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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 27, 1797
Page
4
The discussion centers on the Commander in Chief and the Irish situation. References to Bantry Bay indicate French presence and vigilance. The House adjourns at seven o'clock after trials of the motion, with no division pressed.
Mr G Ponsonby led a long appeal to repeal the Insurrection Bill, arguing it to be unsuited to governing Ireland and costly amid European war. Critics countered with fears of appeasing rebels, urging retention of coercive laws. vote ended Ayes 145 Noes 127.
The Evening Mail outlines Prussian French treaty rumors and Emperor Alexander’s role, praising Prussia’s king as pious yet wary of treacherous neighbors. It notes Archduke Charles’s 80,000-strong army poised against France, reports on Windsor court reconciliations, and mentions delays to a new loan plus the capture of 12 outward-bound West Indies ships.
The Sally Rivers and other vessels from Liverpool Bristol Glasgow and London are seized by two French frigates and carried into Guadaloupe. Additional reports note ships taken and cargo sold, rising tally of English vessels under condemnation. Also details on lottery prizes, marriages, deaths, and grain prices reflect a broad maritime and domestic news snapshot.
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