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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 16, 1792
Page
2
In Copenhagen a Danish ordonnance abolishes the slave trade, permits unmixed cargoes to the West Indies until 1802, imposes duties on imported enslaved people, and prohibits export of slaves from the islands from 1795 onward. merchants show little reaction in Denmark and the West Indies.
News from Hyde Park. production of guards renewed amid court moves. Sir Rupert Mouravieff dispatches reach Whitehall. Queen to host Buckingham balls. Duke of Luxembourg arrives in Coblenz from Lisbon. Duchess of Brélizieuse retires to a Portuguese convent. French plots against Hungary loom. France sees diplomatic shakeups. Sweden imposes decapitation as punishment. Brabanti council details Barbanus maneuvers. Stockholms governor named Armfeldt. Madame Bourriers delays Paris return. General Matthew sails to England for private affairs.
In Stockholm a special commission probes a vast conspiracy tied to a royal murder plot. Judges, police chiefs, generals, and counts face scrutiny as arrests spread. a secretary’s suicide attempt halts further inquiry while new orders restrict movement and letters are opened for clues.
Warsaw reports the Diet approving May 3 1791 Constitution with unanimous support. The Crown Marshal lauds harmony and proposes a solemn Thanksgiving Day and laying of a churchstone to Divine Providence. Lithuanian Marshal Saleha echoes praise for the constitution and loyalty to the king.
Baron Franckenstein arrived as Envoy Extraordinary from the Elector of Mayence. He reported Emperor Leopold II's death and urged swift election of a new head of the empire. On March 25 the Vicariat of the empire opened with Count De Linance Gunrexsitum as President and Baron De Hextine as Chancellor.
A muddled report notes horses tied to expensive bets at Newmarket failing to sell, while Lord Barnard’s four hour forty minute ride is cited as exposing the cruelty of pitting useful animals against gambling temptations. Royal household officers meeting in Stanhope Street consider presenting a general statement to the King. fourteen nobles and gentlemen attended, including Lords Southampton Clermont Melbourne and General Lake.
The document dated Wilkes in Georgie from a Nazi-aligned figure details negotiations with Creek leaders over frontier lands. It cites Col. M Gillivry’s frustration, Indians burning gifts, and Bowles arriving from England with goods to sway Creeks against ceding Franklin Green and Washington.
New York reports February convict export costs to Botany Bay totaling 256,676 sterling. The piece notes a global war of colours, with British whites clashing with locals in India under Tippoo Sultan, French whites against African blacks in the West Indies, and white colonists fighting Aboriginals in America. It cites an Indian attack on artillery and invokes a funeral song about removing gods who vomit fire.
An early December letter from St Pauls Bay reports a devastating earthquake felt across Quebec, Malbay, and Aux Condres. Crumbling chimneys, damaged church, and frightened residents marked the event, with over thirty shocks and chaotic weather following the tremors.
The fragment discusses the federal city and capital, with reference to suburbs along the Potomac River and a division of land between Maryland and Virginia, mentioning General Pecatxn aged 70 and alleged intrigues against the Swapis a government.
Fragmentary London Gazette notice records talks on electing a new emperor from Frankfort by July 3. Includes appointments in Dragoon Guards officers and a long list of bankrupts and superseded bankruptcies with surrender dates and Guildhall appearances.
The Attorney General and Lord Advocate of Scotland with Mr Grant and Miri Parridge heard on further consideration then adjourned to Thursday. The House met to adjourn and several road and enclosed area bills were read a first time by Hobart Curtis and others. Bonner from Scotland presented a writ of error from the Court of Ex cheq u tts adjourned to next day.
A garbled report outlines a Lords debate touching the slave trade and a bill on compensation or abolition. The text references Mr Fox and motions about the day and committee proceedings, with unclear phrasing and missing context.
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