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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 25, 1797
Page
3
A chaotic review of European affairs notes a Lisbon court stance on ratification of a treaty, ministerial notices to ratify, and naval dispatches. It mentions Lord J Vincene’s fleet, a Naiad frigate captain, and lost ships, with broader references to Milan, Paris merchants, and Swiss-German mediation, alongside local weather and transport accidents.
A fragment from a 18th century newspaper notes French party dominance spreading to Holland. It reports French emigrants ordered to quit Batavian territory, troops redeployed to cantonments, and measures to disperse gatherings near the frontiers as the revolutionary sentiment strengthens.
Sept 16 report from Cologne describes the Government Treasury and Archives under Revolutionary Party control. Provisional Commissions and new municipalities in Cologne Aix-la-Chapelle and other cities declare independence as Cirrhentine Republic, annexing Treres and Cologne on the Upper Rhine, seeking protection from France and a provisional Directory. Potential secularization of ecclesiastical estates and sequestration of electoral domains could reshape landholding. France has not yet sanctioned this change and it may threaten the German Empire's integrity per the Austria France peace preliminaries.
The Court Gazette reports General Buonaparte has reached China and dined with Imperial Plenipotentiaries after recovering from illness. Conferences on preliminaries of peace and Italian affairs followed. All French troops have left Adina environs, while Paligtinova fortifications are being steadily strengthened.
A Harwich letter dated Sept 24 reports the Cupid from Petersburgh to London being driven off the Gunfleet Sand and entering harbor with cargo in good condition. En route, Lord B raising fleets, East India and Halifax convoys, and Indefatigable reached St Helena. Chapman Keen and Hornet NasU arrived from Torbay and the Eastward. Powerful warship sailed from Portsmouth to join Dun can’s North Seas fleet, with Formidable expected to follow. The Orion, 74 guns, recently at Gibraltar, reports water provisioning and expected attack by Spaniards. flags of truce pass Cadiz commanders, and word of possible renewed war. Diamond frigate arrived from Margona, Orestes brig and Arethusa and Pearl frigates entered harbor.
The document dated July 16 1787 records Lafayette stating his intent to go to America but refusing to re-enter Austrian dominions without permission. He cites obligations to the United States and France, and vows not to enter Bohemia or Hungary without consent. Letters referenced by General Fitchpatick relate to the matter.
Joseph Galler a French emigrant was arrested in Wells street Oxford street on a charge of forging bank notes. Police found copper plates for one and two pound notes and thousands of forged signatures. He confessed to engraving the plates but denied accomplices. He died by hanging himself with a handkerchief in his cell at Cold Bath Fields.
Early Sunday a young banker’s son from Mar Gate leaped from a cliff and perished after being forbidden to see a girl, while at Reading Fair a travelling theatre collapse caused minor injuries among the audience. The Motafra forest near Brod in Sclavonia burned for twelve days despite efforts to extinguish it.
In a London Old Bailey session a case described a man forcing a woman to surrender a pocketbook and property. The jury found the man guilty of the grand larceny overall, while the woman was acquitted of the capital part. fifteen other prisoners were tried, most convicted for false testimony or acquitted.
The court heard Nicklas Brady charged with a misdemeanor for resisting an Excise Officer during an April 1795 incident at Mr Catrnai’s soap factory where soldiers helped seize soap. The jury found Brady guilty after a non-controversial account of ill treatment. other defendants included Ann Bartlam Mary Guile Thomas Ledger and William Smith with various thefts and assaults. Thomas Smith alias John Law was found guilty of stealing two watches and recommended to Mercy.
A frenzied Tuesday night event at Brighton Church saw a 5264 Bob-Major Trebles performance by Horsham Ringers lasting four hours ten minutes. Last Saturday a Monmouth Militia private was drummed out for desertion, having deserted six times and sentenced to 500 lashes later remitted. In Smithfield on Sunday, three men spurred horses into St John Street, one horse died after crashing into rails. the fallen rider was grievously injured and companions fled with two shillings, a domino box, and a screwdriver.
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