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Newspaper
Express And Evening Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 24, 1798
Page
1
Lord Moira stated a noble lord contradicted his prior Ireland remarks in yesterday's debate. He planned to invalidate those contradictions but would await the other's attendance and a future opportunity. The session adjourned.
A readable fragment lists the minority members associated with the Duke of Bedford’s Molson title. Figures named include the Duke of Norfolk Earl Sutfotk Duke of Bedford Earl Berboroush Marquis of Lansdowne Viscount Maynard Earl of Derby Lord Say and Sele Earlhanet Loyd Holland Earl Vankerville.
The Southern Whale Fishery and Free Port Bills were read a second time and committed for Tuesday. Tierney moved for an humble address demanding pension lists since 1792 and Corsica Ceylon and Cape emoluments details. Rose signaled Army Ex Cameral actions next Monday. Mulcaster noted a Slave Trade motion would be ready Friday. Hobart presented Affested Tax Bill report. resolutions approved. carts taxed questioned. Adjourned.
The Irish peers condemn the press bill calling it a dangerous restraint on liberty. They argue prior censorship harms constitutional rights, risk to public order, and urge conciliating measures over punitive laws. Signatories Grenard Bellamont Charlemont Mountcasheloi.
A dated report from the French Executive Directory details Swiss tensions with Berne and Fribourg, urging military action from the Army of Italy under Brigade General Menard. It recounts diplomatic efforts at Basle and Payerne, rising hostility, and the 1798 battles including Schawenbourg’s force breaking the oligarchs at Solewre amid popular acclaim.
The report chronicles Swiss events as French forces under Brune advance. Berne's government mobilizes 50,000, Soleure and Fribourg fall, Morat is evacuated, and a Tree of Liberty replaces Morat’s monument. Rampon and Pigeon push through Gumine and Neveneck. insurrection near Yverdon is crushed. volunteers from Vaud prove worthy, with twenty-nine standards claimed and liberty restored to Switzerland. The piece frames these as triumphs of the Republic over oligarchic tyranny and England’s intrigues.
An OCR fragment lists names and places including Waterford Dublin Hamburg Lisbon Lifven and Leeward Islands, indicating a brief notice on ships or mails with scattered destinations and connections among European and Caribbean ports. The text is incomplete, offering few clear facts beyond the suggested routes and ports.
Paris papers report Swiss towns Soleure Berne and Fribourg seized by French forces after a series of engagements. Berne and Soleure surrender following strong resistance as France presses reforms and a new European balance emerges amid naval and political moves.
Dublin March 20 The House of Commons sat as a committee to consider Lords amendments to the Insurrection Bill amid fears of creed intimidation and weapon retention in proclaimed districts. A notable amendment would punish possession of pikes daggers or similar weapons after magistrates demand surrender, with penalties and appeals outlined. The bill as amended moves to the Lords for concurrence.
This column records several marriages across places including Edmondton, Union-place Lambeth, Gray's Inn, Stanstead, Bath, Woolwich and Stanstead. It also notes deaths such as Miss Charlotte Wood daughter of Colonel Wood and Mr John Langshaw organist, plus a long obituary for Alan M Lean aged 107 at Craigvechany and James Waitman aged noting recent events.
A stock page listing varied securities and bonds with prices and April maturities. Mentions Navy 3 per cent bills, Exchequer bills, and several scrip references. Includes entries for banks and government securities with fractioned rates and April lines.
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