Rebel uprisings and martial law reported across Ireland
Dispatches describe engagements with Holt and his rebels in Wicklow and Killala, drummered by the seizure and execution of deserters. Reports note Cork trials for conspiracy to murder, diverse robberies near Newry Bridge, and intensified guard duties by English militia on Dublin bridges. Extracts recount Trench’s victory at Killala and a French naval defection, plus mutineers executed aboard ships at Spithead and policing measures at Portsmouth and Dover.
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Dublin
Laxe
Wicklow
Holt
King’s County
M. Tone
Teeling
France
Wexford
Newry-bridge
Yeomanry
Cork
Cary
Harp Ion
Casar Corcroves
Motharry
Killaughrim
Glanealy
J.homas James Rawson
Athy’ Loyal Infantry
Rebel defeat in Northwest Ireland reported with high casualties
The Evening Mail notes two dispatches from Dustin confirming the total defeat of the Irish rebels in the Northwest. General Trency’s forces routed them at Killala, with estimates ranging from 7000 to 3500 killed and many leaders executed. The French-backed remnant surrendered. Protestants freed. Bishop of Killala released. Armagh Regiment cited in the assault. Switzerland faces renewed unrest as French intervention sparks further bloodshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castlebar
Trencu
Ballina
Killala
Earl of
Knockmore
Belfast
24Th Light Dragoons
Queen’s County
Porrartincton
Sligo
DaSiin
Ireland
Trency
Kitrala
Magacre
Trith
Armagh Regiment
Dublin Mail Reports Irish Naval Strength Amid French Threats
The Dublin Mail notes no new advice on the squadron that failed from Brett. Ireland’s coast defenses are praised with a strong naval force and land troops boosting public confidence. The Cork to Cape Clear squadron includes Saturn Warrior Triumph and other ships under Captains Essinaron Werts Lumsparne Durr Faulxnor Younewi MacCNAMARA, with five frigates and additional vessels stationed on the northern coast. A Plymouth-bound group, including Ramillies and La Revolutionaire, is en route. Reports from Constantinople confirm a French fleet defeat by Admiral Nelson and a tense Ottoman defense buildup. The French ambassador Burrin faces house confinement as hostilities loom.
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Portsmouth
Barz
Dice
France
St. Malees
Brest
St. Maloes
Tatsor
Ireland
Baonaparre
Egypt
Northumberland
Dublin Mail
Brett
Teenanp
Cork
Saturn
Warrior
Triumph
Essinaron
Lancaster
Werts
Polyphamus
Lumsparne
Cape Clear
Glenmore
Durr
Shannon
Frazer
Cerberus
Maccnamara
Diana
Hamparch
Constantinople
Nexson
Rhodes
BuanapasTe
Cairo
Burrin
Military dispatch recounts damietta engagement and French fleet defeat
Constantinople reports describe a retreat by the Army of the Beys after clashing with an Arabian corps near Damiette. The Arabs claim repulsing the foe with losses and the retreat blamed on cavalry screens, Nile floods, and supply difficulties. News of the French fleet defeat is confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Bugraparte
Rosetta
Cairo
Damiette
Mifiagha Bey
Bashaw
Damas
Damitte
Fiit
Caire
Nile
Glorious Victory Report Suppressed Dispatches Reach Naples
An extraordinary Evening Mail Postscript claims a stunning naval triumph near Rosetta with Admiral NeEllson destroying all but two French ships. It notes intercepted Buonaparte dispatches, Tangier disturbances, Capt. Sydney Smith joining a secret expedition, and mutiny plots aboard the Glory. Reports on the North Sea fleet at Yarmouth and prize seizures by the French add to tense wartime news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Bantry
Kings- Mill
Mos
Nexson
Naples
Wittorian Hamilton
Vienna
Carext
NeEllson
Rosetta
Boris
Malta
Corfu
Toulon
Buonaparte
Gibraltar
Tangiers
Morocco
James
Sydney Smith
Boguns
Admiralty
Portsmouth
France
Yarmouth
Texel
Aquadron
Monarch
Ganges
Agamemnon
Monmouth
Brest
Malaga
Kine
Seville
Trade Goods Arrive From Humburgh By Last Packets
In a dispatch dated the latest packets report arrival of over 100000 frecze and bullion carried aboard two vessels from Humburgh. The trade conveys substantial wealth and signals ongoing maritime exchange amid unsettled routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humburgh
Marriages and deaths notice from Deptford and Kent
Marriages recorded at St Nicholas Deptford include John Neale of Milk Street with Miss Payne of Deptford and Thomas Dowderwell of Pullcourt Worcestershire with Miss Magdaline Pty daughter of Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Parley. Death notices cover Mrs Roberts of Brentford and William Royall Pepperell son of Sir William Pepperell, with others at Ufford Hall and West Cowes.
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St. Nicholas Church
Deptford
John Neale
Milk-street
Roberts
David Roberts
Brentford
Middlesex
West Cowes
Isle of Wight
William Royall Pepperell
Sir William Pepperell, Bart
Upper Seymour-street
Ufford Hall
Lincolnshire
D.” Onslow
D. Onslow
Lord Petre
Lennons
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Areland
Athead
Syoney
Londoén
le Zigre
North Hants
West
Deal
Downs
Jatt
Minerva
Turner
Boston
Guernsey
Lilly
Moll
Barbadoes
Peggy
Ford
Plymouth
Richard
Sarah
Elworth
Weymouth
Dover
Gravelines
Ramsgate
Iyadella
Mackie
America
Sussex
Lewes
York
Fiorenza
Jersey
Harwich
Evening Mail
Postscript
London
Dustin
Atlantic
Irish
Macx
Switzerland
Evening Mail Office
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