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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 26, 1798
Page
4
London dispatch details price quotes and a Paris paper update on British imports and West India goods. It notes French circulars to protect neutral property, Hamburg mail arrivals, Danish and Prussian pressures, and military movements around Mentz and Rhine as Europe leans toward a peace treaty.
The day’s bulletin notes mass arrests in Lyons with claims of Papal and French forces clashing in Rome, plus French emigre expulsions from Geneva and cargo of military movements. It cites the Council of Five Hundred planning a Sovereignty festival and Batavian measures against exiled priests.
From the Paris papers in Stuttgard a dispatch reports Berne deputies at Schauenbourg and Brune’s men at Lausanne inviting them to await the Directory’s reply to the reform resolution adopted on the 2d. Hostilities appear suspended. Brune had not left Pays de Vaud by the 5th, remaining within the region.
A delegation from the West York Militia submits an address to the Prince of Wales seeking command of the corps. The letter, dated February 12, 1798, praises the Prince, explains loyalty to the Crown, and reports that the Duke of Portland and the Prince declined the delegation’s request due to objections and delicate circumstance.
A Victorian note lists voluntary subscriptions from the Lieutenant-Governor Inspecor professors and masters of the Royal Military Academy Wootwich to the Six Days Pay in the Bank. It records donors including Royal Regiment of Artillery the Royal Society the Ladies Subscription at Mapfion House and many noble houses and naval officers with varied sums. The text notes many others as innumerable.
Shipping news from Plymouth and Portsmouth reports numerous captures by French privateers. Vessels including Eliza from Boston, Lightfoot from Halifax, Pandora from Copenhagen, and Union from Newfoundland are taken or recaptured, with crews wounded or killed. Several frigates and privateers arrive or sail, detailing movements near Jersey, Cherbourg, Nantes, and Genoa.
Yesterday the King joined a Windsor hunt with numerous noble residents in attendance. Captain Bowert Gornown of the 34th Foot is appointed Major of Brigade to the forces in South Britain.
The 15th ult. report that revolutionary turmoil spreads in the Ottoman realms due to Greek language pamphlets pushed by French agents. A Birmingham High Bailiff meeting seeks funds for national defense while Wolverhampton hosts a similar gathering. Dudley wages riot prompts troops as Lord Duprey hires labor from Staffordshire. Westey Pory becomes Chief Remembrancer in Dublin and Bass to lead Provost Marshals. A post-office worker Norton is executed at Newgate for banknote theft.
First day lottery results announce numbers and blanks with references to revocation. Married notices record the marriage of Holmes to Miss Rafe Pape in St Pancras. Obituaries list John Lambe and Mrs Camill Eliza Wright among others. Public notices include bank stock figures and Royalty Loan details with printer attribution.
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