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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 08, 1798
Page
3
Reports from aboard and ashore describe naval actions near the Dutch coast and the Texel, with French, English, and Dutch fleets massing. Proclamations and dispatches from Paris, Madrid, Turin, and Vienna recount arrests, peace hopes, and conscriptions as armies maneuver and neutralize enemies amid shifting alliances.
The text ponders a prisoner’s escape from the Tower of London and questions the English reaction, noting fewer people to blame than in France. It asks what inquiries into the escape revealed and whether gold or a keyhole moment aided Smuh’s confinement, referencing an angel and an apparent miracle.
The meeting records describe Cabanis presenting a life-size Mirabeau portrait with a eulogium, urging preservation of his memory. Aubert’s finance plans included funding consolidation and payments in specie, while new office structures and debt measures were discussed. August sessions covered adopting Romans style, naval and colonial expenses, and a Geneva department with Le Lac Léman as its core, Geneva as its capital.
Naples dispatch notes confusion over English knowledge of French fleet aims. English squadron reportedly used the Straits of Messina, once deemed perilous, now navigable with Steit lian pilots. Proceedings continue on political detainees, with many to be released after guilt is determined. Mercy favored over admitting past injustice.
At a meeting of the Irish Prisoners of War at St Charles Prison Orleans on July 6 1798 they unanimously adopt resolutions declaring contempt for efforts to sow jealousy with fellow Britons pledge loyalty to King and country and defend the constitution pledge to disclose attempts to suborn and punish them and to sign and forward the resolutions for publication amid notes on House of Lords staff changes and sworn officers.
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