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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 25, 1798
Page
4
Their Lordships met Tuesday and heard counsel on Wilsons Divorce Bill with Mr Wilson examined, and on the Scotch Appeal Smith against Neon land. Several Bills were received from the Commons before adjourning.
The report of the Committee of Supply was read and agreed to. The Militia Bill examined with clause remarks, and the report postponed to Monday. Debate on the salt duty noted Scotland’s higher costs and illicit salt trade with Ireland. calls for possible regulatory changes and reconsideration of rock salt prohibitions.
Sir William Pulteney and Mr Tierney argued against a new salt tax while Mr Pitt urged careful revenue safeguards. Ryder noted France’s family usage limits, and Pitt warned exemptions were hard to craft for the vast lower orders. Bresuie asked for sealing tax relief for non-householders. The session closed as only 21 members remained.
London dispatch recounts the Mars and Hercule engagements off Brest with 700 on board the Hercule, 260 minutes of fighting, Captain Hoop mortally wounded, Mars' captain killed, Lieutenant Haut assumes command, 30 dead and wounded aboard Mars, Zealous foils a French gun-boat, and Bripfort's squadron remains off Brest while British ships press attack and alert Europe to ongoing naval war efforts.
Reports claim the grand expedition of French forces to sea failed between the 16th and 22d instant. Accounts agree on the setback and note growing unrest among troops due to delays in the operation.
Falmouth reports Indefatigable from Plymouth with intelligence that the French fleet is ordered to sail from every port after a favorable wind before the 26th. Walsingham Packet sailed for Lisbon. Ranger captures a smuggling lugger near Cornwall with about 500 casks of spirits. Dryad and Seagull sail for Ireland and cruising. Galatea, from Cork, put into Scilly due to contrary winds. Beaulieu frigate repairs at Portsmouth. Pilote sloop sails with French prisoners to Blackfakes.
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