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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 28, 1796
Page
4
Postscript from Bath reports ongoing debate over the new Plan of Finance for the coming year. Ministers and financiers discuss terms with private gentlemen, while Adrian Pir t faces questions about securing funds from the East India Company and supporting state relief measures amid European tensions.
A General Court Martial convened at Canterbury on November 29 1796 to try Colonel Nicholas Bayly of the West Middlesex Militia on a charge by Colonel Francis Ropp Royal Cornwall Militia for conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman including an alleged assault on Major Richard Woop. The document lists the court officers and names of prosecutors and witnesses, notes Bayly’s prior 13 days of close arrest, and details related motions and proceedings, plus militia reorganization updates for Chester and local yeomanry forces.
Reports from Portsmouth Plymouth and Chatham detail ships Swiftsure Imperieux and others failing to join Admiral Corxos, arrivals from the Downs and Currents, and wind conditions. Chatham notes reassignments after Mr Rundle’s death, with Hooker Knowles and Hughes appointed. Warrior and Grampus ordered for sea and store delivery. Archipelago to be docked and repaired.
A report notes discreet discussions on peace terms with Austria. Britain requires allied participation, and negotiations depend on how Paris receives Lord Malmesbury’s proposals. French couriers remain in Vienna awaiting response, with dispatches sent to London, Naples, and St. Petersburg.
Reports from Neu wied describe continued armistice negotiations between Austrian and French generals. France demands evacuation of the rete-de-pont. Austria counters, and General Bernadotte has delivered the French ultimatum to General Kray. The prince’s reply will determine if hostilities resume or both sides enter winter quarters.
Manheim reports a French trumpeter delivering armistice dispatches to General Hetze and a possible Austrian acceptance if France agrees to withdraw behind the Queich. Prince de Ligne travels to Axcapuxe with Werneck, both sides seeking terms. A Werneck courier passes through the city to Axénpokie. Conditions are described as tranquil at the moment. Italian news states Austrian forces entered Trent on the 4th.
In Cologne on November 16 a portion of General Lefebvre's division reportedly moved to the Rhine and toward the mountains. The commander aims to keep a strong second line in the center to allow flexible movements. The left wing encamps near the Neuwied ford with the center, while the right wing runs from Bingen to Kaiserslautern, preserving the Rhine left flank from Düsseldorf to Mainz.
Fragmentary report notes about 3000 emigrant troops from Jersey Guernsey the Isle of Wight and nearby areas have entered into the service and pay of Portugal. The departure point and final plans remain unclear in the readable text.
A fine new 1250 ton ship is to be launched from Wetts Dockyard at Rotherhithe for the Hon. East India Company. The Court of Common Pleas valued Mrs Otway as heir to Sir Thomas Cave, with property estimate around two hundred thousand pounds. Lord Joan Tuywn? is a Bath candidate as Lord Weymouth ascends to the peerage. Eleven people indicted for conspiracies and riots surrendered to bail at King’s Bench and committed. A card from Mrs Spicstury warns against initials only when seeking cures. Mars. S. offers advice with a required one guinea contribution for letters.
The Irish Lottery details seventh and eleventh day drawings with several prize numbers listed. Prizes include values such as 2000 sols and other amounts associated with numbered tickets.
Notices announce marriages including Rev Humphry to Miss Horne and Capt Markham to the Hon Miss Rice, with other social details. Also reports provide average sugar price, wheat and corn market movements, and current price lists for cereals and hog peas, with figures from Norwich, Lambeth, and London markets.
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