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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 14, 1800
Page
2
Lord Auckland moves for papers on crop deficiency and scarcity urging reduced consumption and imports. Lords discuss war strategy, alliances and ministerial conduct with Holland Grenville and Grenville trading views. motion carried 28 to 2, papers ordered. Adjourned.
In Parliament Mr Hobhouse moved to lay before the House an account of Debentures and Annuity Bonds issued by Agents of His Majesty in the country, securing 1,020,000 for Britain under the May 16, 1797 convention. Mr Pitt proposed 2,500,000 to enable treaty completion, with further sums to follow. The debate set Monday for reporting the Royal Message to the Committee of Supply, and other motions on wages for labourers and Friday February 25 as an alternative date. The Committees of Supply and Ways and Means were adjourned to Monday.
From London letters dated February 13, Bonaparte renews overtures to Vienna while a French courier travels via Ratibon under Austrian escort. The piece comments on Austria’s strengthened position with Palatine troops funded by Britain, the dubious French bid, and the risky gamble of Bonaparte to force consent through a war already aided by Russian and British subsidies. It notes Russian secession as a troubling sign but finds Austria now comparatively empowered amid strategic derangements of the campaign.
Reports indicate renewed hostilities loom as officers are ordered to join the army by the impending deadline marked by the g0th iatt. The era is described in letters from the Continent, signaling Imperialist advance and broad mobilization across Vienna.
Yesterday the King held a Levee at St James's that proved thinly attended and quickly over. The Duke of Portland followed the Lord in Waiting with dispatches from the Continent as five cartels wait at Dover. News notes Brest, Genoa blockades, Austrian plans, and Vienna stage rules. The Dublin duel over the Union ends with a leg wound. An insane intruder at Buckingham House is confined in St Luke's Hospital.
Reports from Venice, The Hague, Berlin and Brussels describe Russian army movements toward England, conspiracies to reestablish Venetian government, and Batavian army command disputes. Dispatches note armistice hopes, diplomatic strain, and executions awaiting Directory verdicts amid ongoing wartime tension.
Ships report many carrier vessels harassed by privateers and fleet actions from Arbroath to Plymouth and Oporto. Vessels include The James from Peterhead to London, The Providence from Guernsey, The Ocean from London to Sunderland, and The Abigail from America to Bremen. Several ships foundered or were captured, with crews saved or dispersed. notable events at sea include The Lady Harewood taken by a privateer and later recaptured, The Commerce taken off Oporto and retaken, and The Suncrew wrecked near Cape Clear with crew saved. Portsmouth convoy sails and West Indies expedition noted.
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