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Newspaper
Express And Evening Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 15, 1798
Page
2
Domestic intelligence items include parliamentary proceedings and convoys. The issue notes a tax measure for convoy protection and an expedition from Margate stocks. Foreign intelligence covers further details of the American negotiation with the French Republic, the escape of Sir Sidney Smith in French papers, and proceedings concerning elections.
Paris reports record activity at Toulon with troops arriving for embarkation General Garpenne sets headquarters at Quilloules and ban on newspapers News notes include Buonaparte plans, Italian and Dutch disturbances, Corsican revolt, and Milan developments. French naval actions and British responses fill the day with embargoes, arrests, and proclamations affecting Piedmont and Geneva frontiers.
From the London Gazette dated May 15 a list of bankruptcy filings appears including Abraham Walker of Worksop Nottingham a wine merchant Benjamin Camberhach of Cravensueet Strard Mid Siapey Scrivener ty defeat Sution Cambridge crehire Grocer Wil a Poip etc plus John Smirk Georgia-stan-equare and several others with addresses in London Kent Warwick Street and Golden Square.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe the Lords session on a May Tuesday. Mentions the Duke of Leinster taking the chair as Viscount Leinster and an adjournment event. Other phrases reference party leaders and referred papers. The text is incomplete and garbled.
In the Commons a petition from Tierney regarding the barter bill was laid on the table. The SPEAKER ruled on proceedings about divorce and the bill’s preamble. The Attorney General spoke softly on proposed clause changes and Tierney signaled delays until Maidstone trials. The Newspaper Bill and Salt Regulation Bill advanced discussions before adjournment.
The Duke of Yorshes commands the Grenadiers of the Third Regiment to form into a battalion ready to act. Reports note ceremonial moves and a push to erase Mr Fox’s Privy Council name. The piece urges reader understanding of the controversial armed association plan.
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