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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 19, 1798
Page
2
London observers report efforts by Church and State dignitaries to fund a voluntary contribution book. The Bank cannot accept future-pay subscriptions, so a quarterly instalment plan is proposed with a binding Act when Parliament meets. Readers urged to supply timely payments and receipts for assessments.
Letters from France warn of danger to English goods in Hamburgh and Altona with shipments potentially seized on arrival. Lisbon homeward fleet arrives. Daphne frigate recaptured and more captures noted. Jamaica health improves, Barbadoes reinforcing, Hermes frigate moved, 27 officers killed. Lloyd's insurance up due to French privateers. Public inquiry at East India House delays, Monmouth and Ardent refits ordered. wages paid at dockyards soon.
The article laments the spread of revolutionary ideas, citing Alderghetti’s description of robberies and assassinations in the Cisalpine and comparing them to France. It argues royalist forces and indirect taxes, financial ruin, and legal chaos justify rejecting such reforms. It notes officials complain of German smugglers, aristocratic plots, and shifting fiscal policies as revolutions unfold.
A court report details mourning decrees for the late Duke of Wirtemberg, with dress codes for ladies and gentlemen changing on several Sundays. It notes crowds at the Duchess of Gordon's and a St James's Ball, plus ship news from Plymouth and Dover, including captures and arrivals from Lisbon and Cadiz, and a French privateer action near Dover.
The Lords hear the King's speech urging unity and resolve amid renewed conflict with France. It praises Admiral Duncan's victory, notes financial burdens, and calls for vigilance against dissension while defending commerce, industry, and Protestant institutions. The Earl of Roden moves the Address. the Earl of Befive urges union and Catholic inclusion to defend the Constitution.
From Paris papers government pledges a firm attack on England. Brest port works surge. Transports from other ports to Brest. Vice Admiral Levarce to supervise mobilization and armament with the Director. Seventh demi brigades arrive from Touton to arm four more and supply gunners. Detachments from L Orient assist ships of war. Large battalions to form the Army of England cantonments along seaboard.
Captain Macnamara takes command of the Cerberus frigate following the death of Captain Deew. The appointment places Macnamara in charge of the vessel and its crew, effective immediately, with duties to maintain order and readiness.
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