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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 10, 1791
Page
4
Friday reports a Windsor Gala in honor of the Prince of Wales completing 30 years. The King’s Guard Chamber hosts the ball with painted floors and receptions while society figures travel, marry, and duel in a panorama of royal and political movement across Europe and domestic curiosities.
At Worcester's Summer Assizes before Baron Eyre and Justice Heath the court opened with a strong charge on public peace and riot suppression. Rioters were tried, with Robert Cook convicted of riot and demolition, Mary Cox acquitted, and others acquitted on related charges. James Rea was condemned for sheep stealing and Richard Pittaway for burglary at Droitwich was also convicted.
A report from Spa notes the Berwick regiment under the Duc de Fitz-James deserted the National colours to join the Counter-Revolutionists. Other items mention a murder trial at Bury St Edmunds, a street robbery near Ivett's Bridge, a break-in at Kennington, a Bristol grand jury indictment for surgeon Richard Perry, and a fatal adder encounter near Sydenham Wells.
A planned Monday duel between two gentlemen of the law was interrupted as a clergyman intervened. He mediated a reconciliation after identifying an insult as the aggressor's fault, leading to an apology and final handshakes on site at Turner's Park.
Morning report details Daniel Hopkins, a transportation convict at Newgate, who escaped after enlarging a wall opening near the College of Physicians. He slid to a roof, descended a board to a neighboring building, and vanished by a trapdoor, with four other prisoners freed from fetters. Mention of a stone memorial for incendiaries at Long Lane, Smithfield and an 1791 inscription notes the 1790 executions and a 40,000 pound loss. Also notes the Harmony from London to Mogadore, under Captain Stavers of the Leviathan, arriving from Greenland at latitude 58 42, longitude 48 30.
A fine field of wheat was cut between Edinburgh and Leith. Dr William Moncrieff of Bristol was admitted Fellow at a Royal College of Physicians meeting. The king's Birmingham rioters proclamation was read at the Cross by the Lion Heralds. The body of a man was found in the Tweed near Panmure Mill. in his pockets were bank notes and 36 shillings. He is identified as Mr. Dalziel of Dalketh, left crossing the Estrick near Selkirk.
In Country Neffs Salisbury dated August 8 farmers report improving wheat stands and a promising harvest, with fine weather aiding crops overall. Newcastle reports August 6 a Dillton miller fined four pounds for adulterating flour with whitening and selling it at high prices to the poor.
A severe hail shower occurred Tuesday afternoon near Aberdeen Avenux between two and three pm. Conical hailstones reached about one and a half inches in circumference, breaking potato stems and tearing leaves of early turnips. Drills were scattered with torn foliage as the shower lasted roughly 10 to 15 minutes.
Last evening the balls opened with twenty couples showcasing beauty and elegance despite tempestuous weather limiting water activities. The Wasp sloop arrived from a cruise with top-mast lost in a gale. An advertisement for a Westminster burying-ground boasts a lavish, tempting style urging men to join a society promising pleasant burial prospects and frequent funerals.
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Arrivals list ships and captains at Dover Lancaster Liverpool and other ports with origins from India Jersey Riga Petersbourg Madeira and more. Births marriages and deaths noted along with stock prices and financials. Wind conditions and navigational updates accompany the maritime summary.
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