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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 15, 1798
Page
4
The Evening Mail reports dispatches from Lord Camper with Ireland news. Rebels defeated in Antrim and Wexford, British forces advancing under General Nugent. Notes on sieges near Bexford, naval support, and troop movements from England. Earl Fitzwilliam mansion burned, militia called up, and Prices or stock updates included.
Dublin reports new Northern skirmishes as General Nugent’s forces push against rebels in Antrim Down and Wexford. Captured towns burn, Portaferry defends with yeomanry. several officers killed or wounded. A Belfast field report notes rebels routed near Saintfield with heavy losses, while a Down proclamation offers loyalty terms to surrender arms, warning of drastic ruin if refused.
Dispatches from Toulon and Cadiz discuss a large English squadron entering the Mediterranean and a French advisory of naval movements. Reports mention Napoleon Buonaparte, the Directory, and potential Anglo Austrian accommodations. Britain and Prussia are cited in geopolitical talks with troop movements noted toward Rhine frontier.
This morning I arrived a Mail from Inevana. The intelligence received by it is rather of a favourable nature.
Belfast letter dated June 13 states General Nucent returned from Bailyna hinch after defeating rebels in County Down. He dispersed them, seized six cannon and two to three flags, leaving about 500 dead. Antrim is quiet, with two officers and nine or ten men killed.
On Saturday Jaf at Pam by special license Edward Morant Gale of Brockenturft House Hants married Miss Townsend daughter of Sir Townsend Honington Hall Warwickshire and niece to the Earl of Plymouth. Died in Devonshire Lady Southampton, a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales.
A terse market note records bond prices and yields with varied quotes. Notable entries include price points around 3 percent, 4 percent, and 7k in loan-related identifiers, plus terms such as loyalty, long, and annuity. The text reflects a historical finance snapshot with multiple security labels and small fractional adjustments.
A compact note notes the printing-house squag by Bhackrriana with reference to J Walter and J Walter Juny. The fragmentary item hints at a publication dispute or printing issue involving the two Walter names in a historical press context.
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