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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 27, 1799
Page
2
The proprietors announce that the 1795 volume and the remaining years to complete the 36 volume work are in forward progress. A general index from 758 to 860 inclusive is being prepared on an improved plan. The publication involves publishers including R. Faulder J. Cuthell Ogilvy and Co and others.
London reports from Lord Batport that Royalists seized Quimper Corentin, a small town in Britanny on a navigable river, 30 miles southeast of Brest. They began fortifications and held a considerable force, prompting Brest garrison detachments. The capture would ease supply lines to our shipping, while Bonaparte favors soldiers over prisoners, signaling France’s struggles with external threats and domestic troubles.
Reports describe a Levee at St James Palace with the Dukes of York and Clarence receiving private audiences. A Council followed, while the King returned to Windsor as delays from Mamburgh and Paris persisted. Military movements, billets, and potential tax measures for 1791 are noted, with social gatherings at Welbeck Street and Carlton House.
An extracted letter from a Thepub Yeun Officer recounts mass unrest as Civil Commissions advance. He claims French robbers plundered Piedmont residents for millions in specie and paper money, diamonds, and crown jewels, provoking widespread horror and denunciation among locals.
The Rouen Criminal Tribunal sentences Bailly a bookseller to transportation for printing and selling a pro royalist proclamation by Louis Joseph Rourson and parts of a Counter Revolution song. It quotes passages declaring guilt and hatred toward the Republic and praising royal legitimacy. A November Caen paper to the Municipal Administration appeals for loyalty to the Royal Catholic Army and warns of no pardon for rebels.
In Toulouse on November 4 a royalist paper reveals the provisional Chamber has condemned several Villemur area reformists to death and others to perpetual banishment. The decree, issued with royal approval, orders execution on request of the King's Attorney and requires initials on royalist acts.
Daw Mercer reports in the Court of King’s Bench on November 28 that Ric Harrison county coroner was found guilty of extortion after pressuring relatives of Ann Burkit to forbear an inquest on her body. The court sentenced Harrison to six months in the king’s bench prison and a fine of 5000, plus removal from office. A separate criminal information charged Mr. Ruffel, a Swallow Street apothecary, with publishing numerous libels about Mr. Garrow. he pleaded not guilty.
A council of the cabinet ministers held yesterday at Lord Guenville’s offices. the result was laid before his Margary by his lordship at St James’s. Princess Amelia is confined to her apartment at Windsor Lodge. Mrs Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury sent portraits to Princess Many at Windsor. Letters from Deal report a neutral vessel from Calais arrived. no notable events in France, Paris tranquil, peace hopes high.
Yesterday Jean Prevot and Baptiste Ecala underwent a second examination before R Pard on suspicion of involvement in the mutiny and murder aboard the Lady Shore at Botany Bay slip. Lieut. Prater testified about the August 1797 events off Cape Friou, including gunfire, a murdered chief mate, and the mutineers’ attack on the captain. Prevot is held for further examination, with Ecala also under scrutiny.
In Hamburgh on November 15 the Emperor Paul’s ukase informs the Senate that the city has delivered the Napper and his companions and expelled a Frenchman of suspicious character. It declares past events forgiven and orders restored communications with Vinm burgh. The Atticus march into winter quarters ends military operations and an armistice rumors prove fiction.
From the Court Gazette reports ongoing campaigns with Austria and Russia facing French efforts. Allied forces repelled superior numbers near Buko and Mondovi, while Melas reorganized to counter French advances and blockades. News from Roviedo and Memmingen notes French and Russian movements, with troop detachments and sallies shaping front lines.
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