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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 17, 1798
Page
4
Polls indicate market activity this day with reduced prices on several items. The Dublin and Lisbon routes reported varied volumes as new unrest spreads, while a recent union meeting showed opposition to the proposed constitution and delayed further discussion until next month.
Tris-With reports the loss of His Majesty's ship Coif of Hh-pans near St Mary's Roads Scilly on Monday. The brave crew were saved except one Quarter Master who fell overboard while begging the lead. The particulars are given in Ship News. The Colafus was among ships in the glorious victory off Aboukir.
A discussion in Europe notes stagnation on the continent due to winter and slow mobilizations. Austria and France maintain hopes of accommodation while delays, treaties, and naval movements influence the broader struggle. Dispatches from London report cabinet meetings and whispers of battles, with Egypt and Malta creating further regional tension.
The discourse argues for Russia’s continued aid to the Emperor to safeguard continental independence. It warns that ceding frontier towns or minor territorial gains offers little peace when Mantua and the Cisalpine Republic stand at stake. The note cites French prerogatives and a portending shift in Italian dominance.
An Irish distressing report from Dublin December 13 notes a member of Capt Hornidge’s corps escaping rebels with gunfire near Fallagh. Dispatches mention waggons with ammunition, militia escorts from Enniskillen, and a brutal surge of killings near Baltinglass and Kilcock. Reports from Gorey, Arklow, and Limerick recount executions, robberies, and suspected traitors. Newspaper items also cover Union talk, Dutch Jacobins, a Westminster School play, and a late duel in Hyde Park.
From Plymouth and Scilly reports, the Corvus of 74 guns, captained by G. Merrar, was wrecked on Southern Wells near Sampson in a gale on December 7 the crew saved, though stores and officers’ hatches were lost. Passengers from the Nile era aboard are to be interred, while prize brig privateers and other ships report further storm damage and captures near Lisbon and Martinique.
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