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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 02, 1798
Page
3
A fervent wartime exhortation urging national unity against invasion and demagogues. It declares the need to fight for liberty and property, rally around the King and Constitution, and summon all Britons to heroic sacrifice, citing Roman and national examples to spur action.
The piece urges restraining partial High Treason reports to present a full case view at Maidstone and praises Attorney General for barring partial Old Bailey summaries. It also notes Sierra Leone Company schools in Freetown with about 200 children, including Black Nova Scotia migrants, excelling in reading writing and arithmetic.
In the House of Lords at Tavasbay on March 3, Lords heard Counsel on Willham Hamilton of Withah Esquire claiming the Barony of Bellhaven. Several Commons Bills were brought up before adjournment.
The House ballot for a committee to try the merits of the Tewkebury Election Petition chosen members including Lord Honrincherp Edward Cooke Charles Brandling and others. The Salt Duty Bill report agreed and third reading postponed to tomorrow. Misdemeanor Costs and Lighthouses Bills delayed. Tierney to motion on Southwark dispute postponed. adjourned.
In this term Mr Gibbs sought a future day to move for a new trial for Colonel Sinclair. The prosecution, not having a motion, asked for judgment. The defendant failed to attend, so the matter was adjourned to Monday next with consent of the prosecutor and permission from Lord Kenyon.
Lord Kenvyon announced a rule requiring all paper books to show on the margin the question to be debated and warned that judges will not read any paper book unless the intended question is clearly stated on the margin.
The King moved to bring the defendant to trial by prose. Two indictments for going to France and for carrying merchandise there were misdemeanors. Bail issues arose and the defendant sought discharge through surrender. A rule to the cause was granted by the court.
Mr Mingay acting for Mr Ambrose a clergyman sought to set aside an annuity pledged as food security. The court held the antecedent debt formed fair consideration and discharged the rule with costs, noting the statute intended to curb sale of goods not valid for annuity formation but not to void genuine debt-based arrangements.
Report from Switzerland notes widespread disorder in St Gall Appenzel and Toggenburg as peasants arm themselves and massacre public officials. At Arbo on Lake Constance 500 attackers killed local authorities, while others were slain in Roschach Herisau and nearby towns. Rich residents flee to Bregenz and Lindau as chaos spreads.
In APail 18. On the evening of the 13th instant a large tri coloured flag was publicly displayed at the French Ambassador’s house in the city. The display caused unease and left the ambassador’s residence damaged by the populace. Immediate precautions and orderly conduct restored tranquillity, after which the ambassador departed with his retinue for Rajahdat the following Sunday.
In a April 15 dispatch from Rastadt the Deputation of the Empire insists France provide a precise answer to the second point of the March note and explain each of the 18 Articles. It urges immediate withdrawal of French troops from the right bank of the Rhine and states that agreement on losses and cessions hinges on a full concerted settlement.
General Schauenburg extended the provisional regencies for the new Swiss constitution with an expiring term. Anarchy reigns as peasants murder supporters of the French, sparking prohibitions on communication between Ismail Cantons and those accepting the constitution. A 15 million livre levy targets aristocratic cantons and Regency families. Lucerne chapter and St Urbain and Einviedel abbeys face over a million each.
Yesterday a Privy Council in Dublin proclaimed the entire County of Wexford. The Earl of Kingston's trial at the King's Bench proceeded with Burnsides and Gordon acquitted for want of prosecution. Barret to be discharged. A suspect captured near Cro S Peddie confessed making pikes for treason but named none. Arms incursion and repentance ripple through the countryside as fevers and abandoned stocks of firearms surface at Portarlington doors.
Friday in the House of Commons Mr Corr urged the Ways and Means Committee to raise 1,700,000 by debenture at a set rate. A debenture for 611 would be issued for every 611 paid into the Treasury, creating an effective 1,046,000 to cover last year’s loan deficiency. The report was agreed to.
An English convoy of 47 merchant ships laden with ammunition and provisions arrived at Lisbon on March 25 under escort of a frigate and brig. Some stores head for Gibraltar and the fleet of Lord St Vincent, while others reach Portugal. Seven of thirteen Portuguese ships from Matagion and Para entered the harbour, four missing, causing merchant unease. Their cargoes total 24 000 bags rice, 6000 cocoa bags, and 7000 to 8000 bales of cotton. Six English line ships departed March 24 to join Admiral Parker off Cadiz. St Vincent commands five ships of the line at anchor with sea-ready reinforcements.
A transport of money weighing between five thousand and six hundred pounds arrived from Perugia and is held by a local banker on account of the French Republic. The banker also received 3000 pounds of silver and several pounds of gold from Lombardy as part of a contribution from that small republic to France.
On a motion a committee was appointed to prepare an humble address to his Majesty expressing the high sense the House holds of the merits of Earl Batcarras our Lieutenant Governor and requesting royal favor and approbation in a manner agreeable to the King.
Letters from the Hague on April 21 note the Assembly's decree requiring certificates for Baltic ship cargoes proving goods are Russian Swedish or Danish. The Directory reports that the Imperial Russian court plans to transfer new bonds valued at 88 million guilders to English bankers Hoppe and Co in London, countersigned by an Amsterdam house and attested by a Russian minister, with Count Stakelberg en route. A grim anecdote recalls a officer’s death and a boastful fortune, while Cornhill Ward police face a woman insulted by frequent street vendors, prompting calls for reform.
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