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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 03, 1792
Page
4
A fragmentary verse scene portrays Sylvia resisting flirtation and tempting talk while a mill stands as a quiet witness. The speaker laments love’s pain as Sylvia avoids diversions and dances, keeping thoughts toward a distant beloved despite social merriment.
Royal preparations at Windsor Castle for a gala in honor of the Prince of Wales’s birthday on Monday the 13th. Invitations extend to foreign ministers and nobility while the Queen’s order invites many. Also notes receptions, a Grand Fete at Stowe, travel to Naples, and a range of court and trade items including trade honors and harvest prospects.
Yesterday at six o clock the most noble Frederick Earl of Guildford died. His lordship held posts as Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports, Governor of Dover Castle, Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Recorder of Gloucester and Taunton, elder brother at Trinity House, president of the Foundling Hospital and Asylum, and governor of the Turkey Company and Charterhouse. He was KG LL.D.
Obituary notes report the death of Lieut. Gen Burcoyne at St Anne's Hill, a vacancy in the 4th regiment and Preston borough seat. Reports from Isle de Loy detail attacks by Cape Mount natives on ships. Various executions and sentences are listed across Northampton, Norfolk, Dorchester, Maidstone, Suffolk, and Exeter. A revenue cutter captures a smuggling vessel near Scilly. A Marybolle ground sale fetched over 1500 pounds.
Sporting Intelligence from Blandford reports a hot race week with Four Year Olds Plate featuring O Blunder the favourite and notable entries for the Members Plate including Wonder and Luconsba. The program notes betting and contenders for races through Wednesday with several trainers listed.
Fragmented OCR notes reference restoring franel nights and bells in the morning at a font. The garbled text hints at a ceremonial restoration tied to honour, with phrases about bells and recommenced activity after a cessation.
The report lists entrants and weights for the Orleans Stakes and related dog and horse events at Bright Helmstone, detailing horses such as Prince of Wales Egremont Alderman Griffin Colonel Fetix Equity Pill Box Hop planter Fallafox and riders, along with multiple heats, bets, and outcomes across Tuesday to Thursday events. It notes disqualifications, falls, and close finishes, highlighting high-stakes betting and the competitive field of 3 to 7 year olds in various plates and purposed purses.
Worcester races begin tomorrow with nine entries for the subscription plate as crowds fill the town. A Carrrenham Thea TRE project at Tewksbury faces Magisterial rejection for fear of luxury and dissipation. Malvern Wells offers one of the finest views, while Cheltenham's theatrical company stays respectable. Mrs Rivers shines in a country benefit with songs between acts. A punned toast mocks the Duke of York and his supposed Prussian consort. Burke imitates Diddin’s Quiddities, deceiving locals as a near relation of Edmund Burke. Fine weather lifts farmer spirits, harvest may still be good if it persists, grain prices ease, hay crops are large though some spoilage occurs during gathering.
An 18th century report details a London foreign envoy insulted, a publichouse mistress collapsing, a gardener robbed of two guineas, a 20 pound turtle caught in the Severn, a couple buried together after 50 years, and Augustin Murnay’s fire charge in Bow Street. It notes insurance and legal actions, plus two boats found ashore near Hippisbury marked Adelphi of London Solon Atkinson.
Ship news records arrivals at Portsmouth and other ports on August 6 with vessels from London Oporto Riga Sunderland and more. Notable list includes Speedwell Venus Ann Betsey Union and more with several ships arriving in Cork Dover Liverpool and Dublin from Boston Riga and Lisbon. Also notes departures and failed arrivals including the Assistance man of war from Newfoundland and vessels returning to Nevis and Jamaica.
The Rev. Hugh Wade of Newark and Thurning, formerly fellow at Emanuel College Cambridge, wed Miss Hester Gery, daughter and co heiress of William Gery of Bushmead Priory Bedfordshire, in a ceremony held Saturday.
Notices report deaths and memorial entries for Lady Grant Major Scott Lucy Howe Mrs Keir John Tarleton Hon Mrs Irby Rev Thomas Holingbery and Thomas Moule along with a London stock and bond market brief. Includes Banx Stock Red Consols and South Sea stock listings and July lottery notes.
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