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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 05, 1797
Page
2
A fragment shows a meeting among Hops and huts groups discussing bills. Readings and actions are mentioned as occurring before and after, with implied debates and immediate decisions. The garbled text includes references to timing and sequence of discussions.
Friday proceedings cover Governors Indemnity bill first read, Jamaica addresses to General Williamson discussed, and reports on imperial loan and Princess Royal marriage portion. Committee of Supply considers granting 89 000 to the Crown. debates on waste lands and incursion of civil establishment costs in Saint Domingo. The session resumes with detailed financial and ceremonial measures.
Fragmentary text notes motions to bring in bills and leave granted during a resumed session in the House of Commons. Mentions gate held, dignitaries, and adjournment with references to baronet and objected subjects.
London reports confirm that preliminaries for peace between Napoleon and the allies were signed in Vienna and delivered by Mr Bafert via Scarborough to England. The articles reportedly include cession of the Low Countries, Nice, Savoy, and Avignon to France, with a congress planned at Berne to settle remaining terms. Potential British gains are hinted as favorable amid laid groundwork for amnesty and armistice on the continent.
The General Court of Proprietors yesterday urged the East India Company Directors to reject the Board of Control proposal that would vest Marquess Cornwallis with broad powers to remodel the army in India. They emphasize distrust of undefined authority even for a capable lord, arguing against elevating one man’s influence without clear limits.
Reports arrive of ships Phe Bede and Alderney captured or chased near the coast of Chile and the Ganges mouth by French privateers. Spitfire brings in L Aimable Nannette after a brief engagement. Calypso, Ranger, and Bury cutters cruise under Admiral Beilfort. Royal fleet movements, court-martial notes, and social events round out the morning.
Excerpts from a May 1797 London Gazette page report navigational updates from Capt. Durham and Rear-Admiral Orde. It notes retaking the Bella He of Maryport from a 14-gun French privateer near Waterford, and the Spitfire capturing L'Aimable Manette, a Nantes privateer. The document lists bankrupts and dividends with surrender dates at Guildhall and various addresses across London and counties.
In a May 6 King’s Bench session, Mr Mingay told the court that Mr King had paid Mr Phillips all costs, ending attachments against him. The case, long adjourned and costly to Mr King, is finally settled after years of proceedings and expenses exceeding ten thousand pounds.
The rule was granted to show cause why the judgment should not be arrested. Fones was tried for Warwick county offenses for speaking seditious words. Convicted on the third count for asking if Birmingham will submit to the Treason and Sedition Laws.
The defendant Eriie obtained a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted. Crosley produced affidavits contradicting key evidence from the prosecution. The court granted the rule after some affidavits raised suspicion with the Lord Chief Justice. James Ridgeway, a bookseller, was discharged from Newgate after paying a fine and entering into a five year recognizance for good behaviour, with two bail in to each.
The Prince of Virt Tem Benc received his degree in Oxford with a full convocation. The University Orator, Rev W Crowz, praised his excellent qualifications in a Latin panegyric. A Lady of Quality fled to Tre land amid persecution of Faros. Also noted is the ruin of a nobleman and a Derby lead manufactory fire.
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