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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 18, 1798
Page
2
An 18th century text outlines rapid deployment of waggons carts and horses with designated drivers conductors and rates for empty and loaded burdens. It discusses bread flour magazines and field bakery plans to support an army, urging quick notices and preparatory arrangements with bakers and regions secured for emergency readiness.
An editor receives a correspondent letter satirizing infidelity and snobbery among Britons. The writer cites Cromwell era anecdotes and a Lent sermon interrupted by soldiers bearing candles, illustrating public religious and moral tensions.
A man declares a divine vision to condemn established order. He says the Sabbath, tithes, ministers, magistrates, and the Bible are abolished, claiming Christ has come to illuminate believers. He burns a Bible leaf and extinguishes a candle, shocking onlookers.
A dated reflective piece laments war and internal distress across nations and urges reverent acknowledgment of Providence. It notes caution against party spirit in religious believers while listing Paris March 30 events: gifts to Caben zel and secretary, and violent clashes in local assemblies and Montpelier Hussars dispute ending in bloodshed.
Reports from Antwerp and Dunkirk describe orders for troops to march to England and to station Dutch forces along the coast between Ostend and Nieuport. Canal barges and many horses are requisitioned to move embarcations and ordnance, while General Kilmaine arrives to assume command of the English army under Buonaparte after surveying the coast.
Hague reports over 1000 transports fitting out for France next month to aid the invasion of England. Amsterdam proposes that half to two thirds of the current Constituent Assembly stay in the new Legislative Body. City of Hemburgh pays six million livres. excusing a twelve million ducat loan.
March dispatches from Rastadt describe the Deputation of the Empire presenting to the French Minister and warning that delays in indemnification threaten peace. They anticipate cession of the left bank of the Rhine and possible secularization, while rumors of Sicilian unrest and Neapolitan-French tensions unfold.
Copenhagen reports a devastating night blaze at the Home Guards barracks causing alarm throughout the town. The fire broke out unexpectedly amid strong winds, with damages estimated but not yet confirmed and no injuries immediately reported.
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