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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 08, 1798
Page
3
On a motion regarding debtors notes for 3s 6d weekly support, Lord Kenyon stated that the Court previously held an eightpenny stamp was required. Yesterday the Judges concluded no stamp was necessary, noting Justice Grose had first ruled for a stamp and that the move favored liberty.
Lord Edward Fitzgerald suffered spasms and fatigue from wounds, dying Monday morning after two days of agitation. His aunt Lady Louisa Connotly and his brother Lord Henry FitzGerald visited, sharing tender moments as he rested, then passed away as relatives prepared to return. He remained devout, praying and requesting the Bible reading of the Death of Christ.
Long dispatch reports ships sailed from Bourdeaux to the Amazon and Philadelphia, detentions of the Grantham packet, and officer appointments in the British force. It notes Irish troubles, volunteer commissions, discipline issues in local cavalry, hair powder certificates, and various European mutinies and troop movements across Vienna Basle Rastadt and Lausanne with French and Austrian coordination.
From Dublin dispatches dated June 5 recount rebels in control of Arklow Wexford and Gorey. Clergy and Protestants suffer massacres while Meath and Kilkenny districts face marches disbandings and executions. Reports note large troop movements transports off Dublin Bay and continued engagements across several counties with heavy casualties on both sides.
May 13 Our Court Gazette publishes an imperial ordinance forbidding any manufacturer to make tri coloured tibbauds and any dealer to sell them with strict penalties. The ordinance is signed by Prince Alexis Ru rakin.
In Dublin, Major General Dunpas seeks a Court Martial after a near surround of a large armed group at Curragh. He offered mercy if arms and chiefs were surrendered, and allegiance to the crown. The rebels demanded freedom for prisoners and spared lives for those delivered, which he refused, though he would plead their cases. Some chiefs escaped as illiterate men were misrepresented as leaders. Mr Toop, late Post Office secretary, died Thursday, once appointed in 17325, left 1 0,000 to Lord Lauperpaxe and 80,060 to another nobleman plus legacies.
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