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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 20, 1792
Page
4
The Lord Lieutenant visited the House of Lords and Commons, granting Royal Assent to thirty public and one private bill. A closing speech praised supplies, Catholic emancipation progress, reciprocal corn trade with Britain, temperance measures, and charitable regulation. Parliament prorogued to June 18.
The Attorney General moves to compel deposition from officials regarding James Napper Tandy. Tandy refuses to answer questions at the bar, arguing legal protections. the House orders his commitment to Newgate, then he is discharged as Parliament prorogues.
Mont recurring sessions show Lords and Commons handling Hastings trial, taxation, slave trade, Bankers Estates and wine licences. Committees on Flint Glass, Hampshire New Forest, Chancery, public finances, police, divorce, and Newfoundland trade mark ongoing ballots for election petitions and second readings.
Saturday’s express from the East India House relays the Britannia’s safe arrival at Plymouth homeward bound from Bombay and China under Captain Epward Cummine. The Purser delays shore arrival. command of the Warwickshire regiment is said to be offered to Major-General Power. Exchange to Holland rose sharply Friday, lifting 14s per cent, an ominous sign.
The Vienna dispatches report the arrival of the young Sovereign and consort with Archduke Ferdinand in attendance. They publish Netherlands court correspondence with France to justify the Ministry, blaming the Jacobins. The king promises to heed allies and seek a permanent constitution while urging the French to restore liberty and independence. De Noailles resigns as envoy and plans Lucca residence until peace. Leflart’s reward serves as a warning to him.
The Brabant deputation led by Abbe du Parc Count de Duras and Burgomaster Vieufort asked the Minister Plenipotentiary to convene the States Assembly to renew subsidies. The Minister requested a written petition, assembly set for the 17th, with hopes for a peaceful session. The Governors General address abuses by soldiers and Staff-Officers must answer for excesses, though indemnification is possible from private corps.
A ninth century forged word found on the Duke of Leinster estate is linked to a hero named in a blade inscription as the Light of Glanmine. The piece reviews the National Assembly’s land sales, forest disposals, Macartney’s embassy splendour, canal surveys, and a Lloyds fraud probe. It notes a new road Shrewsbury to Bangor and court actions at Ryegate on lottery insurance cases.
A fragment from a 18th or 19th century issue notes disturbances by the Carroxtes of Dustin and a rule to drink six bottles a man. It mentions public road repair being studied by the Assembly, prison work payment policy, a fatal pit accident involving Hollier brothers, details of fisheries off Northumberland, Yorkshire, Cornwall, and the wreck of the Peter Skermit near Kerrvy.
In the Downs and at Dover, ships arrived and sailed including the Beltey from Cadiz, the Sugar from Madeira, and the Zephyr from St Vincents. Vessels listed include Ark from Naples, Princess Mary from Charleston, Britannia from China, and Queen Charlotte from Barbadoes with cargoes and routes to Lisbon Leghorn Waterford and Jamaica. Royal port movements noted with arrivals at Cork Bristol Falmouth and Barbadoes, plus outward-bound ships to India Philadelphia and Cadiz.
The column lists theatre programs including Drury-Laws Company at Covent Garden with Coriolanus and a new piece The Iirst:man in London. Births note a son born to the Lady of Charles Bishop. Marriages record several unions including Gustavus Vafa to Miss Cullen and Edward Morgan to Miss Louisa Griffith, with other betrothals and transfers listed, along with a Bath death notice for Mrs. Purnell.
Bank stock prices show various percentages and fractions with terms like reduced, annuities, and bonds. Lottery tickets are listed with values in shillings and pence, alongside references to Navy and confidence figures, indicating a financial and betting section from a historical newspaper.
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