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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 23, 1792
Page
4
A 1790s-style dispatch reports France preparing war against Hungary and Bohemia, with Paris seeking to foment rebellion in Flanders Brabant and Strasbourg. It notes Confederate armies forming on the Rhine and in the Netherlands, Russian naval movements, and political shifts including Fayette’s removal and clerical appointments in Britain.
The House of Commons sat in committees this Wednesday afternoon to consider the Public Income and Expenditure and National Debt Bill the Westminster Police Bill Wilmor’s Divorce Bill and Means for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
One o clock levee at St James's for the King. Dispatches received by the Surprize frigate from Governor Parisrrs at Botany Bay. Major General Powett to succeed to command of the 6th Regiment of Foot. Press warrants expected. Tenders in the river newly fitted and ready for commission at a moment's notice. The King of Bonemia appoints Ferdinand de Wurttemberg as Antwerp governor. Archdeacon Nottingham appoints Charles Wylde rector of St Nicholas. Forty to fifty witnesses remain to be examined on the Cirencester Election, likely extending into a fortnight.
Paris dispatch reports the National Assembly’s approval of Kiine’s war proposition against Hungary, with formal declaration expected today. News notes Swiss treaty nullification, Russia’s empress reported arrested, and French military leadership reshuffled as diplomats and generals move to counter evolving crises.
The article warns that Europe, especially the Netherlands, Prussia, and Holland, could be drawn into war by France against Hungary. It notes Mr Pitt's stance against interference, fears a Dutch insurrection aiding Brabant rebels, and predicts Prussia and Hungary’s kingpin roles in a widening conflict. It also cites financial strain amid looming war.
Historic act provisions outline phased bans on importing Africans into British colonies after 1809 and restricts Caribbean and American slave trade operations. It details timetables for waiving clearance for ships, limits on male and female slaves, duties, and penalties. Includes establishment of commissioners to assess indemnities and calls for negotiated abolition with foreign powers.
On Saturday night a prominent tradesman near Racquet Court Fleet Street stabbed himself while at supper, the wound mortified and life despaired of. We understand delirium caused the act, as he was in apparent good health and not in distress.
In Dublin a motion regarding Aldermanic eligibility failed as the candidate did not meet the subscribe test for election. Names of fourteen sheriff candidates were listed, with Landy Foot and William Cope among those chosen and fined. the session ordered the vote to be added and payments to the Chief upon expiration of the term.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a ship named The Unanimity near Christiana Bay with crew absent on board and ice conditions. References to The Garland Shitwood and Coblers Rock appear as scattered maritime names. Medicines and a London edition Treatise on the Scurvy and Diet are cited with prices in shillings.
Dover reports the Lord Hlawhlbarys Gardner from the South and the Estridge Cleghorn from Kits and Expedition Honduras in the Downs. In the River the Sophia from Feseal E How Jackson St. Michael's 3 Hagle from Waterford. Plymouth and Southampton arrivals include Fanr and Diligence from Opo and Newborough Cadiz respectively. Liverpool shows Speighttown from Barbados and Jenny Miller Leon among arrivals. several ships listed as sailed or bound for Charleston and New Providence. The Dover and Liverpool lists include wind, dates, and character of departures and arrivals with multiple vessels mentioned.
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