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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 18, 1798
Page
4
Sermon delivered at the Oregon Chapel Bath on Sunday April 7 1798 by J Gardiner D D Rector of Brailsford and Vicar of Shirly Derbyshire. Published by request printed for F and C Rivington and RK Crutwell Bath.
Evening Mail reports stock prices at one o'clock and notes arrival of Hamburg mails with a French note to the Deputies of the Empire. It claims Paris will not relinquish Rhine positions, signaling crisis at Congress. Count Cosentzel replaces Huccur as Foreign Minister as Bernaporte may return to Vienna. War preparations fill the Continent amid distrust between powers.
Admiralty heard no new advices on the failed expedition from Margate. A telegraph signal yesterday said a Prussian vessel had arrived in the Downs and passed through our flotilla on Friday afternoon about two o clock. The ships appeared intact after the recent gales, and no operation had been attempted at that time.
The Queen completed her 54th year with an Windsor Lodge entertainment attended by Their Majesties Princesses the Prince of Wales the Dukes York and Clarence Prince Ernest the Prince of Orange and other nobility. After dinner the Prince left for London while the Dukes sailed to Oatlands and Bushey Park. Reports on Lord Grey’s health and security measures against arming Volunteer Corps were noted, with mentions of messengers and evidence in Maidstone. New York papers discussed France and American affairs, noting gallic influence and a tale of a frigate upset at Boston.
Private correspondence from Hamburg dated May 32 notes the dismissal of Baron Tuucurt as Minister of Foreign Affairs and his replacement by Count ConinTzeL. The change offers limited satisfaction to the French Directory over Vienna dealings, while the decisive issue of war or peace remains unsettled. Prussia, meanwhile, displays a formidable military posture ready for any outcome.
Yesterday the French plenipotentiaries returned a long answer to the Deputies of the Empire. They demand that all Rhine islets be ceded to France, the Fort Kehl and its right bank district be surrendered, the Ehrenbreitstein fortress demolished, and properties of the Empire’s left bank nobility become French. They caution that sums of money and movable property claims may also be pursued, and expect a speedy reply as discussion opens tomorrow. The outcome hinges on the courier from Paris to Vienna and hoped for continued Austrian-French understanding.
A Saturday Drury Lane performance of She's Elope by Mr. O Keefe receives harsh critique. The review calls the plot dull, language weak, and characters unremarkable while noting the prologue misleads about authorship and praising the epilogue by Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Jordan's delivery.
Dublin reports the Earl of Kineston's trial starts tomorrow as Lehaunitown Camp becomes a Barrack under the Barrack Board. By month end camps with artillery and 100000 troops are planned across the kingdom for rapid juncture. Flood, a Naas miller, is charged with seditious practices. Lindsay, a Dublin magistrate, arrests two Nailors in Drumcondra lane for pike making. one jailed, the other released after finding no knowledge of the trade.
His Imperial Majesty dispenses Baron T HucuT from the Direction of the Department for Foreign Affairs and, in response to requests, temporarily appoints Count Lewis Co-BENTZEL in his stead. Baron Tuucur named Minister of Corsterefides and His Majesty's Commissary General and Minister Plenipotentiary for affairs concerning new possessions in Italy, Dalmatia, Istria, and Albania.
Vienna reports growing war rumors with many towns offering to join imperial troops if hostilities renew. Dispatches from Paris, Berlin, and Genoa cite armament movements, reinforcements in Tyrol, and plans to target the Crimea or Algeria, while a London note praises a pistol safety invention by George Gilpert for mounted troops.
The Bishop of Winchester presents the Rev. Samuel Byam to the Rectory of Rimpton in Somerset. The next English Lottery tickets may be reduced to 40 000 or extended to 60 000 with a proportionate Ministerial value at 31 7s 2d per ticket for a 50 000 total. Capt Rickers returns to England on the Magicienne with Admiral Parker and Lieut Denaxor from the Repulf after the Nore mutiny. A Centaur court martial will try a lieutenant for improper language to his commander. The result of Directors being excluded by lot is discussed with reference to France. The Pope regulates succession voting after death, suspending old conclave rules and directing a majority to choose where the conclave is held and extending the election window by ten days. A militia regiment colonel faces a court martial for peculation, with charges reduced to seven. Wives and children of soldiers on a secret expedition lodged in Thanet barracks. Sir Duarte Grey contributes 50 guineas to aid government support. Francis Lafirini, Italian, held on treason suspicion in Denmark Street with books seized.
Plymouth and nearby ports report varied naval movements including ships returning from cruises and detentions by Naiad and St Johns escorting vessels. Hornet and others carry troops or prize ships under convoy. Norfolk and dealing with prizes and wind conditions noted at Deal and Yarmouth.
Brigadier General Ese issues orders at Wewcastle directing flank companies of the 35th Regiment and various Militia regiments to hold themselves in readiness for field service next campaign. North Lincoln Militia encamp at Blyth. flank companies move to Cleadon Heights. Light Troops commanded by Lieut. Col. Oswaldy. Grenadiers by Col. M'Atlisle. 3d Battalion of Norfolk Supplementary Militia to be embodied at Norwich. Colonel Hon. H. Hopart appointed. Cobham Yeomanry Cavalry held a sword competition with prizes. eight finalists, then two, each receives a pistol. Criminal sentences: Amane convicted of forging a New York Bank note, 15 years. two women sentenced to one year for murdering their children. Boat builders’ son Mansfield drowns during a试 boat trial. body recovered. A cottage girl in Wanscombe loses an arm after attempting to take a young hen from nearby.
The report lists bank stock figures with fractions and percentages such as 3 per cent and 4 per cent, mentioning various names and terms like Omnium and Exchen Bills. It references trading prices, premiums, and par values, concluding with a mention of J Walter and J Walter Jr at DAINTING-HOUSE SQUARES Blackfriars.
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