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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 25, 1799
Page
4
An 18th century advertisement for Blanch Mercy's Grammar for Ladies. Describes Part 1A and Part a, the extended grammar, exercises, and teaching method. Notes the second volume priced at 2 shillings 6d bound, claiming it aids verb agreement and reduces multiple grammars.
London morning bulletin reports Austrian superiority on the Rhine forcing French army to repass the river while Manheim faces potential Imperialist attack. Armistice rumors persist. Genoa reportedly French held. Russian winter quarters debated. interior France focuses on a new constitution. Trade, pensions for Cardinal York, and public charity in debtors’ prison issues feature amid coal and fire incidents.
A critical examination of Napoleon Bonaparte and the 95 Articles, arguing the title Reptiric masks oppression. The piece laments the usurpation of power, the exclusion of the people from government, and the erosion of republican liberties amid imperial rule. It compares contemporary France to Rome, warning of tyranny behind liberty’s name.
Dispatches from Nice recount authentic accounts of the army of Italy. It covers a 143 league front on hostile mountains, 25 openings needing 3000 men each, and a combined force with the Alps reaching 63 000 men. Soldiers lack bread clothes shoes and forage. hospitals are under provision and horses are exhausted. The project for a Board of Admiralty is reportedly shelved and an Adjutant General is sent to Malta.
The army, weakened on the right bank of the Rhine, has repaired the river after concluding a short hostilities. We retain Mannheim and Neckerau, protecting our bridge of boats. Lecourde departs for Helvetia to command a lieutenant general, while I prepare to take command at Landau.
The Consuls Bonaparte and Roger Ducos propose a decree granting Citizen Sieges national gratitude and ownership of a state domain. They praise his writings and leadership as salvaging the Revolution, urging the Legislature to approve the property pledge and honor his service to France.
The Finance Section presents a resolution proposing a final national mark of gratitude for citizens who markedly served the country. The plan, tied to the national domain and property titles, seeks legislative approval for a formal recompense honoring exceptional public service. The project was adopted.
Acts of December 26 declare the constitution as the framework for a new republic. It promises representative government, protection of property, equality, and security, establishing first magistrates and a guaranteed citizen rights. A second act sets how the constitution is to be presented to the French people for acceptance or rejection.
From Thamais Pavers Hanover report says prisoner exchange barriers are removed and Commineg claims an air raid by the Austrians. The Philip bargh blockade is raised as talks continue. Austrian demands include evacuation of Mannheim by France. Letters from Ratisbon cast doubt on a Russian Army return, with grounds suggesting winter quarters in Bohemia.
Shipping news from Dover Harwich Plymouth and Portsmouth notes arrivals and sailings including Princess Royal packet, Prince of Wales packet, Froice and Vieheeden, Cambrian and danacreon, and convoy movements for the West Indies fleet amid easterly winds and stress of weather.
Unclear OCR notes report a marriage and a death linked to the Walworth Street area with names Alexander Ring and Haber Diack. fragmentary details reference Newington and Thamessstreet amid exchange notes.
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