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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 11, 1797
Page
2
The passage urges unity and vigilance against disorder, urging citizens to respect property and obey government leaders. It notes a reading of a resolution praising the Interior Army and proposes a committee to draft an address to the French people and armies, with Deputies and General Jourdan calling for firmness.
A London report notes dispatches from Lord Malmesbury and a Danish packet at Dover as the French Directory pursues unprecedented measures while suppressing opposition. The piece critiques arrests, proclamations, and alleged conspiracies, warning that terror may delay peace talks and provoke future factional violence.
On Friday a grand Ball at the Lodge Weymouth honored the Mayists' Wedding Anniversary with dancing from nine to twelve and supper in Stacie's Rooms. The Scotch Greys played, then Majesties and Princesses moved to the Ballroom, leaving at two. Sir Joan Orde to hoist flag aboard the Princes Royal off Cadiz. Dover coast well defended, Grey noted. An elopement near Windsor ended with a recovered handkerchief and a Guards officer uncle. couple fled in a chaise. Friday night four men, drunk, seized a coach at Bank Coffee-house and were sent to the Pearly Compter by a marshal. An elderly man was taken to Bow Street Police charged with stealing a pine pote. All told, a mix of court, crime, and carriage incidents.
Fragmented dispatches reveal royalist intrigues in Lyons and Paris. Letters praise Imbert Colomes as a king favored agent, while Debert Colomes is named Lyon's royal envoy. The correspondence asserts Lovw XVII’s satisfaction and cites numerous alleged loyalties, challenging republican candidates and foreshadowing state scrutiny.
A decoded excerpt notes a prior discussion about a letter from Prince de Coupe to M. dudert Colomes the chief gentleman of the King at Lyons and others. The communication reveals royal correspondence through Swiss and French channels during a period of diplomatic exchange with England.
A hand written paper from Venice records a December 1795 interview with Montgaillard, describing his journey from Basel to meeting General Pichegru and the Prince de Condé. It details offers of rewards and royalist plans, the involvement of Fauchez and Courant, and critiques of émigré factions and courtiers.
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