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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 13, 1792
Page
3
Swedens Gustavus Adolphus is proclaimed king after the late king’s will. the Duke of Sudermania named sole Regent until majority at eighteen. Notices announce bankruptcies, dividends, and certificates for May filings across Guildhall and Yorkshire locales.
Public days at St James's include Levees on Wednesday and Friday and the Queen's Drawing Room on Thursday. Reports cover Lord Sourn's Levee, Pitt dining with the Speaker, the Duke and Duchess of York arriving, and the Prince of Wales expected. Also noted are the Oatland Stakes results, a large Newmarket meeting, a costly horse sale, an Overseers meeting with dog-killing powder, and local anecdotes from Norwich and Ireland, including population estimates and Barbadose letters.
In a Saturday evening display the fashionable world attended the new grand pantomimic ballet La Foire de Smirne. Mont d Auerval’s work draws mixed praise for ingenuity and some excess, with notable Pas Seul by Hirurspere and a promising young danseuse Mapnace, while scenery and management efforts are credited for a brilliant, beautiful spectacle.
A satirical meditation tracing the Crops family lineage from biblical Samson to Bernice, condemning fashion to clip or alter hair. It cites Merovingian kings, Saint Paul, and modern society, urging women named Crops to abandon the current coiffures for propriety and beauty.
From Coblentz on March 26, counts and dignitaries receive honours from the Elector and King, while Marhal de Broglie is to arrive Saturday to settle important matters. Reports note officers sent to Spain Pietont Brigaud and others to Russia and Sweden with Grand Confederacy ties strengthening. 200 to 250 artillery horses depart daily to the Netherlands, with 1800 total ordered.
Dresden reports that negotiations with Poland are happily terminated. Prince Czartoriaki, deputy from the King and the Diet, had his audience of leave on March 2 and left March 25 with his suite to return to Poland. He plans to pass through Lower Lusatia to visit Count Brxs, Grand Master of Artillery, and has received from the Elector a jeweled snuff box valued at 22,000 Geiser.
The piece notes Paris rates 106 livres in specie, the King of Hungary asking Swis to allow 12,000 troops to march through their lands. Solevré Canton votes 12,000 sacks of oats for cavalry. Festivities for Chateauvieaux soldiers planned in Paris, with fear of bloodshed. Diet disputes, finances shielded, King pressured by opposition. News clips mention debts, loans, and safety laws amid revolutionary tides. vivid reports from St. Domingo and Liverpool crops.
A fragmentary description of Paris fashion outlines women's and men's attire. The text notes rich fabrics, velvets, ribbands, plaited wigs, and a chocolate color with gold buttons and sky blue collars. It mentions a filk zacarat cravat, sky blue waistcoat, black kerfeymere, violet cloth breeches, and a round beaver hat with a national cockade.
In the Newmarket Craven meeting of 1793 reports note a victory by Hopey over Wyndham's Tordix. Bets are listed at one dollar each. minor details mention Fripay and Mr. Vernon's sister Hopey, with entries 7,104 on Hope.
Readable fragments report a Saturday race card with multiple horse names, owners, and bets. The text notes prize amounts, weights, and crossings, mentioning riders and handlers. It lists engagements for Brookdale, Grosvenor, Bedford, Barrymore, and Perran, with entries like Ready Rhino and Fidget, plus betting lines and forfeits.
The patentee of the Violet Soap informs the public that Windsor Soap is substituting for the genuine Patent Violet Soap. To prevent impositions, sales will be confined to the Patent Violet Soap Office at Bank Buildings, London, with orders to be sent to ensure authenticity. The patentee has withdrawn sales from former agents.
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