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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 24, 1800
Page
4
In a tense second reading debate, MPs voice concern over speeding the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill. Lords argue the delay stems from inadvertence and denounce late procedural changes as unparliamentary. The bill advances to a third reading Thursday as ministers seek clarity on detainees.
The House of Commons discussed the Public Accounts from Mr Invine and the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt ending January 1800, laid on the table. A writ for Durham was ordered. the Distillery Prohibition Bill was read a third time and sent to the Lords. private bills were noted as agreed.
Evening Mail notes stock prices at one o clock with 3 per cent Consols at 62 and Omnium at 134. This morning a Dublin mail arrived. The Chancellor hosted an elegant entertainment for judges and law officers at his Guildford Street house. Orders dispatched to Falmouth for the failing of the Leeward packet with the mail for this youth.
The debate in the House of Commons led Major General Crappes and Captain Merges to arrange a duel between Isaac Corry and Henry Grattan. They met at dawn. Corry was wounded in the left arm after the first exchange. The seconds halted, then both agreed to fire together on the word, but later no shots were fired. The gentlemen left the field with the Sheriff trying to prevent further actions.
Anxiously awaiting four Hamburgh mails today as reports claim Soworow returns to war theater and influences cabinet policy. Commentary contrasts Bonaparte, Ireland, and London politics with military and theatre news, noting speeches, appointments, and a new French departmental system amid storms and public notices.
Dublin February 22. A circulated tale of a Tuesday riot between Tippery militia volunteers and Regulars prompted a coroner inquiry. The verdict states Morres Fanning died from a shot fired by William Whitaker or George Seal from Francis Hill, fired in defense of their lives and the inhabitants of an adjacent house.
Constantinople reports a Grand Vizier detachment intercepting a provisioning convoy at a desert ford named An Arifch near Syria and Egypt. General Kleber had fortified the route, but 150 escort troops including 70 French were overwhelmed and the entire convoy was captured.
Fragmentary report recounts several naval losses including the Endeavour from Newfoundland to Figuira seized by two French privateers the Buffild and others. The Agincourt and Berwick among ships mentioned report captures near the Gulf of Mexico and off Ireland with crews lost or taken. Various vessels and prizes including cottons and other cargo are noted, with scattered dates and locations.
The Jane Packet with the Jasmikca Manik of this month is forced to port by contrary winds. The Lady Arabella Packet carrying the American Mail is detained awaiting orders. The Mail for Lisson of the 19th int. has arrived despite wind from the south east.
Yarmouth reports the 21st Inf mails for Hamburgh still await wind as ice blocks the route. No packets from Cashaven have arrived. Over 306 Russian troops from local hospitals embarked on the Blond frigate for Guernsey and Jersey.
This morning a vessel arrived with 7% iron under Captain Donor bound for the Cape of Good Hope, later failing. The Sea Horse and Blond frigates are en route to Portsmouth, with the Blond having passed, while the Sea Horse remains.
Portmouth February 25 reports the laferty sloop sailing with a convoy toward Plymouth. A brief maritime movement note mentions a protective escort and standard sailing form. The item records a single vessel and its route without further details.
Plymouth reports the Hebe from Lifton with ships in her convoy and the Danae sloop returning from a cruise. The Eger min of war arrives from Torbay as the bajon frigate sails on a war cruise.
A fragmentary report notes Defiance advancing a main action against Partsmeuth with a convey to force, detailing wind conditions and a naval or military maneuver. The wording is incomplete but indicates strategic movement in a wartime context.
Friday fall brought a new MP to the Boroughs district after the death of Mr. Tax. Capt. A F Cocunane of the Navy won the seat. A new bread act restricting sale of bread under four hours baked went into effect, with officials predicting its effect. Bread prices rose by half an Afize tomorrow. Labourers at Penworth complained of bread and living costs to magistrates. Sir Goo Frey Webster intervened by summoning parish officers. A missing girl, once a Lady Hawksbury maid, was last seen after leaving with Mrs Cornwallllis. A court martial aboard the Gladiator in Portsmouth Harbour convicted Duke Williams, Boatswain, of embezzlement and he was dismissed. John Trutts and Maidenhead cavalry aided in capturing a murder suspect from Tuebin's End and delivering him to Reading gaol after he enlisted in the Marines.
Married notices record unions including C Hamann of Bishopsgate street to Miss Kidman of Margate at St Stephen's Norwich J G West of Blackfriars road to Miss Francis also Francis Freeling secretary to the General Post Office to Miss Newbery in St Pauls Churchyard and the Rev Peter Wood rector of Broadwater and Rutpar in Sussex to Miss Ellen Sheppard of Bath.
A fragment notes the deaths of Sarah Shewell and Mrs Swain after long illnesses, mentions the Rev Dr Joseph Warten in Wickham, Hampshire, with praise for his scholarly and benevolent character. Also appears are scattered stock prices, exchange rates, and printer details for J. Bowson and J. Walter in Salisbury.
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