near Brest and Havre. News from Deal and Hamburg notes military troop movements, treaties, and fleet actions as European powers push toward possible peace.
Inspruck April 7 1797 field marshal lieutenant baron kerpen re occupied Brixen on the 6th and French forces retreat through the Putter valley. Allied troops join with General Laudon at Mulbach, promising Tyrol rescue from the French invasion. Anlic Commissary Lenracon notes hoped outcomes for the country.
Vienna reports engineers sent to Neustadt to form a camp for fifty thousand men. Prince Nicholas Esterhazy will command troops from eleven Hungarian counties with estates. Nearest Hungarian counties already in motion while others lag. Spanish Ambassador held five conferences with the Ministry and the Emperor. A courier was sent to Basel Paris and Madrid. It is believed the King of Spain may act as mediator between the Emperor and France.
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