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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 22, 1799
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a parliamentary intelligence topic and a divorce bill involving Williams and Thomas. The record notes an adjournment to Tuesday next, reflecting a procedural pause in the legislative process.
Alderman Curtis presented a petition from London merchants bankers and shopkeepers seeking regulation of porterage charges for parcels and game. The session moved to commit the Marine Forces Regulation Bill and to read several Militia and Income Bill provisions a second time. Notices and papers on slave trade exports imports and West India colonies were ordered. Wilberforce announced plans to bring a motion on Friday. Writs for elections were ordered and examinations into Cold Bath Fields prison were to be laid before the House. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved Ways and Means and the House resolved to issue Exchequer Bills up to 3 million to bridge temporary needs. a bill to appoint overseers of the poor was presented.
At St James's Palace His Majesty appointed the Earl of Leicester Lord Steward and the Earl Gower Joint Postmaster General in the same day. A grand ball was hosted by the Duchess of Gordon in Piccadilly while the Bishop of Lincoln arrived from Bugden. The Proserpine frigate’s last sighting off Heligoland is clarified as 11 to 12 leagues from Cuxhaven, and Mr Grenville’s reluctance to cross the wad is noted.
Ships report captures, losses, and ships driven ashore. The Britannia from Yarmouth to Liverpool was taken by a privateer and retaken. several vessels including the Kitty and The Lark are lost or damaged with crews saved or drowned. Plymouth notes a convoy passage and vessels from Guernsey arrive. stormy conditions threaten shore incursions. Waterford reports Admiral de Vries arriving with ships to convoy transports to England.
Dublin reports a supposed French fleet off Kilala with 1600 men landed, later discredited. A duel near the North Strand involved two MPs, likely Mr V and Mr G, neither injured. The Speaker’s subscription nears 10,000 with Laravelle’s Bank contributing 10,000 and Sir T. Licuton’s support noted.
John Willams and Mary Simmonds faced indictments for stealing handkerchiefs and receiving one, verdict not guilty for Willams and Simmonds. Samuel Champneys and Ann M Doanel were acquitted of burglary in Westminster. Thomas Head was acquitted after conflicting testimonies. Robert Munday convicted of stealing lead from a house rented by Mr. Manton for his son from India. A long defence speech occurred. the jury referred questions on intent.
Louis Beaumais F Gilbert Mary Beaumais and Catharine Lilly conspired against the infant daughter of Beaumais by exposing it in a basket at Mary le Bone Infirmary during a January snowstorm. They received 12 months imprisonment. Elizabeth Hunt jailed twelve months for arson. W Marsh and J Binley, St. Giles grave diggers, found guilty of stealing a corpse and sentenced to six months.
Privy Council convened to receive the Receiver's Report on January sessions prisoners. Pat Blake for forging John Feud’s will and John Haynes for firing at Bow Street Officer Edwards were ordered for execution next Wednesday. others respited during the King's pleasure.
Curtailed summary of deductions under the income tax act including interest on debts, allowances to non family relatives, taxes on houses and carriages, annuities, life insurance, and ecclesiastical exemptions. Notes outline required disclosures of creditors, criteria for family relations, and conditions on insurance and land related deductions.
Law report from Lord Kenyon's sittings in Campbell versus Addison. Dr Campbell, resident in Bengal with East India Company ties, sues his wife over alleged seduction by Addison. Testimony covers marriage in 1785, children educated in Europe, and suspicions arising in 1796 as Campbell’s brother-in-law Addison faces evidence of alleged misconduct.
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