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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 07, 1798
Page
4
The discussion centers on offers of service to defend the country during a crisis. Sheridan endorses the motion for inquiry while Tierney and Dundas press for accountability of Lords Lieutenants. Claims surface about rejected offers, political divisions, and the need to protect liberties and national security.
In a divided debate Lord Hawkesbury and Mr Tierney clash over intruders and unanimity. Dundas seeks to avoid harming public impression while Steridan argues no intent to prejudge. The house votes 22 for and 141 against the motion. other orders deferred and the session adjourned.
Extracts from letters report Phoenix arriving with a captured French privateer of 22 guns and 38 carriage, plus 50 English prisoners unharmed. Thetis retaken from Charlestown. Concorde and Roebuck captures of Le Hardy Le Hazard Le Parfaite and a small schooner. Lapwing and Cyane actions near Nevis St Vincent and Martinique. notices of British merchants and residents in London and Leadenhall-Street.
Morning dispatches from Jamaica and the Leeward Islands bring news of the Hermione mutiny being punished and privateering actions. Reports detail a large force readiness estimate, coastal encampments, prizes, and local militia provisions, alongside fire damage at Brighton with a 200 guinea reward for arsonists.
Lieutenant-General Sir Anton Apencromny and Lady Astxcromey sailed for England on Monday. In Queen's County there is news of arms restoration and insurgent repentance. Letters say more arms than expected were surrendered to magistrates as people in the county resume former industrious habits with landlords trusted.
The Poplar s from Grenada to Martinico is taken and carried into Guadaloupe. The Tarantube Newman from Virginia to Martinico is wrecked to the windward of Martinico. The Venus Coats from London to St Thomas s is captured near Dominica and carried into Porto Rico. The Neutrality Heslop from Baltimore to Bremen has been taken by a French privateer retaken by the Dispatch of Guernsey and arrived at Penzance. The Martha Coggeshall from Savannah is arrived at Falmouth after boarding by two French Privateers and later by the Naiad frigate who had earlier cut out a national corvette from Brest water. Arrived the Cambria frigate and Spitfire loop of war from a cruise, along with the Phenix and Le Brave. Arrived the Duncomb Jovis from Aberdeen detained by the durara sloop. Arrived the Galatea frigate with a fleet from the Westward. Sailed the Cormorant Daphne Sylph and Sea flower sloops on a cruise. Deal May 7 Sailed the Fairy and Savage sloops on a cruise remain in the Downs his Majesty's ships Overs hel Irrershible Agincourt Expedition Champion the Pluto Spy and Rambler sloops Coromandel armed transport Zartarus Heclar bombs Fudith Agenoria tenders the Scourge Box er Cracker Fur nace Crash and Piercer gun vessels P S Arrived L Unité frigate from Portsmouth. Wind E. Deal May 8 Remain as per last with Savage loop.
The Lord Mayor and 21 Aldermen met yesterday. Alderman Hartey was elected Collector of the Orphans, replacing the late Alderman Wright. Precepts for the election of sheriffs on Midsummer day were ordered. Courts of Conservancy set for June including Surry Middlesex Essix and Kent. The Lord Mayor proposed candidates for sheriffs: Peter Millish, Edward Merricke, John Dunnage, William Domville, Edmund Darley, Thomas Valentine Cooke, George Jackson, Miles Stringer, James Woodbridge junior. Salt dealers petitioned to raise prices due to new duty. The court fixed price scales: bushel 14s, half peck 1s 9d, quarter 10 2d, pound 3rd, half ird. any dealer charging excess or refusing to disclose faces a five-pound forfeit.
A list of horse entries for two and four to five year olds with weights, owners, and odds. Notable runners include Minos Fugitive Louisa Wrangler Centinel Fugitive Plaistow and Cumberdrepna with various stakings and betting ratios.
Disorderly persons were arrested under a search warrant at the Black Dog public house in Drury Lane and examined before N Bonn Esq. The landlady was ordered to bail, two detained, others discharged. Warrant marked a seditious Irish meeting but proved a dancing gathering with a fidler. An oilman in the Strand faced salt price overcharges. Under a Queen Elizabeth act, salt price setting rests with the Lord Mayor and Middlesex magistrates. overcharging incurs penalties. A errors in information forced dismissal of the salt complaint.
Yesterday Foherly faced the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House on a charge of converting copper plates worth 72000 to his own use. The plates, deposited with a pawnbroker, were brought to Guildhall in two carts and returned to Methrs. Steele and Co. The felony charge could not be proven, and he was discharged. The pawnbroker who lent on the security will be prosecuted. A fire at Pedlar's-acre timber yard caused extensive damage, with losses over 1000. Firefighters contained it in about three hours. A collision on the Hammersmith Road left several injured, including a man with a shattered leg and two women with collarbones broken. the coachman and another passenger were hurt. A death notice of Mrs. Adamson in our earlier item is found to be false. she is alive with no children.
MARRIED Tuesday at St Mary le Bonne David Bevan to Miss Favell Lee sister of Bedford Square. Yesterday at Goudhurst Mr Hingston of Cheapside to Miss Milles Combwell Kent. DIED At Bath the Rev Dr Pottlethwaite Master of Trinity College Cambridge. Bank stock figures listed.
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