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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 10, 1796
Page
3
The proceeding Lindsay versus Kinloch had a further hearing postponed until Thursday next. Mullins divorce bill appears to be reported and considered on that day. Adjourned.
MPs discussed limiting MPs involvement in foreign loans amid wartime strain. Mr Robinson pressed for a bill to bar Commons members from financing or negotiating loans abroad, arguing such funding fuels conflict and ministerial leverage. The Chancellor argued timing and pending committee findings make immediate action premature.
The discussion questions whether 96 importation should end if loan specifics reveal corruption risks. It argues that loans could become a tool for court influence, and that such claims would show a juvenile view to general loan systems. The House splits on Mr. Robinson's motion with 40 ayes and 51 noes.
Vienna reports indicate the field marshal is near departure to rejoin the forces. Italian fronts remain quiet since January 16 as heavy snow blocks passes between Col of Linda and Ceva. Several horse regiments move toward Milan while Madame de Soucy and other Paris attendees depart Vienna after receiving gifts from the emperor.
Italy report notes a state council held at Turin on the 6th and dispatches to Vienna. Reinforcements reach Ormea while the English fleet patrols off Cape Cotto. Neapolitan corn and oil exports are restricted to avoid Corsican advantage. Baron Beavier takes command in Italy and Lord Hervey, English minister to Tuscany, dies.
Letters from Holland report a Secret Committee in Zealand pushing for a National Convention and a possible union with the French Republic. The Executive Directory rejected the plan and ordered formal recognition of Citizen Groavelie as French minister, else he must move to Stockholm. Vienna dispatches note a Military Commission to investigate General de Vins during his late Italian command.
Hague January 30 The Holland States General declare to convene a National Convention, appointing Holland representatives amid applause. Friesland to join by February 8, proposing lighter governance and a new executive directory with finance and war departments, plus a new map of the United Provinces.
Reports from Paris claim a Treaty of Peace with Sardinia is near and steps toward pacification with Great Britain are under way. In Belgium, French troops on January 21 pledged eternal hatred to Royalty, as did the civilian officers.
A letter from Dantzic notes no wheat purchased for foreign account in 16 days, coin-dealers ready to sell cheap, corn prices have fallen in Holland, and potential large wheat inflows from Poland. If corn trade remains stagnant, prices could shift. about 4000 lafts may yet be released from city magazines.
Report from Manheim states three thousand men from the French garrison were captured and exchanged, and 25 million in assignats were raised by the forced loan. Disturbances in Alsace are unfounded while French forces near Deux Ponts prepare for another campaign with reinforcements.
A Monday holiday observed by the Merchant Taylors Company saw a gathering of educated youths from their Schools. They toasted loyalty while a student poem satirized French aid and republican critics, ending with mockery of rival teachers and politics.
Reports from York note four troops of the Prince of Wales's Dragoons arriving from the Continent and joining the regiment here. The West Yorkshire Militia marched toward Peterborough on their route. A private, George Hugl, drowned near New Walk. A keel belonging to Mr. Turpin caught fire by a boy. three children perished. Christiana Robinson of Lyth in the North Riding charged with murder.
Yesterday the Duke of York hosted a levee at Piccadilly drawing a large attendance. Capt. Norman’s trial likely to run long after two witnesses. Cambridge university members dined with the Duke of Grafton. Spain’s Count Cazares is restored to favor. new robberies in London leave a couple dead. Monasteries in Spain grow, while intruders break into Mr Crossy’s Bruton Street house.
Fen Poole reports the South Devon Militia marching to Dorchester and Weymouth to quarter there. Three regiments formerly at sea will join the Westminster Militia, who are shifted out of barracks to make room in town.
Advertises a new lottery with large prizes, claiming accessibility to all social ranks. Details list prizes of 2000 guineas and 1000 guineas among 15,350 other prizes, with tickets sold cheaply at Wrights licensed offices near Charing Cross.
In Cocx near the Royal Exchange, a new frame by Dogar Bropum, hung over the mantel in his lower room, praises his work A Gusne to Orp Act. The display claims refined publications improve diners’ appetites and lead to extraordinary dinners, drawing many customers who now expect superior meals and wines.
A birth notice records the delivery of a daughter on Tuesday to Lady Thelluston of Midhurst, indicating the family's aristocratic connections and local society interest in the event.
Fragmented OCR notes record multiple marriages in Kent and Oxfordshire areas. Names include John Read EG of Ipsden and Miss Scott of Bromley with alliance to Scott of First Irish Royal Fencibles, and Miss Sarah Baines of Halford linked to Rev Robert Baines. Additional entries mention Mr Wright of Margate and Miss Gould, plus Stanstead and Warwick nuptials involving Elizabeth Cozens and Joshua Deverell.
A sequence of death notices appears from various places including Oxenheath Kent Brompton York Halifax and Twickenham. Individuals named Francis Geary Walter Stirling Mrs Carter Thomas Phothas Davy Jonah Hotham and others are listed with brief familial or occupational descriptors and ages where given. The language is archaic and fragmented with occasional misspellings.
OCR fragment lists stock prices and financial notes with irregular spellings. Mentions banks, stocks, dividends, and indeterminate entries such as Navy, India, and various control figures. The text is heavily garbled, offering only scattered numbers and vague references to financial instruments.
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