04 Apr 1791
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 04, 1791
Page
1
Surreptitious and obstinate skin eruptions are claimed to be eased by an elegant vegetable preparation. The lotion supposedly opens pores, purifies morbid humors, and restores health after many tried remedies. Sold in pint and quart bottles at fixed prices through Mrs. Vincent and W. Bacon in London with a safety stamp to prevent fraud.
The author debates the proper law for bills of exchange with fictitious names. He argues the holder risks forgery and seeks a clear rule to deter fraud while protecting genuine credit. He insists fiction on a bill’s face or back should be absolute forgery, ensuring public security and orderly circulation.
Discussion of defamation in three forms slander libel and caricature. It explains that in spoken cases truth may justify, but in written libel truth itself is not a defense. Cites Bacon and Mansfield and notes juries often compensate for formal limitations with verdicts aligning justice.
A historic discussion outlines the essential elements of a libel in private damages actions. It states that a verdict should consider falsehood, malice, deliberateness, and actual damage, while noting prosecutions for the public injure differ, and juries must guard liberty and constitutional principles.
The piece details current fashion rage with imported French dresses in clear lawn priced ten to fifty guineas, and describes accessories from feather stitch gowns to caps, handkerchiefs, cropped Harr hairstyles, narrowing bonnets, deep veils, cropped croxs and chinotes trim. It notes windswept noses and evolving shawl and ribbon accents, forecasting lighter trims for spring.
In Ireland Dusuin on March 31 His Majesty's Proclamation urged manning the Royal Navy. Lords vote confirms John Butler as Earl of Ormond and Viscount Charles and writ issued summoning him to Parliament. Lisburn poll totals declare George Hatton James Moore elect. others receive smaller counts. In Dublin a Quarter Sessions adjournment notes William Aldridge trial for obscene prints. court to rule Friday with possible printing burn. Lottery sales report shows 86000 cleared excluding intrinsic value of tickets.
The article outlines plans to create walks and plantings around Merion Square with a central fountain and low walls, praising Mr. Brownlow for pushing the project. It also notes spring progress on the river bridge abutments and piers, aims to finish Grand Canal connections to the Liffey by next summer, and reports rapid expansion of the capital with new squares and streets.
Reports from Hamsuren describe unprecedented hurricanes that flooded the town and caused immense damage to warehouses and sugar stocks. Captain Charter reports vessels bearing corn for Liverpool lost gear and unclear fates for others as tides ran unusually high with several families drowned in their beds.
At the sale of the late Robert Fowler of Rollright, Oxfordshire, more than six thousand people gathered for the breeding stock auction. Notable lots included Garrick and Washington, sons of Shakespeare, selling for 205 and 185 guineas respectively, with several other bulls, cows, and heifers fetching prices up to 260 guineas. Nearby, judgments in Nottingham and Leicestershire covered damages, highway robbery, slaughter, burglary, and various acquittals, while the Grand Jury urged supporting a dog tax in Parliament.
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