The Wilmington mercury — Wilmington, Del., 1798-10-14 00:00:00, page 1

The Wilmington Mercury .
Printed Occafionally and Delivered Gratis —to the Patrons of The Delaware Gazette—By Smyth.
FIRST DAY («wo EVENING, TENTH MO.
{OCT.) 14, 1798.
[Collected for the Wilmington Mercury .]
NEWS FROM IRELAND.
HEALTH-OFFICE.
On Saturday laid, arrived at New
Wilmington^ 10 th Mo. {OIL) 14.
caille, 36 days from London,
via Cork, the lhip William
DEAT II S,
Penn, Captain Joliah.
We
For the laß Twenty-Four Hours,
^lave not, as yet, procured any
ending 6 o'clock this Evening:
papers, but the following in
John M'Da.le —a child.
formation is ghen by the Cap
tain, as authentic :
Borough Hojpital Report.
" Previous to theCaptain's de
From 13/014 th of xothMo. {OCl )
parture from Cork, an exp refs had
arrived from Dublin-Caltle.with
Admitted,
l
the alarm of the French having
Died,
o
landed on the North-u ell coalt of
Difcharged, cured,
o
the ifland, in great force, with
Remaining in Hofpital,
7
large magazines of ammunition
TOTAL DEATHS,
fire-arms, & cannon. That Gen.
From 8 th Mo. {Aug.) 7, to loth
Lake, with all the force he could
Mo. ( Ocl. ) 14 — indu five.
collect, inflantly marched to the
attack, was defeated, and obliged
Adults,
198
to fly. That the country people
Children,
*9
were flocking to the French, and
the whole province of Ulfter was
Tot. 217
The French were cn
in uproar,
tcring Caftlebar, on their route
to attack Dublin, and (fays the
DONA TIONS received this Day.
exprefs) thelord lieutenant, Corn
wallis, was muftering all his force
NONE!
to defend the city,
It was ge
nerally believed at Cork, that Bu
Publifieed by Order of the Board ,
onaparte had arrived at Alexan
THOMAS MENDENHALL,
dria, and it was much feared that
N'eilfon would be completely
Prclident t
JAMES LEA, Secretary.
Burgoyn'd !"—[The date of this in
telligence, muß le about the\th Sep
tember.]