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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 25, 1798
Page
4
Postscript reports a Friday duel attempt between Messrs Pitt Tierney and Tierney with seconds, halted after shots and agreed satisfaction. It details Dublin’s near-insurrection plan, martial law, and arrests, plus Northern Mail and Connaught mail incidents, arm searches, and Yeomanry action with several fatalities and captures. The death of Earl of Cromenell is noted.
The Public will read the cause of the rem ontre between Mr. Pitt and Mr. Tien EY accurately reported in the Mail. We believe the public agrees that a life so valuable as Mr. Pitt's should not have been risked to gratify the desires of any man.
The reports say Admiral Sir William Parker commands 17 ships off Cadiz and Sir Horatio Nelson with 10 ships heads to the Mediterranean to watch Toulon. Lord St Vincent sits at Lisbon aboard the Ville de Paris with a combined fleet of 28 line of battle ships and four more ships on the way to join, securing action against both French and Spaniards.
A morning mail from Dublin arrives with papers detailing an insurgent plan to march into town. The documents mention Burling May four dollars and describe an alleged scheme to aid the insurgents and influence the region's events.
An English correspondent writing from Dublin in May reports upheaval in the North of Ireland. He notes the Lord Lieutenant acted on intelligence of a plot to seize London, the Lord Mayor was urged to arm the city, and that magistrates and yeomanry have seized a large number of arms. The writer claims to have seen fifty carts carrying equipment across the city, signaling widespread security actions and danger to the metropolis.
The text describes arrest procedures at the Royal Exchange where suspects refuse to reveal concealed arms. It notes immediate confinement to a halbert and flogging, leading to confessions. Reports mention mass seizures, the looming insurrection, and a manifesto found in Cork linked to a revolutionary plan and a call to rally to the Flag of Liberty.
A London letter reports French forces moving toward Switzerland as General Scuavennu RGH plans to reinforce to 70,000 men. Paris letters claim Tarreyranp will resign to join the Council of Five Hundred with Bourcoina succeeding as Foreign Minister. News covers Ostend bombardment, St Marcou defeat, and 14,000 fresh troops ordered to seize islands. Escapes from Ostend include a small party returning home. press gang violence and a notable arrest in Maidstone are noted.
Private correspondence from Basle notes a fierce battle on Schwitz boundary mountains where Swiss forces lured French into a valley and attacked from behind. French losses claim upwards of 3000, though likely exaggerated, with many officers wounded. Swiss leaders Pallagicini and seasoned troops appear in command as peace progresses with French withdrawal and Swiss retention of their absent constitution.
Plymouth news reports the Mermaid frigate Capt. J. Newman arrived from a Westward cruise with 32 guns and captured the American brig Two Brothers of New York laden with wine from Bordeaux bound for Brest. Also notes the Melampus on a Westward cruise and Portsmouth dispatches about ships sailed and arrived.
News from the Bengal coast details a company ship aloft in Calcutta catching fire and burning, while reports from Pinang and Canton recount English frigates and Indiamen cruising near Acheen, with captures and distant pursues. Also noted are executions in Newgate and creitors aiding Mrs. Adamson.
On Friday at Christ Church Middlesex the marriage is reported between Mr Sebire of Church Street Spitalfields and Miss Collins of Bethnal Green with the ceremony held in Middlesex parish records.
A brief death notice reports Mrs Guillemardy of Wilon Street Finsbury Square aged 22 and another: Mrs Mellith widow of Samuel Mellith Esq of Shadwell who died in Hammersmith on Thursday morning Also a notice for Charles Lynd of Multantean near Stewarts Town Ireland who died on Friday the 18th inst.
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