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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 22, 1799
Page
2
Counsel and evidence on Admiral Parker’s divorce bill. Militia Reduction Bill discussed at length by Lords Carnarvon and Greville. Proposals eyed for proportional cuts amid war with France, volunteers and militia affected. after lengthy debate, bill passed committee and ordered reported.
House of Commons session notes leave granted to introduce a bill to regulate wages for rich and manufacturers in Coventry. Geoffrey Webster introduces a bill for better employment of the poor. Peard's Divorce Bill has evidence heard. Scotch Thirlage bill report received. third reading due tomorrow. Lords agree to continuing laws and English Small Note Bill. act relief for poor debtors passed. adjourned.
From Downing Street May 22 a Vienna dispatch dated May 7 describes Marshall Suwarow’s forces crossing the Adda at Brivio and gaining Milanese ground after heavy fighting. The French are routed near Lecco and Bergamo. Mantua and Peschiera are besieged. Cavalry Melas and officers receive praise as Russians and Austrians push toward Milan with heavy cannon and captured spoils.
London dispatches from May 23 recount Couriers from Peterburgh and Vienna confirming Paris papers on Republican defeats in Italy and Grison country. The reports detail a decisive battle near Milan, French surrender of a division under Serrurier, Suwarrow advancing to Afnan, and 6000 French killed with 5000 prisoners taken. Revisions mention Austrian advance, cantons Schweiz and Uri, Swiss scarcity, and renewed revolts. The piece notes reinforcements and an inquiry into the Faenca Prewiporentia Rixs affair.
Mr Pirr postpones his Bupper to Friday the third unit. A quake rattled Dronthei Norway in the evening, startling residents and marking a rare seismic event in the region.
The Hamburg Mail reports the abolition of feudal rights and confiscations, with a state proclamation to guide indemnities. It notes the Second Chamber ratifying emigrant banishment, and preparations for a First Chamber review of military regulations. From Vienna to Brescia, war news details French advances, looting of noble houses, Swiss troop surges, rising bread and hay prices, and peasants arming in Mantua and Naples.
Yesterday in Hyde Park the Guards paraded as the King and Duke of York led a levee at St James s Palace with many nobility present. In Dublin new appointments and retirements were announced while French reports claim forged Bank of England notes tied to Pitt emerge. Dutch convocation decrees seizure of goods.
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