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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 29, 1791
Page
4
Fragmentary verse text mentions a stay and a youthful form. It references a spark ling gaze and golden hue, a chaplet to grace the youth, and future ages when beauty fades. The lines are irregular, with repetition and misspellings, lacking a clear narrative or identifiable persons or events.
Weekly remarks discuss why Britain should not enter a voluntary war with Russia. Arguments question motives, alliances, and the balance of power, warning against meddling with continental conflicts. Proposals favor commercial treaties with the Porte and broader naval commerce while resisting entangling alliances.
The writer argues Britain should load commerce to finance deals and consider an alliance with a major power for mutual naval defense to preserve European peace. They critique prejudice and urge liberal policies as base for national prosperity, warning against war with Prussia.
The article describes a royal reception of the Duke of GoTHA as a recipient of the Order of the Garter with plenipotentiaries attending and a grand procession at the palace. It notes the Empress of Russia's age and a detailed sequence of the investiture, mantle, hood, and banquet, followed by weather remarks predicting a plentiful harvest due to recent mild conditions.
Debates span House of Lords and Commons with the Canal Bill and winehouse vent measures. Privileges committee on Scotch peers election and Ogilvie Wingate appeal judgment loom. Settlement Bill second reading and Bank Dividends Bill nearing third reading. Motions touch Pitt receipts and exchange bills, Test Act, Patent Colour Bill, and Quebec Bill committee actions.
The TLoxophobte Society met Friday at their ground behind Gower street to shoot their Spring Target. James Gordon of the Middle Temple made the most central shot and was declared Captain. Wheeler, Robert Fielden, and Glenn were named as Lieutenants. They adjourned at seven to the Crown and Anchor Tavern for an evening of conviviality.
Weekly totals show Public Revenue across Customs Excise Stamps and Incidents at 122 362 6s 11d for week ending April 1791. The walking Stuart plans to sail from Falmouth to New York Packet en route to America to explore unsettled inland regions.
Report lists April 28 1791 races including Lord Foley's Cormorant defeating Sir W Afton Vinegar Across the Flat, and April 29 results with Fox's Shovel beating Lord Barrymore's c Tandem out of Ospray's dams. Mendoza beats Sir W Afton's Butterfly, Two-years-old Crooys noted.
PORTSMOUTH APRIL 29 This afternoon arrived at Spithead the Pes casus frigate Capt Comet and Flirt sloop Capt Morris from a cruize also the Squirrel frigate Capt Drury from Ireland with seamen for the fleets A breeze sprung up last night about sun set and the Marlborough cleared St Helen's before dark.
Plymouth harbor records show the Deptford Caw sailing to Plymouth and the Mentor Clear bound for Havre. The arrival list includes Izy t arriving from Memel with Prince William Clark, Friend's Goodwill, Hunter from New Castley, and Kent cutter from Sunderland.
An elderly watchman in the Rotherhithe workhouse cried the hour from youth until 96, even after his limbs failed him. He slept by day, woke at nine, and despite pain kept announcing the hours with occasional weather notes, his voice unflagging while others slept.
A breezy April update lists ships arriving at Dover and other ports with captains and departure points from London Rotterdam Dublin and beyond. Mentions include the Cosworth Gibrons and Harvey Christie from London, Endeavour Tate from Rotterdam, L Archimede Barboutin from the Isles of Frange, and various vessels at Bilboa Grenada Margate Curke Dublin Hambro etc. Also reports sails from Sheerness Corunna and Americas with several named ships and captains. plus marriages and obituaries including the Earl of Dyfart’s wedding and Philip Bedingfield’s death.
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