17 May 1799
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 17, 1799
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes from a London item dated May 18 mention peculiar exclamations and hostels. The readable phrases reference exchanges or captions without full context or clear events. No persons or organizations are definitively identified in the legible text.
A Dublin report details the Yeomanry Corps inspected in Phoenix Park with 3012 troops in fine order amid a crowded scene of ladies officers and loyalists. It notes rising military activity, reforms in Ulster under General Krox, a mutiny scare in Meath Militia, and naval movements off the Shannon as Brest Fleet threat grows.
The Hamburg letters describe the French ministers in Rastadt facing Vienna backed pressure, rumors of a massacre by plunderers, escorts granted then withdrawn, and a volatile diplomatic scene. Prince Joserm’s succession dispute is noted, with Emperor intervening. Reports recount courier detentions, French insistence on protections, and renewed calls for escorts as the ministers depart Rastadt amid alarm.
Advices from Earl St. Vincent report he is fully prepared to face the Brest Fleet if his destination allows. He commands 18 sail of the line and expects three more soon, not counting Admiral Waits Heap's squadron, which sailed from England on the 6th instant as reinforcement.
Yesterday the Queen and Princesses visited the Princess of Wares at Carleton House to celebrate her birth anniversary. The Royal Family then left town for Windsor after a Levee at St. James Palace attended by few. The Earl of Harsorouen was elevated to the title following his father Lord Dare's death. A Privy Council met, and the King departed for Windsor. Bells rang for the Princess of Waves birth anniversary and ale was given opposite St James's Palace. The Prince of Wales traveled to Gloucestershire, while a grand ball impressed English nobility.
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