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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 26, 1800
Page
2
The House of Lords heard counsel in the Starch Appeal related to Ridhick and Douglas and adjourned.
Sir William Geary and Sir Edward Knatchbull present petitions on a Kent bill for building a Gaol in the East of Kent and for hearing by counsel on its second reading. Mr Sargent reports copper purchases for the navy in 1798 1799. Mr Dunn proposes an extended Journals index up to 1796. Debate covers Highways committee reference, stock transfer provisions, and a possible potato cultivation bill to prevent scarcities, with Wilberforce and others pushing for county land planting and relief for the poor.
London reports from March 27 note the Hamburgh Mail of the 26th cites army orders to halt under Prince de Cons, with Russian plans near Rivne and Moratie. Bonaparte peace overtures are deemed insincere, Berlin and Vienna show no groundwork for pacification, and weather delays military action while Bonaparte’s governance faces finance and war challenges as he nears absence from the capital.
The assembly’s sessions extend to March 31 under a Proclamation of the First Consul, a move seen as precaution amid Bona Parte’s absence. Dutch fears rise over Zelaidi, with forced loans, coast guard gunboats, and four camps planned. Reports from Legborn and Genoa note Austrian advances while an English fleet blocks Genoa. Royal spectacles include a levee at St James's, new appointees, and military acquisitions, with Deptford launching a 74 gun cottageur-man of war and damage to bread and coal markets.
Reports from Plymouth Portsmouth Deal and Yarmouth detail the capture of a vessel by a French privateer and its recapture by La Nereide, arrivals of Royal Navy ships with troops, and a mishap during embarkation of the 27th Regiment of Foot at Deal. Strong emphasis on ships named Infléxible Inflexible Maguienne Pallas and others.
A debate in the Lords over Union amendments limits on Crown prerogatives for Irish peer creation and a proclamation in Limerick region. Reports of martial law, bail for light treason, and violent outrages in Ireland, with contrasting views from Lords Clare and Drion.
The Ligurian Gazette and Postscript outline arrivals and military notes from Genoa and Fontanabuona. It mentions French engagements, grain shipments, and a Chouans chief condemned by military authorities, with scattered references to 100,000 florins and figures like Cantille dordand.
Fragmentary OCR text references ministers of war and prisoner exchange, noting means to provide for food and armistice. It hints at safeguarding safety and negotiating prisoner exchanges amid wartime. Names and clear events are unreadable. the fragment provides minimal context for a historical wartime discussion.
A garbled OCR fragment cites Consuls of the Republic and the 33rd article of the Constitution. The Council of States orders the speech printed, with mentions of famine and revivification of arts, amid scattered phrases and names.
From the Paris papers the entry notes General Moreau at Meutz as commander in chief, with Austrian troops in winter quarters believed to have orders to begin campaign actions. Letters from the frontier mention troops and pay peculiarities tied to the ongoing military situation.
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