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Newspaper
Express And Evening Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 29, 1798
Page
4
The verse honors Rutalia slain in Merida and warns the reader to walk upright. It urges reflecting on virtuous conduct, condemning fervent zeal for a cause the heart rejects, and to cherish honorable shame that leads to penance and future expiation.
Reports from Change and Hamburgh Mail describe Allied actions to eject Americans from France and seize property worth three million pounds. Swiss forces retreat under French pressure near Thun and Lucerne, with Bernese troops diminishing. Secularization plans for German ecclesiastical states and left bank cession on the Rhine are advanced, while Lisbon reports Earl St Vincent's return and Portugal's frontiers mobilization as French forces move toward Spain. Maritime notices detail ships seized and privateers active in Atlantic ports.
Manon Rastadt reports that the French plenipotentiaries respond to the imperial proposal by demanding acknowledgment of secularization and provision for indemnifications. Negotiations are expected to extend, as indemnity issues present significant difficulties in each case.
The Court announces mourning for the Duchess Dowager of Wirtemberg starting April first with strict attire rules. Ladies wear black silk or accessories. gentlemen in black attire with specified swords and buckles. Mourning changes occur April 23 and May 6 with expanded black outfits. By May 13 the court may end mourning. only attendants with the Royal Family are expected to appear.
A grand assembly of high society attended a concert at the Opera House with Majesties and Princesses present. About 500 ladies in curricle and petticoat attire filled the room as dancing, cards, and refreshments accompanied the event. Duchesses hosted balls at high profile venues, drawing noble crowds and generous patronage for distressed families.
Yesterday capital prizes were drawn and listed by number while reports described thefts at Mrs Herruan’s No 4 Vauxhall Walk and Mrs Reap’s No 41 Sloane Street. The Hon Mr Cuances Rosinsox broke his leg at Harrow School and Capt Unger noted no privateers east of the Naze with British ships and a merchant convoy nearby.
A merchant in the city is accused of uttering forged notes after paying a bill with a new issue. The Justice, famed for oddities, imprisons him amid dramatic pursuit and misidentifications. The case uncovers the notes as genuine new currency, leading to pardon and public charity. The piece also notes economic distress in Devon and Somerset, Dutch convention effects, and merchant houses facing hardship.
Prices for Wheat and Barley have slipped from recent highs as demand remains soft amid large foreign grain supplies. Corn and oats hold steady with mixed quotes for beans, peas, and rye. Flour prices advance, with fine flour at 43 to 45 shillings per sack, while hay and straw values in St Jamets and Whiteshape show modest variations.
General Poss Office dated March 39 1768 says a bag will be made up on Tele nessday next the ath of April with letters for Demerary Essequiba and Jerbizsee to be forwarded from Fal mouth by the packet boat. Letters for those settlements will be regularly sent from chance the first and third Wednesday in every munity with the West India Marls by command of the Postmaster General Anthony Told. 2 . Francis Freeling 1219 See
An advertisement touts a dropsy cure by Me LURe MOORE of Southampton Buildings and promotes the Cordial Balm of Gilead by Dr Solomon of Liverpool. It lists consultations, claimed nervous system benefits, and widespread sales across numerous towns and printers, urging sick or healthy readers to seek the doctor’s opinion and send case letters with fees.
An 19th century column records marriages by special licence including Charles Smith of Suttons and Augusta Senith of Stoke Park and a marriage at Chorley Sussex, plus military connections and a death notice for Mrs. J.A. Agnew. Also notes a Dublin hospital death of a celebrated person and a Roman Catholic cleric’s long service ending.
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