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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 27, 1798
Page
2
A letter praises the late Earl of Cromiser for his benevolence and scholarly wit. It recounts his support of emigrants and meritorious men, pensioning several individuals, and aiding young officers and doctors. It notes his steadfast loyalty to the Crown and his eloquence in Parliament. The piece closes with a dated reference to June 11, 1798.
The Lords debated resolutions resembling those moved in the Commons by Lord Cavendish, with divisions and proxies recorded. The motion saw a majority for the motion, naming peers such as Norfolk Bedford Leeds Devonshire Carmarthen Fitzewillian Egmont Albemarle Berborough Tankerville Suffolk Oxford and Shaftesbury. A second motion by the Duke of Beaford drew participation from the Bishop of Rechester Lord Spencer and Lord Grenville, followed by a further division and adjournment at 10:30. In the Commons Mr Rofe moved an address to grant higher pay to Jeremiah Dyson and to reward the officer who prepared the House votes index. General Walpole warned against more such motions to avoid crowded galleries. Letters from regimental officers volunteering in Ireland were laid on the table. The Taxed Cart Duty Bill neared a third reading and passed. Mr Nofe signaled no immediate press of the Rock Salt Duty Bill, but would pursue it next session. A Finance Committee report was ordered to lie on the table. The session adjourned.
London report notes the last Bill of the session passed the House of Commons on June 28. With public business finished and Lee Lane affairs moving toward accommodation, it is expected His Majesty will prorogue both Houses tomorrow by a Speech from the Throne, which was read in Council yesterday.
Yesterday arrived the Mai from Hamburgh with little new. A Hague letter notes changes in the Bata vian Government. Vienna reports Count Walls, Austrian artillery chief, crossed Adige into Cisalpine territory and 100 Cisalpine troops joined the Austrians. Copenhagen says a Russian 48‑gun fleet is near and another squadron sails from Archangel toward this country. Madrid notes the Prince of the Peace remains at court but unlikely to attend the Royal Family to St Idelfo.
A Dudblin letter discusses circulating reports of Wexford evacuation by rebels and predicts the rebellion's end as forces are trapped in a narrow Barony of Forth peninsula. It condemns rebel cruelties toward civilians and cites Dublin Journal accounts describing horrific bread poisoning by Scotch Fencibles near Rathcoole, Dublin.
A wartime summary recounts rebel cruelties in Wexford and Toome, Loyalist suppressions, and proclamations condemning torture. It notes arrests, executions, and land burning, with reports from Dublin and London about naval forces and political reactions, including a dissenting protest by the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer.
The French have allegedly suffered 22 000 casualties in this country and are forced to withdraw eight leagues from our Cantons while preserving customs. French villages were burned and a family sacrificed to the flames. Further, Daendels affair ends with a new Revolution restoring the prior state. Batavian Directors resignations and arrests follow. Provisional and Intermediary Legislative bodies form as corrections are made to May decrees. Vice Admiral de Winter is acquitted by the Court Martial for actions in October’s battle.
Rastaladt notes plans to indemnify the House of Orange by assigning Vallendar Montabauer and Limburg in the Electorate of Treves on the Rhine bank. The Elector will receive Augustberg Bilwan gen abbeys and Suabian holdings. Envoys depart as Congress lingers. Count erer zich travels to Fribourg. Papal Nuncio due from Lucerne. Prussian Court seeks indemnity for the Prince of Oxand e. Duke of Mor Den a to gain a German Empire establishment.
Reports from Milan state the King of Naples sent 20 million livres to the French for Benevento and Monte Corvo and ceded the two Farnese palaces in Rome to France. The accounts reflect shifting alliances and currency payments amid European power maneuvers.
Rome residents must contribute half of their silver as a forced loan with receipts noting value and weight. Refusal leads to military execution and seizure of all silver for tax payment. The notice specifies the policy and penalties in force.
In Milan on May 31 the treaty of alliance with France was proclaimed to the people in principal towns of the Republic with a triple discharge of artillery.
Florence May 28 letters from Leghorn dated the 25th report the French Toulon fleet sighted off the port steering toward the east. The dispatch notes the movement as a notable naval omen amid ongoing tensions in the region.
The celebrated Larange travels to Gotha to join the finest Observatory under Zacu. A large assembly of astronomers will convene there, forming a congress deemed perhaps more useful than Vattadt’s gathering.
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