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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 24, 1792
Page
2
In the House of Lords on Monday December 24 Lord Kenyan reported the Meedows affair received thanks for General Meedows. The Alien Bill with amendments was printed and laid on the table. Debtors and creditors bill read a third time and ordered to the Commons. The House adjourned to Wednesday.
The House schedules a second reading of the bill to curb French paper money and contemplates a third reading of the Corn Indemnity Bill. The Speaker relays Sir Wittram Mepows’s reply to a thanks address. Committee of Supply approves army strength at 17,344, with Fox opposing a large increase unless linked to war needs. Questions of officer dismissals and subscriptions for aiding France are debated, Burke warning of constitutional dangers and urging court-martial scrutiny for dismissals.
A House of Commons record outlines detailed sums for recruiting services, staff officers, supernumerary officers, paymasters, reduced officers of various services, and ordnance costs for land and sea service through 1793. It notes a petition from Liverpool prisoners and adjournment until Wednesday.
A London report notes the French National Convention banned the Bourson family except those in Jeaspie. It names Philippe Fyalit among the targets and mentions other aristocrats to be expelled. The piece covers Jacobin influence, possible exile, and political turmoil in Paris with a city election tally and local notices appended.
Letters to the National Convention request delay in final King sentence amid 800 papers to review. Remain Sexe joins defense, while Jacobins label royalism. Decrees target Bourson and Bovason factions, with strong opposition from Facedines. British government pressure persists as Dumourier shifts artillery and a secret fire threatens Brabant.
Reports from St Domingo describe the arrival of civil Commissioners from the National Convention who found warring factions now seeking peace. They accuse both sides of seizing influence, establishing a Jacobin Club and Revolutionary Municipality, and weakening order while black and white forces suffer from the climate and misrule. The piece warns Jamaica may face similar unrest as revolutionary ideas spread between colonies.
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