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Newspaper
Express And Evening Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 26, 1798
Page
2
Dispatches from Vienna Rastadt and Zurich relay French Directory refusals and possible concessions, Buonaparte movement, and Swiss capitulation. Reports mention Cobenzel and Bernadotte, Russian proclamation defending trade, and Italian theater with Genoa transports and Sardinian clashes.
Mr Pitt and Mr Tierney met on Putney Heath after a dispute on Friday. At three o'clock yesterday afternoon the seconds failed to prevent a pistol exchange at twelve paces. Both pistols fired without effect and Pitt discarded his weapon. Seconds protested and concluded the matter had been settled with honour to both sides. Parliamentary Intelligence referenced.
Hastings reports cannon sounds yesterday afternoon continuing until about eleven this morning from the opposite shore. Residents await news of Sir Richard Strachan or cruisers delivering a drubbing to the Republicans. Prymouth notes the Mermaid frigate arrived with prize Two Brothers, a New York bound wine brig, from Bourdeaux to Brest.
Thomas Kene and Joseph Kene father and son were indicted for a misdemeanour in engraving copper plates for forging notes and pleaded guilty. After sessions, the Recorder passed death sentences on Richard Philips for burglary, Sarah Holloway for stealing a one shilling bank note, and Nicholas Vargin for highway robbery.
Col Fine is praised as British forces retreat from Ostend totaling about 4,770 troops and sailors. General Musxern faces a Military Tribunal for St. Marcon failure. Roffe takes command of assault troops. De La Fayette’s elder daughter married Charles Maubourg at Hamburg with French American Dutch officials present. Amsterdam letters say Rastadt ministers await a note response within 48 hours. Army of Execution headquarters at Wetzlar with 20,000 men and 16,000 at Ehrenbreistein-Nuremberg. Imperial Lech Danube forces countermanded. A Jeremie ship reports a March 8 brigand expulsion where British marines killed three French officers and 96 killed or wounded. brigands largely trapped. A new military wagon design carries sixteen soldiers for rapid service.
A fragmentary transcript of a letter by James Coigly from Maidstone Gaol dated May 17 1798 to an Irish London resident. He laments pressure to betray others, cites clerical manipulation, vows trust in Christ, asks friend to place a simple stone for memory and to send his watch via his solicitor, and bids farewell to Dundalk and family with pious and defiant rhetoric.
An evocative verse fragment recalls the grave of Bede where Cuthbert’s relics lie beside his. Pilgrims once visited the hermit’s shrine with reverent kneeling and wonder. Time erases fame yet honors Bede’s venerable name as legends fade.
Fragment praises John as infamous ruler and tyrant, warning Englishmen to curse, recalling his Charter and the burden his crimes place on future children. The verse frames John as cowardly and bloodied by deceit, urging vigilance to defend rights against tyranny.
Sporting intelligence covers Epsom races with weight for age handicaps and Derby stake renewal details. Also reports Colonel Burgoyne's horseback robbery near Barnet and the Recorder’s death sentence list for Newgate criminals including Humphreys Seaton Clifton Crown and Stinfony.
In Dublin on a Saturday evening Major Sirr Captain Ryan and Mr Justice Swan led seven soldiers to arrest Lord Edward Fitzgerald. A violent struggle followed as Swan confronted Fitzgerald, firing, and both men fought with daggers. Ryan intervened, receiving wounds, while Sirr fired and restrained the assailant. Fitzgerald was ultimately captured after a chaotic sequence in Murphy’s house. The report notes Swan and Sirr suffered wounds but Fitzgerald was subdued. Ryan remains in danger though stabilizing. A Freeman’s Journal aside critiques the period’s justice show.
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