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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 15, 1792
Page
2
The Heroes who had formed the Palace appeared at the Bar and placed on the Bureau golf, silver, jewels, and precious offerings taken in the Royal Apartments. They were called the Conquerors of the second Battle. Fredmén claimed courtiers alone are privileged to be guilty of base conduct.
Yesterday at St James's the Kine presided over a Levee and Council attended by Pitt Duke of Richmond and other ministers, with audiences granted to Cabinet members. A Bath ceremony followed, and promotions were conferred. Also noted were India Company entertainments, ship arrivals, legal verdicts, a lord’s death and funeral, and price cuts on bread.
In the parish of Leuchars near Eden Bank in Fife a field of oats and some peas were cut down a few days ago. Across the country harvests, though late, look abundant, with most reports indicating strong yields.
Early this morning a blaze consumed the Swinton house owned by Lord Swinton. The family slept through most of the episode. no lives were lost. Farmers' servants nearby spotted the flames at Wester Laws and alerted the household, saving the valuable furniture and papers.
An assizes trial lasting four hours held against a wine merchant and banker. A leash of woodcocks and a pineapple sent from Yorkshire with the coach were mistakenly delivered to the defendant who kept them. After discovery he offered no apology. The plaintiff won with one guinea damages and costs likely totaling 17 pounds. Three Counsel on each side.
In Maidstone before Hon. Mr. Justice Goutp plaintiff Mr. Smith sues Mr. Perfect of West Malling for damages over a libel denigrating his character. A reverend expert claimed the lodge printing of the libel made it the act of the lodge, not the individual, and that Masonry custom spreads accusations to all lodges. Jury awarded the plaintiff damages with full costs. defendant offered no witnesses.
A six hour ejectment trial at our offices settled that sea shore and mud lands in Poole belong to Sir John Wess as Lord of Cranford rather than the Poole Corporation. The court’s verdict confirms the plaintiff’s title and designates much public quays and recent embankments as his property.
The High Sheriff escorted judges into Wells as heat delayed their arrival. Trials included Robert Moody vs Mary Cook with a 750l claim, a poor Collier's wagon accident verdict, a clergyman recovering damages for dog tail and ear mutilation, and a banker versus waiter for a found bank note. Executions pending for Peter Galtenby, Henry Welborn guilty of murder, Cornwall suspects Brown Williams Retallo capitally convicted but reprieved.
A Paris correspondent describes a night of cannon and slaughter as Jacobin leaders plot to dethrone the king and seize executive power. The mob, aided by Petion's party, is said to threaten the National Assembly and incite a general insurrection with printing houses demolished and aristocratic papers suppressed. The author laments the collapse of civility and fear of Austro-Prussian troops marching on the capital.
A vivid dispatch reports rapid political upheaval in Paris and across France. The National Assembly disowns the old oath, mass arrests follow, and a new republican order consolidates power with tribunals and purges. Churches, nobles, and clergy face persecution while printing presses burn and state prisons claim victims. The palace lies wrecked as camps form near Paris and war looms with Swiss and Helvetic cantons poised to join.
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