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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 20, 1799
Page
8
Dublin mails carry report of a fractious debate on Lord Co rsT s motion urging Union. Government backers oppose the measure, while several sympathizers pledge to resist. The discussion touches international affairs, including Buonaparte and Turkish policy, with a call for public aid to a distressed Liverpool family enduring a paralytic stroke and poverty after debt and unemployed days.
Three weeks after Hon T Grenville sailed from Yarmouth to Cuxhaven there is no confirmation of his arrival at Gottenburg. West Indies reports say 3000 free Royalist Negroes from St Dominice were sent by Governor Touffain of Jamaica. The Island Council remains embarrassed yet orderly, hoping to bolster island strength. Ehrenbreitstein fell after Von Jol surrendered, giving horses to the garrison. General Mack offered a royal gift to Championet, who refused citing Republic law against English-made goods. Emigrants plan Prince Edward Island on Gulf of St Lawrence. Elliott the secretary made repeated failed attempts to reach Dublin. he left Holyhead in hopes of crossing the Channel. The Lord Mayor presided at Guildhall with 17 Aldermen. sermons promised for Spital Monday and Tuesday at St Bride's. Bread prices show no change this week.
The London Gazette entry records bankruptcies for J Heathcote and others with March and April filing dates in Liverpool Coventry Oswestry and Warwick. It also lists dividends due for J Fozard W Bottomley P Page S Hulmes W Young J Scott T Hammond E Stephenson J S Rich J Heapy C Young J Marshall and J Houston with associated locations and dates.
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