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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 30, 1798
Page
4
The House passes new clauses on land tax and a vote on an evasion reform for hats extending duties, while discussions on the Slave Carrying Bill proceed. Letters report General Grenier’s impending Dunkirk voyage and Irish government measures cited as prudent, with fleet movements and port arrivals across Dover, Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Deal.
A mistaken warrant against an Irish person led to Mr Grattan's custody and swift release after a proper explanation at the Duke of Portland's Office. The piece notes economic sparing by the Duke, and lists various military movements, trials, drownings, and public notices across London. It mentions Quakers in London, a complaint at Bow Street over a mute blackbird, executions, burglaries, and civic meetings, ending with a report on a remarkable Irish spring in Gefer valley.
Evening Mail reports that a messenger failed to arrive from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Troops surround a force of 600 to 800 women on the Curragh of Kildare and demand surrender of arms and officers. A Gazette Extraordinary to follow.
Married notices report Joseph Martyr of Greenwich and Miss Cobham wed at St Andrew's Plymouth. The groom is an attorney and Kent coroner. Also announced is the marriage of Benjamin Boddington to Mrs Boddington at Hornsey Middlesex yesterday.
Died notices record Mrs. Joseph Wilson of Milk-street and John Freeland Esquire dying on different days. The text mentions Doctor Hugh Gilloni, physician to the China embassy under Earl Macartney, and physician general to the army at the Cape, plus Captain Gwennage of the Royal Navy near Hampstead.
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