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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 15, 1797
Page
2
The defense and witnesses discuss cadetship promises, officer patronage and alleged bribery in public appointments. Directors defend free patronage while critics claim schemes may involve improper payment and favors. Lord Kenyon cautions that public duties require integrity and no money should influence appointments.
The Marquis of Winter, Lord Somers, and a Bishop of Oxford took oaths as their Lords heard counsel on the Scotch Appeal, with Ferguson as appellant and Gilbert as respondent during the session. The proceedings recorded in the Jesuit notes reflect formal challenges and the exchange of arguments before the court.
Friday the Committees of Supply and Ways and Means were appointed. The Inland Navigation Duty Bill was deferred until Wednesday next for the Poor Relief Bill. Sir William Pulteney presented a petition from the Mayor Aldermen and inhabitants of Shrewsbury to exempt burthens on their property. Petitions supported Wet Rocks Bill from Hull and London shipowners. Manning read a second time and amendments discussed. The Bill referred to a free Committee with liberty for all Members to attend. Adjourned.
London reports on Austrian setbacks in Italy with claims of betrayal of Austrian corps and failed attacks on the Lower Rhine. News from Lisbon and Lisbon fleet movements, Ottoman and Portuguese forces, and naval actions are noted. The article covers court events, promotions, and political notes including a lengthy parliamentary dispute over a ministerial pamphlet and the Burke affair.
A fragment from a naval page notes the Resource frigate Capt. Watkins capturing the privateer Vereaux with 7 guns and 76 men, and retaking it near Scilly. A French privateer seized the Swallow from Dartmouth, later taken by Unite, with deposition detailing an encounter off Newburgh and civil treatment by the privateer captain.
From Daly news dated February details Austrians suffering defeats near Rivoli and retreat to Roveredo while Mantua's relief failed. Communication faults and treachery blamed for setbacks. Archduke Charles departed Mannheim to slow bridge losses and regroup amid ongoing operations.
A fragmentary 18th century dispatch notes rumours of Italian campaign setbacks. It mentions Mantua’s peril amid debated army fortunes and Hungarian reports, praising cautious leadership while urging steadfast patriot resolve under the emperor.
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