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Newspaper
Express And Evening Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 12, 1798
Page
3
Domestic intelligence notes cover attack on St Marcou reward for Lord Edward Fitzgerald seizure law sailings and secret expeditions. Accounts from Ireland report markets stocks and miscellaneous items. Foreign intelligence highlights a major negotiation between America and the French Republic.
A London report describes a royal hunting diversion with the Earl of Dunsterretp and other nobles, followed by a Windsor chapel sermon and royal dining. It notes an embargo on Dover and Harwich vessels, then shifts to U S politics with Congress debating arming and a peace mission amid press criticism of the President and a March proclamation for national measures.
A late 18th century Admiralty letter chronicles Captain Hotham and Lt Price defending the islands of St Marcou from a flotilla attack. Despite calm seas delaying ships from La Hogue, British forces landed to counter the assault, inflicting heavy enemy losses and towing away captives. Reports praise officers Bourne Price and the Adamant Eurydice crews for steadfast conduct with one casualty and several wounded.
The document outlines secret Paris diplomacy between the American ministers and France’s Directory. It describes a confidant Mr X proposing a reconciliation plan via M Talleyrand, including a political loan and funds, to soften passages in the President's speech and secure favorable terms. Pinckney agrees to hear proposals in writing through a trustworthy intermediary.
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