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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 08, 1797
Page
4
In a tense session Mr Grey argued the secret committee held power by instructions while others urged clearer grounds for action. Mr Fox pressed for election by ballot and to have his name added to the committee, leading to a division and adjournment after a late vote.
In the House of Commons this day committees on the Militia Pay Bill and on Supply and Ways and Means consider the newsy motion by Mr Fox urging immediate steps to repay money advanced by the Bank to the Government. Jil Le
Report covers naval actions and stock prices with dispatches from Sir John Jervis, Honrowett's voyage from Toft near Gibraltar, and fleet movements. Mentions prizes, the Santissima Trinidad, convoy of South American riches valued at ten million pounds, and expected second engagement. Records ships, crews, and arrivals in Plymouth and Deal with March dates.
Tapley, from Lisbon, arrived off Start on the 28th, lat 49 47 long 7 10. Three large French frigates brought him in, with an officer aboard who detained them about an hour. The officer said Nantes left 13 days ago, during which time they captured over 40 English vessels, sinking most. One vessel carried pressed men and 69 prisoners plus 67 guns.
News from Dublin and London describe Irish banks stopping payments after news of English actions. The House of Commons considers a Treasury loan with five percent interest and five year maturity, while Irish absentee taxation faces debate with supporters urging 7s in the pound on rents.
Yesterday at St James's Palace the Queen hosted a drawing-room at five o'clock with crowns and honors. Promoted were Admiral Sir C Corton Bart Captain Sir Ro Wert Carbers and the Rev. Mr. Lewes. Marital presentations for Lady Kinborough and the Copeings were noted. Sir Gilbert Exmouth arrived at the Royal Hotel after a Mediterranean voyage joining Admiral Sir John Jervis's fleet near Cape St Vincent. Also mentioned: Mint penny-Dollar issue, and ships preparing to sail to India while the East London Militia awaits orders to march to Warley.
In Dublin a meeting of freemen freeholders and householders urged union to strengthen the country against foreign threat. Led by Lord Ponsonby the motion demanded full representation in Parliament ending religious distinctions as the cure for grievances. The plan was seconded and unanimously adopted.
In a heated debate the motion for a lending arrangement between Britain and a foreign nation faced criticism as ineffective and imprudent. Mr Pelham and Lords Castlereagh opposed aligning policy with timing, while Mrs Vandeleur pursued the reply as the House divided around four, yielding a 73 vote to 49 majority.
March 2. Lord Lieutenant’s Message to the House reports the Order of Council to stop issuing money from the Bank of Ireland for a time. Pelham explains the move follows advice from London and aims to protect credit, though stocks rose immediately by two percent. Ponsonby voices alarm at the country’s perilous situation.
The Right Hon Mr Pelham moved to discharge the Order of the Day for considering the Lord Lieutenant's Messages about late National Bank arrangements and to change it to be taken up tomorrow. The motion was ordered accordingly.
The Canterbury election opened amid anticipation of a tough contest. Reports note Bank of England clerks, Spanish prizes near Cadiz, and a proposed reform to extend Court of Conscience recoveries to aid retail traders and reduce jailings for small debts. Local bail set at 1601 with two sureties. a commission investigates port and admiralty matters in Antwerp and Flushing.
The PLGA held the English State Lottery draw for Twenty-Seventh Bay No 53 529 and 585377 with prizes listed as 10 coal and No 10 382 a prize of 10001. The fragment indicates multiple prize numbers and monetary values in a historical lottery notice.
Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Harborough died at her house in Grosvenor Square on Sunday. She was the elder daughter of the late Sir Thomas Cave, Bart, and long served as a representative for the county of Leicester.
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