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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 26, 1798
Page
2
In a parliamentary exchange the speaker discussed shaping a bill, noting blanks to be filled by the Committee and preferring the Hon. Gentleman to defer his motion. The plan involved committing the bill and then moving to recommit it the following Friday, before adjourning.
London dispatches summarize fresh signals from Cairo and Paris about Buonaparte's position in Egypt. Descriptions note Desaix commanding the advanced corps near Syria and rising confidence in French control as vegetation and Nile floods transform the Delta. The letters from Cairo detail victories, regrouping seamen, and plans for a national administration. The tone stresses tenuous calm and reform, with emphasis on the canal project and canal repairs to restore navigation.
excerpt recounts convoy operations near Toulon Marseilles Corsica and Civita Vecchia. Neapolitan ships and crews suffer reprisals while Swedish Danish Greek Imperial Ottoman Ragusan Neapolitan and Toscan vessels win leave to fail. French Spanish Ligurian ships held awaiting enemy movements or season. Narrative notes port refusals at Terra Nova and Mazza noy with inflated prices, and Italian hostility toward Neapolitan travelers.
Private letters from the revolted provinces counter dire warnings, saying the insurrection grows stronger and has won advantages over French forces in several spots. They note brigades and National Guard units destroyed, while French detachments pursue rebels across Was and Turnhout. General Morano leads forces toward Flanders to suppress the uprising.
The Gazette notes an ExtraG letter from Capt. Samuel Hoon and reveals the convoy of eleven ships, laden with wine medicines and flour, seen off Cyprus, has not landed any cargo. Capt. Hoon cites limited shore communication and reports the French garrison at Alexandria reduced to about 1000 men.
Ship news from Falmouth reports Indefatigable arriving with two small prizes after engaging a convoy of nine French coasters. Sir Epwarn Petew counted 14 sail of war at Brest. The Lisbon and Oporto convoy expected to sail as wind shifts westward. Fortsmouth reports Saumarez's 74-gun Oried from the Mediterranean and Albion put back after damage. Dolphin Post Office Packer Fry arrives from Cuxhaven with Hamburg Mail, passengers, and gold. Outward-bound ships head northward as wind shifts.
The document quotes Louis XVIII praising Mons Crery for courageous fidelity shown in prison and in service. The king explains bestowing the Order of St Louis as reward and notes that he would prefer to personally hand the decoration but will transmit it through the marquis. The letter expresses enduring attachment and honor from the royal family.
Dispatches from the West India station report Rear-Admiral Harvey. British Consul General Hanzury dies in Hamburg. The Turkish Ambassador to Paris seeks passports, not yet delivered. France orders major ships built. Prisoner-of-war indulgence praised. Dutch officers visit Norwich for a nine day tour. Carnot reportedly preparing Directorate history. Hargais verdict awards one shilling. Fencible Cavalry expands to 13 760 effectives. Publicans fined for booth retailing at Peckham Fair. Pawnbroker fined for excessive interest. other theft cases noted. John Bott accused of robbery. Morris the hairdresser found dead in his cell.
Letters from Halifax describe rapid yellow fever spread, with New York near deferral and daily deaths in the city ranging from 40 to over 80. Editors and physicians fall ill, leading papers suspend due to sickness. The text notes mortality in Philadelphia and New York, public fear, economic stagnation, and hopes for frost to end the outbreak.
Nov 27 London Gazette notes bankrupts Wells of Liverpool to surrender December 18 and January 8 at Globe Tavern. Wy Hayly of Ada ford Kent bookseller to surrender December 15 then January 8 at Saracen s Head. E E Crowe of Sinfom Lodge Berks banker to surrender December 4 and January 8 at Guildhall. Dividends scheduled December 29 for H Moises Egham apothecary. J K Rowland Colchester merchant. S S Hardy Old Bailey card maker. Sy Shepherd Penrith mercer. J Suton Cheapside goldsmith. Ty Neale Dursley dealer.
Tuesday at Petworth fair four ploughs competed for Earl of Ecremont prizes in a field by the mansion. Rev. Nicuo Las Turners Rotherham wing plough won with eight year old driver. second prize to Mr. Joan Salter with one wheel plough and four oxen. Unsuccessful included Lord Somerville and Mr. Crayton. Fox-hounds arrived at Gerrard's Cross kennel for a two hour run.
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