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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 08, 1799
Page
2
The House of Lords adjourns after forwarding Bills to the stage and is to be summoned Tuesday. In the House of Commons on Friday February 8 only 26 Members were present at 4 o'clock and the body was adjourned until tomorrow.
London dispatch reports Tipoyoo Sais at warlike posture amid Napoleonic threat and French Egypt campaign. Britain increases India garrison and Cape detachment, while Commodore Blanket aims for Scotera to guard Red Sea entrance. News covers Sir Hocy Curistian’s illness, East India revenue, tax policy offers, and calls for Union of Britain and Ireland to face a divised Europe.
A Dublin private correspondence reports Bar resolutions to favor the late Prime Serjeant, motions blocked, and the Chancellor discharging all motions. It notes risks to clients and term costs, plus a threat to move Parliament to Cork and merchants praising Sir John Parner. Lord Carew introduces a bill on Guinea notes and Bank of Ireland cash payments.
Yesterday morning the Waterford Mail was robbed near Limerick six miles from town. MPs Colonel Fereser and Mr Hemes were among the passengers. The mob planned to hang Reynold, the prosecutor, but Justice Stvan fired from an upper window, killing one assailant and injuring another, preventing further violence. The Union remains under debate with possible changes this session.
Irish report notes bank directive allowing specia payments on notes under five pounds from February. Dublin describes Cork and Limerick Mail coaches halted near the city, robbed by about 40 armed men led by Hughes. Quaker merchants robbed of specie. One principal robber arrested amid claims of widespread unrest and Union sentiment in Limerick and Cork counties.
A lengthy critique discusses libel by Arthur O'Conner and associates, accusing mercy to conspirators of cruelty and noting that O'Conner denies treason in sworn testimony. The piece mentions a Rebel Camp near Doreraeeesho and questions government leniency, reflecting period tense political commentary.
The Lords occupied with a Noble Peer who sat without taking oaths on the first day of the Sessions. No motion was raised, and due to the delicacy of the matter, the exchange is not disclosed. The House adjourned until Monday.
Court of King's Bench case discusses whether underwriters must return premium when insured property at Cape of Good Hope was condemned, the insured had no full interest beyond a food claim, and Admiralty ruling favored original owners. Arguments cover insurable interest, risk assumed, and stock-jobbing implications, with a separate note on Dr. Bolsworth and Mr Hutton’s conduct.
The language of He Court expresses great expectation and anxiety as the case delays. Lords opine the Paine had an interest the singue had been run, preventing premiums and risking widespread litigation. Judgment for the Defendant, significant to the Commercial World.
Court of Kings Bench proceedings detail defendants brought to custody at Newgate. Indictment charged them with setting fire and burning themselves in a St Ann, Westminster location. Defendants pleaded guilty to the indictment.
Fragmented OCR text presents a heated proclamation criticizing republican France and modern philosophy. It rails against kings, empires, and state power, condemning Nantes massacres and urging caution on language about religion and politics. The piece references figures of government, the Council of Five, and attacks on liberty and equality, with dense, debated rhetoric throughout.
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