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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 26, 1796
Page
3
The readable text mentions Didier MAU and an ex-convention group, with possible page references and a date for an Aberty event. Details are fragmentary, making precise identification difficult.
The enemy attacked Prada held by Battalion Chief Dalons with 300 men, aiming to forage. A reinforced force routed them to the glacis, taking about 700 prisoners and killing 14 men and horses. Reports mention army reorganization and peace prospects, with Lombardy inviting public opinion on government form.
General Morrau reports from Fribourg on October 15 about the Rhine army’s perilous position, breakthroughs through the Black Forest, and successful actions near Rotweil Villingen and Neustadt, with 18 cannon taken, 760 prisoners, and two colors captured, as Latour Petrasch and Nauendorf’s forces rally to break the siege.
Reports describe 13 009 French troops near Mulheim on the Rhine left bank as General Bournonville takes position at Hundbuck. Kellerman cites Italian pictures arriving safely, conspirators in Grenelle executed, and Swiss envoy Weitz meeting the Directory. Constance evacuated after recovering guns, Austrian troops later entering. Swedish-Russian alliance shifts influence with the Porte wary of disobeying the Empress.
An October 6 dispatch from Madrid notes the French Republic and Spain ratified a military alliance, with a declaration of war on England expected to be published soon. It also reports Moreau's corps growing to eighty thousand, occupying lands between the Rhine and Black Mountains, with several entrenched camps near Bingen Kreutznach and Birkenfeld as French and allied forces mobilize.
Lord Malmesbury arrives in Paris as minister plenipotentiary with four secretaries, one brother of Lord Gower among them. An assassination attempt on General Hocque is reported from Rennes after prior warnings by the War Ministry. Moreau reaches Strasburg on the 16th, then moves to Rheinfelden. General Petrarch defeats forces at Villingen as 1500 men sortie from Landau with eight cannon while Austrian incursions persist near Spire.
The Council of Five Hundred debated estate disputes after Marquis d Epagne’s emigration and a daughter’s claim to maternal and paternal shares. It assigned to Aboliz the disputed estates and urged indemnification from the National Treasury, while also condemning an editor for an assault. The Pantheon, attacked by Merrier, prompted a resolution to report on its state.
Their Lordships met at four o'clock with General Cunninghame now Lord Rosmere introduced by Lord Somerton and Lord Pery. He subscribed to the oaths and took his seat amid warm congratulations. The Committee, chaired by Lord Ranelagh, discussed the Bill for encouraging and disciplining corps, then reported and slated for a third reading next age. The Earl of Wemeath's Divorce Bill was ordered for a second reading tomorrow.
A defense rejects a false account of revenue during wartime, arguing that temporary losses from distilleries, corn bounties, seamen bounties, and repealed taxes did not affect permanent revenue. It calculates 1792 to 1796 figures, notes a disposable surplus, and disputes a large claimed deficit. The document emphasizes naval strength, commercial energy, and India revenue as sources of resilience.
The Petition by Mr Wasparson against Downton’s Return drops as he and Joan Morreux Elq son of the late India Direction chair contend a joint petition will be considered with the Electors’ Petition on November 17. Colort Granam, the British Grocer, allied with Austrian forces in Italy, is besieged at Mantua with Wurws.
His Majesty appoints commissions in two East India Company regiments raised as the Royal Balton Volunteers. Appointments cover Colonel David Scott. Lt Colonels Sir Lionel Darell, Charles Mills. Majors Robert Thurston, Stephen Williams. Captains Saunders Pearl Dickenson Loader Coggan Hyde Gore Brown Baker Wolfe Engs. Lieutenants Bye Jones Goodhall Chancellor Woodhoife Johnson Cobb Adams Thomson Cleave Lloyd Williams. Ensigns Hobson Mortimer Mason Bland Seatley Stanley Boger Mordaunt jun.
A fragment listing ranks from colonel to ensign with numerous surnames such as Bensley Robarts Elphinstone Thellutton Cobb Stockwell Aldridge Willis Nuthall Hedges Raincock Bernard Lloyd Lowe Butcher Rooke Whitehead Gillmour Jones Sharphouse Abington Eyles Gear Mattheson Yates Trower Merlin Sugden Durand Johnston Swinton.
At Bow Street a Liverpool merchant Mr Middleton faced a charge of felonious arson for setting fire to his premises to defraud Sun Fire Office. With witnesses in Liverpool, London bail was denied. Middleton to be sent to Liverpool for trial, in custody of Bow Street officers.
A special warrant allowed officers to search a house beside the Old Bailey during a trial week. two men and two women were captured amid counterfeiting operations producing Cat Money. crucibles, melted metal, moulds, and finished or unfinished coins were seized. officers were hurt in the struggle, with a sword and two bayonets found. The group included a father and son, and a mother and daughter. On Wednesday an information led to further actions.
Fragmentary notice lists sittings in Middlesex and at London before the Lord Chief Justice and after Michaelmas Term in 1796. Text includes scattered dates and reference to term days and weekly sessions, with unclear spellings and punctuation.
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