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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 04, 1791
Page
3
Coren n a cen announces Count Ankewicz arrival and audience. Multiple army promotions and transfers follow with captains, lieutenants, and ensigns named. Bankruptcy notices for Davis, Brooks, Cheeke, Serjeantson, and others appear with surrender dates and legal details. Dividends due to merchants in Liverpool and Hinckley, plus certificates to Woodward and Bickham, conclude the notices.
The Committee of Privileges on the Scotch Election sat and made progress then adjourned the further consideration to Thursday. The House met, prayers were read, several Bills were brought up from the Commons, and the Lords adjourned to next day.
House of Commons met on April 5 to ballot for a committee to try the Downton Election Petition merits. With only 49 eligible members of 115 present, the Speaker adjourned at four o'clock to the next day after consideration of a call of the House.
The King and Prince of Wales join a tag-hunt near Salt Hill while a Cabinet Council meets at Whitehall with figures like Pitt and the Duke of Rich Mono. The Royal Academy opens its year with a hanging committee led by West and Bacon. Articles discuss public law, grain markets at Stilton, and Savoy’s tobacco revenue policy post-revolution in France.
A 47 RE presentation titled Lorenzo offered Spain set drama with Carvalho style names including Lorenzo Houmany Gufman and Seraphina. Critics praise some lines and Hormag performance while noting plot flaws and departures from dramatic depth.
A full Board of Ordnance meets at Palace-yard amid a Duke and Sir John Honeywood dispute over a promised ballot date for the Steyning Committee. A new National Bank plan is announced with ten million capital and 25 000 shares, NY subscriptions already strong. Spring reviews by royal command are scheduled at Blackheath and Ashford Common. Prisoners move to Newgate for trials at Old Bailey. A Newman Street youth dies after arsenic intake. A mail theft near Chester involves 1000 guineas stolen. A sailor commits suicide in Liberty Street, Plymouth, after jealousy threats.
The Court of Bank Proprietors, after a week of discussions with Mr. Pitt, backed a revised loan proposal of 500,000 pounds to the nation without interest, to be repaid from the Exchequer when the Bank’s floating balance falls below 500,000 pounds. The motion, supported by Alderman Pickett, was adopted after debate, while some preferred stronger language against Government rights. The proceedings adjourned after the vote.
A yesterday meeting at the Crown and Anchor Strand discussed dangers to White residents in the West Indies due to slave unrest. A memorial to Lord Grenville reported plans for peace, urging swift action on the Slave Trade debate and a resolution to reestablish colonial order.
In Paris and Turin, Madame FiSeire, a King's Aunt, remains ill two weeks longer than planned. Mesdames prepare to depart for Parma in March with Comte d Artois. The Bishop of Sens requests inform the King of his intent to resign the Cardinal’s hat acquired by his Majesty.
National Assembly session on March 31 debated the manufacture of the assignats and decreed additional articles relating to the high National Court.
In Rome on March II a special commission of Cardinals and three Bishops tried Prince Cuieét, convicting him of attempting to poison Cardinal Caranpini. He is sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, loss of Marechal rank, and forfeiture of estates and household. Some accomplices receive lesser punishment. The prince, tied to Rome’s first nobility, has relatives who blame Cardinal Carandini for exaggerating the crimes.
Petersburgh dispatch reports the Empress, with Comte de Cobenzel and Baron Steding, completing a Course de Traineaux to the Imperial Palace at Chesme as friendly exchanges between Russia and Sweden appear strong. London and Berlin are said to press for peace with the Turks.
Copenhagen reports the court will observe strict neutrality in any border Baltic war while preparing a small squadron and procuring 3100 sailors to man it for readiness against a sudden attack. It notes that during this century foreign fleets in the Baltic have been rare.
The King of France remains indisposed while Patriots plan Te Deum for his recovery. Reports of Sweden joining Russia against England are unfounded. The Regency signals to Russia’s company in Holland cooperation with allied powers to force peace with the Porte. Dutch merchants will pause Baltic shipping, and Prussia’s stance influences European aims. Trade suspensions push American and foreign ships to Ruffian ports. Rumors place the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel near becoming the ninth Elector. A Madame Chevalier D'Eon correspondence about a deceased Tarls relatives draws attention.
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