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Newspaper
Express And Evening Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 05, 1798
Page
1
A Dublin to London bulletin reports arrests and oaths of allegiance as rebels burn houses in Wicklow and Down, with military patrols, court-martials, and mass arms surrenders amid Nugent and Kilmainham measures. It covers ambushes near Kilslave, Ball’s Bridge, Newtown, and Ballymony, plus Bastille-style raids, executions, and the state of martial law in major towns.
The Kane yesterday entered upon the Gift year of his age. His Majesty has accepted the Duke of Nongraumpgranp's offer of arming his tenantry and his Grace retains the Lord Lieu tenancy of the County. Friday, the Duke of Benrorn arrived in London from Devonshire, where his Grace has been arming his tenantry. Monday night, the South Devon regiment of militia reviewed on Southsea Common by General Str W. Pitt. The Right Hon. Thomas Pernam travels from Edinburgh to London.
On May 13 the Buonaparte expedition set sail from Toulon aboard Admiral Brueys Porient. A large fleet of fifteen ships of the line and eighteen frigates carried infantry cavalry mortars and artillery with vast ammunition. News notes a convoy from Genoa and various officers embarked including Berthier Kleber and Dumanoir. a list names Brueys Villeneuve and others as commanders.
Fragmentary report discusses a congressional debate over using the U S naval force as convoy protection for trade with France without awaiting a formal war state. It references the President and U S relations with the French Republic and outlines concerns about timing and authority.
On a Saturday several officials including the Duke of Parrissan the Marquis of Tirenrerp and multiple Bentincks withdrew their names from the Whig Club after paying arrears. Also reported is the absence of the Duke of Porteano and family since March 1799. A murder in Prince's Court Dvery Lane is described with a dagger found nearby and three fatal wounds on Watts, a nineteenth century resident. General Coote, captured at Ostend, is reported alive, and Vienna orders fortifications in Tyrol amid European tensions.
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