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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 03, 1792
Page
4
A tale set near Tweed centers on a young man of high descent who wears plaid waistcoats. The narrative blends symbolic colors such as Grass Green for Joy and Youth and Blue with Tyrian dyes to signify constancy and truth. It portrays his courage, judgment, and potential steadfastness in adverse times.
A fragment urging citizens to unite with Civil, Military, and Naval power to enforce the law, suppress political sedition, and punish those who propagate disaffection. It warns against reform as a path to rebellion and calls for swift trials and punishment of libellers and plotters to protect national peace and property.
A Ware Club meeting at the London Tavern featured Mr Fox declaring support for The Rights of the People and a precautionary pledge to guard the Constitution. He praised Brunswick principles and urged civic effort to meliorate governance while vowing to join Friends of Freedom if abuses arise. The report also notes militia drill at Guildhall, with units stationed citywide and at ports, plus naval and ecclesiastical figures in Suffolk and London.
The Consoxs stock held firm with many selling off their shares yet prices stayed near 77 for money and closed slightly lower but overall activity was higher than in recent times. Navy Bills saw little action as the Bank, distant buyers, did not purchase for days. Lord Adam Gordon, Commander in Chief in North Britain, received War Office notice that all absentees on leave or resting are to report immediately.
The Friday Ball at Blenheim drew distinguished fashionables including the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Worcester, Lady Somerets, and Lord and Lady Jersey. The event featured splendid entertainment, plentiful supper, and ornate decorations by Mrs. Gould. A notable moment depicted the Duchess lifting the mantle of a newborn infant as part of a themed tableau amid much hospitality and late hours.
The Right Hon Joseph Yorke Lord Dover of Dover Court in Kent, Knight of the Bath, died leaving no issue. A military career spanned from captain to major general with roles in embassies and as Minister Plenipotentiary to the States General. His death ends the title and the baronial line, with succession uncertain for the ribbon and Life Guards Colonelcy.
A patriotic address laments the current crisis in Britain, urging defense of the Constitution against Republicans and Levellers. Lord Harrington is cited as poised to lead the First Regiment of Life Guards, while warnings condamn recent French “Rights of Man” ideas as license to plunder and sow anarchy.
A fragment from an 1792 Irish lottery page shows prize figures for the seventeenth day and eighteenth day. Numbers include 24,096 and 7,892 with corresponding prize symbols and references to Sol. currency. The jumble indicates multiple prize categories and inconsistent OCR rendering.
In Salisbury on December 3 AP reports markets show no real corn shortage nationwide with steady prices for grains and pulses. Demand rises during feed season but local supplies remain adequate. Export restrictions cited reduce outward pressure while Bristol reportedly remains stocked.
A French mutual divorce tale under a new law ends in a remarriage as the guardians of a 17 year old heiress allow her fortune to be led to her husband. The anecdote, read in Plymouth, includes shipping notices and distress reports from various vessels.
A domestic obituary fragment mentions Dr Barford rector of Kimpton fellow of Ero College and prebendary of Canterbury, with references to Fleming Pinkfan and the Duke of Cambridge. Names such as James Parke and other titles appear in a late nineteenth century style, though the text is garbled and partial.
A damaged OCR fragment lists assorted maritime items and betting notations at Liverpool and Dublin, with names like Newcoe Nining and William Jenking Evans Williams, plus scattered figures, ship names, dates, bonds, and lottery tickets. many portions are unreadable or garbled.
A notice declares a meeting of inhabitants of the Parishes of St Giles and St George to be held at the Free Mason's Tavern in Great Queen Street Friday next at eleven o clock in the forenoon. The meeting aims to discuss zeal and regulation of the parish church matters and related business.
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