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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 17, 1797
Page
2
Read like a compressed 1790s political column, this item reports Belgians praising union with France amid heavy war levies and confiscations, Buonaparte's military dispatches and nominations, claims of royalist conspiracies, a Venetian provisional municipality manifesto, and hospital distress in Paris. It cites memorials, executions, and revolutionary rhetoric shaping Europe’s unsettled balance of power.
Report notes 1800 infants admitted since last December with 1500 deaths from malnutrition or nurse shortages due to unpaid wages. Authorities claim provinces demand public support against famine. The sugar price plunge has triggered over forty bankruptcies in Paris.
June 15 reports indicate Letourneur named Inspector General of the Artillery by the ancient Colleges, a fitting choice given his prior Directory membership. The Directory also appoints Miet as Ambassador to Turin before Barthelemy arrives, while naval officers prepare to assume Venetian ships now owned by the Republic. Treasury clerks face schemes to divert pay from Floreal and Prairial at 10 percent interest. English, Russian, and Portuguese property at Venice is seized for the French Republic or its rogues. The Directory restricts future ambassadors to a Chargé d Affaires in Switzerland, with Bacher poised for that post and Carletti reportedly fallen from grace over revolutionary views.
Francefort May 28 A son born to the consort of Prince Maximillian brother to the Elector of Saxony, making the newborn the heir apparent to the Electoral Throne. A recent big fire on the 25th caused widespread aid from General Hache and others who helped with water for engines. Imperial army of the Upper Rhine estimated at 70,090 men. French pay ready money for all dispatched dress.
Brussels dispatch warns of large provisions and forage orders across Prussia Westphalia forming substantial armies. Prince Henry of Prussia, ally of France and foe of Austria, to command a sizable force assembling in Silesia. Emperor orders a strong army to camp near Prague.
An Engfish letter from Naples dated March 28 1797 describes Rome before the treaty with Buonaparte. It notes public belief in safety amid French advances, distrust of Bologna reports, and Colli’s arrival with few troops despite promises of eighteen thousand. It mentions Mantua capitulation claims, Roman triumphs near Ancona denied, and Duke Braschi's alarm plus a Pope family scene.
A fragmentary account recalls travelers fleeing Rome as twelve thousand troops surrounded the Vatican after a clash with Buonaparte. They describe gates crowded with artillery waggons and bundles of treasure, with reports of gold bars and precious cargo carried toward Naples and Loretto.
The article details a tentative pause in negotiations for peace with France, noting delays in Paris, a flag of truce to Calais, and Lord Malmesbury’s return to his seat near Henley. It covers provincial military appointments, fortification repairs at Sheerness, efforts to lower prices via a forestalling bill, a benefaction to the Lying-in Hospital, and performances at the King's Theatre, plus a big whale beached at Padstow and a sailor fined for wearing hair powder without a certificate.
A reporting note states the Maines Chart fica na Sip Poe silver piap by Meene Watabis from the West Indies was captured off the coast of Africa. The Jane Parkins from the Bahangs to Liverpool captured on May 21.
Plymouth Dock reports a court martial on the Carpenter of his Majesty's brig Sylph aboard the Cambridge. Charges proved, the man is sentenced to be dismissed from his Majesty's service. Bail given by Sprightly to the forbay, Lieut. Jump. The Concorde, 36 guns, under Captain Roberts, sailed from the harbour.
The Altréa frigate has brought in a Dutch privateer near Yarmouth while two privateers fired on a cutter with dispatches for Admiral Duncan, which were thrown overboard. A second cutter failed on Tuesday night and carried orders, but weather was calm. a packet arrived with a messenger. About 300 French prisoners will depart tomorrow escorted to Til Top by Inniskilling horse. Riots among sailors quelled by troops and magistrates. order restored.
Portsmouth reports the Ganges, once of the draft Endia Company, now in government service from the West Indies with 105 invalids, under quarantine. The Plover Aap, carrying 28 guns under Captain Cheshyre, from the Downs, also arrives. The Argo frigate plans to sail tomorrow with a convoy to the Downs.
Milford June 15 extracts from an address aboard His Majesty's Ship Bompée recount efforts to counter a mutinous oath taking. Sailors argued for peace and liberty while conspirators pressed seduction, oath taking, and threats of hanging. The document details attempts to sway crews and the ship’s response to preserve discipline and unity.
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