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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 05, 1796
Page
3
A list of bankruptcy surrender dates and locations for individuals such as Cord Eiger, Winberry torfureender, Thos Hawkes, and John Bancroft jun in towns including Worcester, Bristol, Derby, and Chatham. The text also records dividend payments to several tradespeople and merchants across multiple dates and locales.
Their Lordships heard counsel in a Scotch appeal where the Borough of Dunbarton were appellants and the Marquis of Lore and others respondents. The decree of the Court of Sessions was affirmed with tolls and costs. Two private Bills were read a first time in the Commons. Lord Sherborne took the usual oaths. Adjourned till Friday.
On Tuesday in Parliament the Call of the House was deferred to Tuesday and the Dutch Property Acts to Friday. An account of Navy dis counts, two Foreign Spirits bills, Chelsea Hospital estimates, and a Malmesbury Election petition were scheduled. The Dudley Canal Bill was reported and ordered to be engrossed. Carleton and Shetland Roads Bills passed third reading.
The Kine plan a Levee at James's with a Cabinet Council after. Remains of Mr Bearcroft and his daughter removed from Lincoln's-inn fields to Temple Church for interment. Pall-bearers included the Master of the Rolls and Solicitor General. crowd, pickpockets, and a hero who died saving another noted amid a rain sleet two-day freeze impacting travel.
Theatre gossip notes a dismal reception of The Force of Ridicule at Drury Lane with Miss Farren agitated, Barrymore failing to read the text, and a manager apology to the audience. The plot, deemed weak and improbable, led to widespread disapproval by supporters and critics alike. Mr Palmer pledged withdrawal of the play as Horace Horcroft’s production.
Westminster Scholars staged the play of Aulularia by Plautus to a large attentive crowd last night. Euclio was strongly portrayed by Stevens with solid support from Simkinson as Lyconides and a cast including Eunomia Braroces Megadorus Movsry Strebilas Bator Cangrio Ganacan Sen Anthrax Gaxacan Jun Lyconides. Dr Vincent praised the overall taste and judgment evident in the production.
A new theatre is being built in St Marys Hall Coventry for winter dramatic amusements under the Cheltenham Manager. Gloucestershire Gag may now be styled a Warnsackshire Way. Colonel Green is appointed to govern Grenada, previously with the Earl of Wycombe. Duke of Roxzuren sold his Hanover Square house to Lord Harewood. A trunk was cut from Mr Larkins carriage in St Pauls Church Yard containing valuables. Robberies struck Ilford and Tenterden Street homes with clothing, beds, and a valuable clock stolen.
On Monday December 5 at the Old Bailey John Simmonds, his wife Sarah, son Richard, and daughter Ann, faced charges of high treason in forgings and possessing coining implements. Police found buckle casting tools and unfinished counterfeit coinings at their brass foundry. the jury acquitted John, Richard, and Ann, while the second indictment also yielded a verdict of acquittal.
The Bristol mayor and aldermen debated inviting the Heir Apparent to the guild table and passed by a single vote. Reports speak of Bath honours paid to a distinguished gentleman. Several local tragedies and crimes are noted, including a fatal house fire in Southampton, a robbery leaving a woman nearly naked, a watch theft from Rev Shepperd, a gamekeeper's son killed by a gun accident near Goodwood, a watchman’s death at Cow-Cross railings, and a drawing master’s suicide in Brompton amid financial distress.
In Southampton on Friday a motthockine accident left a near ten-year-old woman named Larwfoi dead after being forgotten in a room alone. Her nieces had earlier left for a public house nearby. upon return they found her aunt severely burned, the tragedy discovered too late.
A Northampton meeting at the Guildhall resolved to open a subscription to raise volunteers for the Supplementary Militia quota. Several young men volunteered, with strong hopes for sufficient enrollments in days to come. Subscribers anticipate a handsome bounty and public thanks to the King and the Constitution as the realm faces potential invasion.
The Gloucester report explains why wheat remains high despite renewed supplies. Dealers keep stock to meet immediate feed demand, especially as harvest time nears. With extra demand fading, a more substantial price drop is expected as market supply improves. Prices hovered around sixpence sixpence per bushel.
Salisbury area report of Mrs. Baker of Bramshaw discovering her elderly neighbor dead in a forest four miles from home. The deceased, feeble and elderly, left the house Saturday afternoon, likely driven by insanity, wandered about five miles, returned a short distance, collapsed and died. An inquest returned a verdict of Died by the visitation of God.
The Rev William Masters and the Rev J Duncombe are linked to church livings in Berks with patronage details noted. A major real estate dispute over the late Sir Thomas Cave hinges on a legal point, with equity issues awaiting court decision. also reports on Paris fashion and a Pimlico burglary of W Harpur’s home.
The morning grain market showed large wheat supplies and heavy sales with a decline of about 1s per quarter. Barley also plentiful and weak, with prices 30s to 32s per quarter for fine lots. oats and beans sold at reduced levels while fine peas held near last week’s values. Overall wheat quantities sold and assorted prices for malt, oats, and other grains are detailed with ranges spanning 14s to 45s for various lots.
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