08 Aug 1798
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 08, 1798
Page
1
A rider carrying a mare from Beinby to a distant town was stopped by a robber who fled on a horse with saddle bags. The rider, described as a mid-aged man in a coloured hat, asked directions toward Croydon and turned toward Riverhead. Police offer pardon if details are reported.
An old advertisement extols Drops as elaborate sea bathing waters with good medical qualities. It claims efficacy in fevers, including putrid forms, and notes preparations for export. The Family Doctor’s Aptitude lists books of cures. products sold by Messrs. Jefferies at 360 Oxford Street and retailers nationwide.
Reports from Ireland note two proclamations by the Marquis Coe w Habits and Privy Council altering baronial divisions and county lines, marking the first proclamations under the current viceroy. Circuits may begin in October, while martial and militia movements, trials postponed, and rebel activity prompt continued vigilance and temporary pardons for behavior bonds.
The Belfast court began the trial of William Cunningham John Jackson and John Pfeil on charges of High Treason arising from a May meeting of United Irish delegates in Armagh. Witnesses testified about secretly delivered papers and plans for insurrection, with details of meetings at Campble’s pub and the involvement of Dublin and Belfast in coordinating counter government actions.
The eyewitness describes the balloon ascent with Citizen Henry, praising her courage and calm under peril as the craft rose about 800 toises and reached near 1460 tones, then descended to Dugny after unpredictable air currents. Passports and public scrutiny marked the reception, with observers and spectators applauding the mission.
In Wicklow a wave of banditti-inspired destruction has left several houses burned over the past week as rebel forces maneuver at night. Holt, a Wicklow leader, was killed near Nobber in Meath by Yeomanry. Dublin militia marched into Tallow and Catnew, towns left nearly roofless by rebellion, with only two houses and the parish church intact. A man was seized near Maquay Bridge for stealing eight steel pikes concealed in hay, turned over to Captain Walthe’s Infantry for examination.
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