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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 27, 1797
Page
4
Debates unfold on agricultural tax reform with proposals for farm abatements by horse count and land value, limits on parish liabilities, and exemptions for boarding schools and medical practitioners. Speakers argue over attendance by agents, perjury risks, and clergy exemptions as the bill advances toward report and third reading.
London prices posted for the day with Consols at 4 9 4 and other securities noted. Incoming mail from Hamburg arrived late last Sunday. Reports from Rafaet and other German areas had been anticipated by late editions.
A Paris intelligence report arrives with limited significance, provoking concise discussions among officials and observers about potential implications without revealing major new facts or threats.
Reports from Plymouth Sound recount the British frigate Phoebe capturing the French La Nereide, 36 guns, 300 men, after a fierce two-hour action. La Nereide, two years old, sailed from Rochefort and carried 44 guns. Phoebe and Pomone pursued, both ships anchored at Cadland Bay. Casualties were heavy on La Nereide, with 13 dead and many wounded. Phoebe had three killed and several wounded, including the coxswain.
A Messenger reports Sir Charves Whirworth’s dispatches from Peterburghy while Count Tartarrens Adjutant-General returns to Calais. Count Rosengrune named Minister Plenipotentiary to Rastadt. Frankfort letters note a French army near Dillenburgh Weilburg Wezlar under General Lerrure. Liflon garrison reinforced to summon English troops. Overtures from French Rvervpwic via Mr. Brexford stir credence. Directory urged to reveal terms. Morneqwick of Gazette de Bruxelles arrested, bound for the Temple at Paris.
Private correspondence from Francefort on December 13 reports French troops poised to seize Mentz and Ehrenbreitstein, undermining imperial integrity. Germany grows uneasy as Austrian Rhine forces retreat except the Emperor’s contingent, with imperial troops to occupy parts of Bavaria. A Buonaparte refusal rumor regarding Hanover envoys is unfounded.
Count Levanaca informs the Deputies of the Empire at Rastadt on December 7 1797 that the Definitive Peace Treaty of Campo Formio obliges the Holy Roman Emperor to withdraw his troops from the war theatre into his hereditary lands. He reserves the right to keep a contingent if needed until a peace with France is concluded and assures continued obligations as co state of the Empire while preserving the privileges of the Imperial House.
A Berlin letter describes the future Pensstate-Frederice Wit- StaM IIId as a promising monarch with excellent disposition and interest in military drills. He is an economist and model husband, living simply with his consort. His sister the Duchess of York shares similar virtues. The Duke of Clarence’s Bushy estate hosted 70 guests on Christmas Day, while the prince distributed bread, beer, and money to the poor, totaling 700l. Details cover tax evasion and a Ward meeting on Affested Taxes with 38 attendees and a 20 to 18 vote. The Prince of Wales packet arrived at Plymouth after Lisbon sailing, with navy movements and reports of ships under Admiral Parker and Sir John Jervois. A Sheriff’s Court verdict awarded 17141 4s 8d to a plaintiff in a joint executorship case against a tailor defendant.
Vienna dispatch notes Count Colloredo Mansfeld named bearer of condolence letters to a royal accession, signaling closer court ties with Berlin. Strasbourg reports French troops moving toward Mentz and the Palatinate, with mounting pressure around Upper Rhine. Deputies in Würtemberg convene, while Mentz awaits a likely French occupation by mid December as civil officers relocate to Creutznach and Alzey.
The 1795 will assigns annual income from Huntingdonshire to his daughter Miss Wirxes and a house at Kennington Gore to the Lady with whom he cohabited, plus a daughter of that Lady and a Isle of Wight residence. Residue about 60,000 pounds and a valuable library go to Miss Wirxes. Executors named are his daughter and Monra ave, Esq. Chief Clerk, with directions for interment near the place of death and a plain table bearing John Wilkes’s inscription, A Friend to Liberty.
Wind arrived from Plover sloop with ships, while a fox hunt near Bears Wood forced Reynard into shelter at Holwood. A bedding theft case led to magistrates sending a man for further examination. a man convicted for raw coffee unlawfully possessed. a Butter theft led to Newgate and New Prison commitments. Baldery jailed for stealing cattle and a horse per witnesses.
In Bath after a brief illness Sir John Croft Bart of Dunstan Berkshire has died. Also on January 28 at Dacca Bengal Charles Taylor Blc a senior merchant in the East India Company's service is much lamented.
Painrena J. Walter enters a race or event, with Brackfaiard noted and references to Walter and Jyx. Details are fragmentary but indicate a sports or competition context with names and a kickoff or opening phase.
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