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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 24, 1799
Page
2
In the House of Lords at Momvar on June 24, several bills advanced through their stages. Multiple witnesses were examined in support of the Slave-Trade Limitation Bill before adjournment.
The June 24 House session featured first readings and committee orders for the Apparatus of a MIRt to Russia, Militia measures for Middlesex and Surrey, and multiple tax and fund bills. Proceedings moved to committees on militia, grants, and the West India Act with resolutions on Ireland expenses and prisoner transport.
From a manuscript received at London via Mait from Wamburgh the details of a Secret Neccociation at Seurz are presented. The piece questions its own authenticity yet suggests its aim is to inflame suspicions and disgust between Austria and Beandenburgh, two rival houses.
Yesterday morning King, with Lord Craven and generals, rode to Windsor Camp to view troops. Prince of Wales and Duke of York met them with field officers. A vast crowd gathered for the day’s fine weather. At Guildhall a Sheriff election named George Woop rosp Thetiusson and Frowst. Letters from Gibraltar note gale damage to Brest fleet and Cadiz fleet forced to sea. a man hanged himself in Spring Gardens, Weinacy, last Saturday night.
His Majesty’s Commander in Chief Frederick informs the Volunteer Corps he is gratified by their loyalty shown today in the Metropolis and surrounding areas. He stresses the constitution safeguards and the public spirit fueling happiness and prosperity, expressing pride in their dutiful conduct under arms.
Friday night last the Duke of Beprorp’s Sheep-shearing ended as England’s greatest meeting of its kind with nobility and gentry including the Duke of Manchester and the Earls of Egremont Lauderdale and Winchelsea. Dinner for up to 190 ran five days while premiums were awarded and many rams exchanged hands. The debate over New Leicester versus South Down sheep sparked wagers and a notable spread of agricultural conversation. Spanish wool fetched 5s per pound, wool prices stood at 1s per pound for long wool and 22d for South Down.
The letter from the Emperor Paul to Lord Nexson accompanies a portrait in diamonds. The French royal couple arrives at Mittau. The Prince of Carzncy is banished to Spain, Bayonne escort included. A Paris caricature mocks the Directory. UK mint and ship commands feature notable appointments as Baltic trials unfold. Subscription funds rise for a Reverend in jail and a Noble Lord donates fifty guineas amid redemption efforts.
The British Free in the Mediterranean forms the globe's most formidable force, with the Admiralty praised for extraordinary exertions. A list of ships under Earl St Vincent, detailing Neapolitan and Turkish line of battle vessels and captains, reassures against French or Spanish designs.
The Strade Bremen from Bremen to Surinam is brought to Hull by the Lutine frigate. The Neily sailing from London to Wales and a wheat laden vessel are captured off Folkstone by a French privateer and carried into Bologna.
Plymouth on June 22 reports multiple ships sailing under Captains Torry, Taylor, Herpur, Seymour, and Raynor, including Saturn, Magnanime, Amelia, Spitfire, La Basileur and a 16-gun frigate. They head west to intercept a final enemy squadron reportedly lying with a line of battle ship and five peces near Belleisle Road, with Sloop of War Grosvenor bound for Falmouth.
Friday the America of 64 guns and its frigate arrived. The Hudson's Bay ships sailed under convoy of the Andromeda frigate. The Expres packet capt Dent with mails and Messrs Gorvox Ross Homes sailed for Cuxhaven.
A broker named F- was declared insolvent on Saturday at the Stock Exchange, prompting fears of further failures as funds were rapidly used since the last settlement. The piece notes city efforts to curb nuisances, appointments in Scotland, and a Covent Garden Theatre incident involving a large rout containing a counterfeit or odd Shilling piece.
The first conference between Count Cozenter and Neuvcarneau at Seltz blends grand territorial aims with distrust. Proposals include ceding Venetian possessions, Mantua, and Cisalpine lands in exchange for indemnities, while France and Austria push for frontiers safety and ecclesiastical secularization. The Directory rejects the wider Versailles-like terms, suspending talks as negotiations fracture.
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