A small handbill, probably intended to be handed out to the public, which prints the contents of a brief letter from Sir John Marjoribanks (1763-1833), Lord Provost of Edinburgh to the Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Henry Cramlington). Marjoribanks' letter is dated London, half-past one [in the] morning 22nd June, 1815 and it announces the decisive victory over the French at the battle of Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington and the allied forces on 18th June. The letter evidently reached Newcastle the following day (23rd) and Cramlington presumably arranged a quick printing of its contents that same evening before it would appear in the local newspapers the following day. News of the victory at Waterloo was slow in reaching in Britain. On 19 June, the day after the battle, Wellington sent his aide-de-camp, Major Henry Percy, with a message for George the Prince Regent. Percy arrived in London around 11 pm on the 21st June, delivering his message to the Cabinet and Prince Regent. The news was printed in "The Times" and "London Gazette" the following day. Marjoribanks was presumably in London at the time and dashed off his quick letter to the Mayor of Newcastle. News of the battle appears to have reached Edinburgh on the 23rd with the local newspapers printing brief accounts of it the following day.