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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 27, 1792
Page
4
A damaged excerpt written in a Seaside setting laments grief and despair amid rocky cliffs. The speaker contemplates sorrow and the lure of Despair, restrained by Hope, and recalls a long promised future beyond fear and pain.
Letters from the Flanders indicate Brabant's 17 January assembly granted subsidies withheld from two late emperors and pledged allegiance to the new sovereign. Five former Brabant councillors demanded, Van prk Noor and Van Erlesn excluded. Clergy express attachment yet oppose the French order. 16,000 troops near Brussels. Ostenburg guarded by troops from Lower Hungary. Imperial forces stabilize the Netherlands with new officials and caution against invasion.
The report notes dispatches for India and China delivered to the Purser, the Earl of Sandwich dies at four, and the Duke of Richmond surveys fortifications near Portsmouth and Gosport. It cites French plans to seize Ostend, a potential Prussian reaction, abolition debates, Swiss regiments leaving France, and stock movements in Holland. The Queen’s ball at Buckingham House and other court items are recorded.
The House of Lords and House of Commons post a dense week of committees and readings. Bills include the Jamaica Free Port, Tile of Wight, Water Hattings trial, Libel, Swansea and Monmouth canal matters, Sugar export, and various licensing and regulation topics with motions by Mr Fox and others.
An excerpt dated March 2, 1791 from Sydney Cove reports severe provisions scarcity among inhabitants. It notes weekly allowances of pork flour and rice, insubstantial store reserves, and efforts like farming and fishing with limited success. Norfolk Island also faces famine, while relief arrives with a ship, the Lady Julianna captained by Aickenr. About 260 acres cleared near the harbors yield poor returns due to soil and clearing limits. air is cited as the country’s best feature.
Reports include the late Swedish king’s death rites and an exhortation by the young king urging calm until conspirators are found. A key case between the Nabob of Arcot and the East India Company is postponed due to absent officials. Also a Gravesend area farmer encounter reveals a planned murder plot by counterfeit gaugers and a mistaken identity thwarted by misdirection.
April 23 Friday about noon John Fitzgerald of the 30th Regiment quartered here ended his life by placing a loaded trigger in his mouth after removing a shoe and stocking. The coroner's jury returned felo de se verdict and he was buried in a cross road with a stake through his body. News also notes ships Bon the Suez Green rerouted to Waterford after capsizing off Cape Clear. Leopard with Cork to Newfoundland saved one man.
The account notes five malefactors executed for highway robbery and theft including an oak box and a promisory-note. Benjamin Philips, 16, is described as an habitual offender awaiting fate. One condemned man failed to appear at the execution, while associates prayed briefly before dissolution. Richard Kerg and Luke Parker are mentioned amidst the remaining details.
Inhabitants of the Borough and nearby villages may obtain Spiisbury's celebrated Antiscorbutic Drops at William Clark's Medicine Shop No. 69 Borough. Agent for Mr Spiisbury offers orders in dozens or half dozens, or single bottles. Lady and gentlemen may have their orders completed.
The patentee informs the public that rival soaps mimic the Violet Soap to deceive buyers in London markets. He urges buyers to trust the official patent holder Harrand Co and to avoid unauthorized retailers selling counterfeit violet scented soap. The notice highlights the product’s alleged skin benefits and claims fourteen years of manufacturing rights.
Dover reports the Lively Hartley from Savannah and the Mollys Jones from St Vincent, while Falmouth notes a vessel bound for Havre the Pegly Fleming from Philadelphia. Cowes records Dispatch Shepherd from Charleston. Deaths April 29 as wind shifts outward, with ships Mary Francis Brine to Smyrna and others to Plymouth and Newfoundland.
The report lists titles like The Jealous Wife and Cymon and the Virgin, with notices of Saturday evening performances and shows including Notoriety and The Road to Ruin. It records a sequence of plays and cast hints from a Drury Lane company, reflecting a bustling theatre schedule.
The notice lists two marriages at St Andrew's Holborn and Captain Bond's Greenwich with dates and names, followed by scattered financial items. It mentions George Bond and Elgof Earnham in Surrey and Townson at Vrowé, plus references to Ireland and the Earl of Mayo. It then cites Reverend Exley at Vrowé near Nottingham and various stock prices and lottery tickets.
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