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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 02, 1797
Page
2
A mixed packet reports on the French Directory’s pomp versus domestic distress, Tarasxe’s bleak appraisal, and Britain’s political chatter. It covers ministerial ailments, auctions of praise, arrests after road breaches, the Princess of Wales incident, and trials for conning silver.
A Pats Paper excerpt portrays Madame de Stael as a controversial catalyst in Paris, detailing her circle, allies like Benjamin Confiant and Honoré Riouffe, and the Directory’s shaky rule. It accuses her of steering revolutionary intrigue, political conspiracies, and undermining constitutional order.
The Monmouth mutiny trial opens with witnesses for the defense and Crown. Earle and Callighan testify on duty and firing, while Crow Rothbarts Glover and others recount actions during the Mutiny and the Repulse firing. Fitzgerald reads a written defense claiming witness corruption and seeking to call other prisoners, but the court restricts examination to those already at the bar.
The Dublin dispatch notes Lifigere election results with Sir Richard Musgrave and George Ponsonby as MPs and Sir L Parsons and D B Darcy as knights. A Privy Council proclamation offers 2001 reward for Sir Henry Browne Hayes for abducting Mills Sarah Pike to force marriage, with others liable. O Connor examined and discharged after surrendering. Rosy Stewart becomes Viscount Castlereagh keeper of the privy seal. arrivals of the Earl of Moray Admiral Graves and Colonel Coxe from England.
In 1794 the revolution divides between Moderates led by Thibaudeau and the Terrorists led by Zalien and Za lien. Zalien proposes a five member Committee rivaling the Public Safety, while Thibaudeau opposes radical measures and later allies with the Moderates. Reports note Zalien massacres prisoners at Quiberon and reshapes alliances, with Thibaudeau recasting as a Moderate leader.
In July and August navies report arrivals at Plymouth Dock and Cove of Cork. British ships including HMS Hindostan and the Beau lieu execute mutineers at Deal. Privateers and prizes move between Dartmouth, Deal, and the Bay of Biscay, with vessels retaken by Royal Navy ships Galatea Doris and other cutters.
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