Diminish Resolution Debated and Ordered Printed
A fragment notes that the diminishment plan was proposed and that the resolution should be approved. The report was ordered to be printed and the debate on it adjourned.
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 30, 1799
Page
2
A fragment notes that the diminishment plan was proposed and that the resolution should be approved. The report was ordered to be printed and the debate on it adjourned.
From Strassburg and Hamburg dated October, reports show the Zonae corps relying on women and servants, with baggage horses costing 390. doubts rise over loyalty as Condé, Ney, and Archduke maneuvers unfold. Hamburgh cites Napper Tandy affair, Prussia’s stance, and fears of invasion or seizure of Juliers and Berg.
A London paper reprints Paris journals up to March 25 noting Massena’s demands and Swiss cantonal resistance. It laments French finances, the Emigrant issue, and argues for European powers to press Russia and Britain toward a disinterested peace while debating the fate of France and the Holy Roman Empire.
Capt Drummond of the Bulldog bomb vessels arrives from Corfu via Gibraltar carrying dispatches from Lord Nelson. Pagpareront of the Naiad frigate also reaches the Admiralty. French contributions on the Republic are estimated at two million livres, with towns Frogen and Egifau not yet prepared. Reports from Schaffhausen suggest allied armies cannot hold occupied territories much longer. A crate from the Dutch East India Company burned at Medemblick yields about 900,000 guilders in cloves. A civic present to Generals Moreau and Buonaparte is promised by the Legislative Body. The liberty tree in Marseilles was cut down by Royalists on the night of the 13th instant.
A fragment from a Dover report describes troops arriving from Grave lines with dispatches concerning prisoners of war. It mentions the 65th regiment and other units already landed, with Evartel arriving this morning.
The report details Royal levee events with Lord Lavincrox and General Eavonstone before the King returns to Windsor. It also covers the loss of His Majesty's ship Nafay in a gale near a fard bank, with two officers and 42 men dead, while the rest of the crew were saved.
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