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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 11, 1798
Page
4
London markets report prices at one o clock with three percent corfels at 43 24 and Omnium 14. An Essarco vessel has been laid on all ships at Dover Harwich and other sea coast towns.
A morning mail from Liéon arrived at Falmouth in 12 days via the Adolphus Packets. Reports from Ireland mention no news. rumors claim the French Directory seeks to null elections due to foreign influence, and that England’s army is moved to the Rhine. US-France tensions rise as proclamations call for a general fast and embargo debates surface in Parliament and state governments. A Le Havre uprising links to St Margon intelligence, while Cur ris’s squadron sails from Ireland. Colonel Fixen is fatally wounded on Barham Downs during Guards drills, with disputed cause and a note on his family lineage.
The Galen from Boston engages with the St Albans man of war and falls to the Heron Privateer after an April 8 night engagement, with several vessels captured or plundered. Passengers are redistributed to ships including the Clariffa and Sally while others are released. Multiple frigates, transports, and sloops are shown with convoys and quarantine notes at Plymouth Portsmouth and Deal.
A failing expedition from Margate on Saturday night halted amid a large troop movement. About three thousand troops, mostly Guards, were embarked on transports and men of war. It was escorted by three 74 gun ships and twelve frigates and believed bound for Ofiend or Flushing.
The Prince of Waves dined yesterday at the Star and Garter with nobility of the Society of St Patrick. The Court mourns the late Duchess Dowager of Wittemburgh. hunting and a deer on Tower Hill are noted. Reports compare Sir Sirooney Smith’s escape to marvellous tales, while a naval fleet is preparing at Mole St Nicolas for action against Spain. платеж
The Spectateur du Nord argues the Directory plans an English invasion. It analyzes naval strength, Cadiz and Brest blockades, and Jersey and Guernsey as staging points. The piece details possible fleet movements, battles, and the goal of forcing England to port while transports sail under protection.
Colonel Williams proposes a plan to destroy the ports of Offend Dunkirk and Calais. Reports note French prisoners on the Bristol in the Medway attempting escape, guards strengthened, and ringleaders ironed. Court Martial opens in Portsmouth over a Post Office fraud by an ensign. Bath Theatre chaos from a half price crowd surge. Mrs Farr of the Horse Shoe Inn jailed for disrespect. A French officer who escaped Norwich Castle was lodged at Yaxley goal with other POWs.
May 8 report from Dublin describes a cavalry search at a Smithfield house yielding printed papers tied to suspicions. Papers and implicated persons were brought to Alderman Alexander in William Street. Counsellor Sampson arrived in custody. detained at the Castle after Carlisle gaol transfer. Rumors of a nobleman tied to treasonous acts surface, with more arrests in Kil dared and Wicklow. A Thomas Street printing office materials and staff were seized and imprisoned. A new Bridewell ward houses state prisoners, with three recent prisoners conveyed there from Wicklow and Kildare.
In the House of Lords at Moxpay on May 7 the defaulters list was read ahead of the Kingston trial. The Bishop of Derry was named a defaulter after 24 years absent from Parliament, prompting the Earl of Clare to vow opposition to any excusal.
On Saturday at Guildhall Henry Aart faced examination for defrauding tradesmen with bills and forged pretexts, with some acts dated four or five years prior. At Union Hall Hart faced multiple fraud charges and was committed for further examination. A carriage accident in Wood Street left a servant severely injured. In Bow Street a tradesman was charged with indecent assault on a six year old girl, bail set. A free pardon was granted to Bernard Heaitt, an Emigrant Officer, for forging bank notes by the Queen’s mercy.
MARRIED. On Tuesday last, Mr. William Isaacson, jr. Attorney at Law, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, wed Miss Mary Parr of the Crescent, Greenwich, Kent.
On Thursday the 16th instant a life of Efq. died at Wanstead Essex Paris.
A terse financial note lists centage values and annuities across loyalty and bank products. It references Cent. Red. 4734 and Cent. Conf. age lines with rates around 3 and 4 percent, plus small credits and short-term loyalty instruments. The fragment hints at bank long and short annuities with minor adjustments and period indicators.
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