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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 21, 1800
Page
2
A dated travel directory published in Ofavo at a price of 43.6d on fine post paper. It includes a chart with routes inns distances and notes of interest. Sold by J. Easton in Salisbury and by multiple booksellers in London Bristol and other towns.
In Friday sessions of the House of Commons discussions covered the Port of London Improvement Bill on first reading, the Scotch Distillery Prohibition Bill, and continued suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. The Labourers Wages Regulation Bill faced opposition. A Lords message urged bread consumption cuts and a Committee debate on a Bank of England loan proposal of three million pounds, repayable after six years with 5 percent interest.
The Hoefe committee proposes 2,500,000 for the Army Extraordinaries for 1809, plus 447,039 for wakeful deficiencies, 25,293 for Foreign Secret Service, and 242,798 for relief of clergy and laity, St Domingo sufferers, and American Loyalists. Additional sums cover civil establishment costs in Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunsw ick, St John Island, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Bahama Islands, Bermuda, Dominica, New South Wales, and bills from 1779. Also listed are charges for aliens supervision and maintaining convicts. The resolutions were agreed and the report ordered for Monday.
London reports from Dublin outline a heated Monday debate in the Irish House of Commons that fueled predictions of a government shift. The piece notes private factions, a looming Union principle, and expected reconciliation among opponents once a measure passes. Royal engagements at St James's Palace, a Duchess ball in Piccadilly, and martial law in Jamaica are also mentioned, with attention to a fraught political climate and looming reforms on provisions and prices.
A public meeting in Dublin yesterday condemned British manufacturers and pledged to boycott their goods. Merchants and workmen warned of unemployment and potential shortages, while the Pembroke Fencibles station near Parliament House deterred disturbances with armed readiness.
Extract from a Dublin letter recounts a Monday night session where new Treasury MPs took seats before a committee. The debate centered on the Union's constitutional scope, with Mr Corry and Mr Grattan delivering fiery speeches, criticizing the Right Hon. Gentleman and defending parliamentary integrity amid references to Grattan’s letter and rebellion.
The DunDelphin and Fanny lugger from Newfoundland were captured by French privateers on December 25. The Villétte national corvette, Prize to the Zbox, and several other ships from London and Nantes arrived or were captured. The Valiant cutter and other vessels, including the Nymph and Impetueur, were mentioned with various captains and gun counts amid wartime cruising. A large French cutter, the Valiant, was captured after a long chase by HMS ships. The Mery Packet and Osprey Vigilante reports conclude the day’s arrivals and movements.
The debate centers on defences by several figures in a rebellion case. One man denied imputations from the Secret Committee report and disavowed evidence concerning Mr Grattan. Strong language followed as Mr Coxry and Mr Grattan prepared for a confrontation near the city before a late division.
Several vessels are seized or carried into foreign ports by privateers and warships. The Columbia and Lord Nelson report captures en route from Virginia to London and Falmouth to Naples respectively, with destinations including Belle Isle, Carthageni, and Cherbourg. Other ships such as the Susan, Maria, and Commerce are listed as taken and redirected to ports like Jerfty Vigo Ostend and Calais. The Karen Maria and Jungter Carolina are also noted as seized or driven ashore near Hornbeck, with cargoes including routes from London to Embden and Koningsburg.
The piece argues coal price volatility harms London residents and calls on magistrates to seek parliamentary power to curb day to day price jumps. It blames speculation and ship owners for profiteering as government constraints reduce supply, noting north price stability vs London margins and potential wartime impacts on transport.
A labourer named Young of Longdon near Worcester was committed to Worcester Gaol on Wednesday charged with murdering his wife Sarah by forcing her into the Severn River on Saturday night in the stretch between Bushley and Tewkesbury.
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