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Newspaper

Evening Mail

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 09, 1791

Page

3

Royal appointments and bankruptcy notices in the London Gazette

The King appoints Jacob Earl of Radnor as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire and introduces oaths. Isaac Milner named Dean of Carlisle Cathedral. Arthur Paget named Secretary of Legation at Petersburgh. surname and license changes granted to Townsend and Trafford. Bankruptcy notices list numerous debtors and surrender deadlines across London and provinces with dates in December and January.

Jacob Earl of Radnor Berks Isaac Milner Carlisfe Jeffery Ektus Arthur Paget Petersburgh George Forester Elmly Lovatt County of Worcester Townsend Robert Townsend Kristleton County of Chester Trafford Inner Temple London Darwen County Palatine of Lancaster Richard Trafford Darwen Aforesaid

Royal Household Parade at Windsor and Oatlands Visit

Yesterday at noon their Majesties and the three elder Prancesses with the Duke and Duchess of York attended divine service at St George's Chapel Windsor Castle. After dinner the Duke and Duchess of York went to Oatlands Surrey for the evening. Lord Onstow became Lord of the Bedchamber and General Laservies Groom of the Chamber. Heralds Office clarifies rank of Duchess of York tied to birth.

Duke Duchess of York St. George’s Chapel Windsor Castle Lower Lodge Oatlands Surry Onstow Laservies Esclanp Prussia Brackstoin

France Assembly debates art funding and musket production

The National Assembly votes 100000 livres for arts encouragement with 70000 in premiums and 20000 for painters engravers while critics demand ministers’ accountability and question muskets production claims. Deputies push that Duportail’s accounts be settled and ministers’ responsibility be enforced.

M. Aves Cener France Society For M. Churiot Liege S M. Daverhoult Giver M. Duportail Tapis

Denunciations and arrests shadow Caen and Toul turmoil

Reports from December 4 recount M D Orizy defending Faucher's harsh denunciation of Deletari. Caen authorities confinement of 86 suspected rebels prompts vigilence inquiry. Toul denounces Gauthier and Malveisin for enlisting for emigrant princes. Decrees order trials in Orleans for several suspects and a courier to prevent escapes. Also notes accounts officers presenting bureau plans amid calls to safeguard public funds.

M. D’orizy Faucher M. Deletari M. Faucher M.2’grisg M. Fauchet Meff M. Mehoffin Gathier Malvolin National Assembly Sieur Marthe Orleans M. Norsit Dijon Commissioners of Accounts

Death of the Earl of Ontorp Draws Wide Lament

The late Earl of Ontorp died of a putrid fever. He was a classic scholar patron of the arts and benevolent gentleman. His memory earns high esteem and the forthcoming Earl of Oxford at Houghton Hall faces a grand legacy amid elegiac sentiment. An old college fellow quips on fashion of cropping and modest propriety.

Earl of Ontorp Earl Oxford Houghton Hall Ortvanta Cropim

Letter From Catherine Empress of All the Russias to De Broglio

The document addresses Marshal de Broglio and banished French nobility, praising noble lineage and monarchic fidelity. Catherine I accuses weakness in the French nobility of betraying their prince and urges descendants to uphold Henry IV’s example. Count Romanzow is tasked to convey these sentiments to princes and nobles. The note closes with a blessing and a claim of intended royal support. The Lord Bishop of Ely plans a General Ordination at Ely this week.

Henry IV Elizabeth League Count Romanzow Catherine Ely

Letters from New York on Envoy Hammowan arrival

Reports from New York describe satisfaction at the arrival of Mr Hammowan the British Envoy to the United States. He traveled by Grantham packet to Philadelphia where a landing order freed his carriage and effects from expense. Twenty eight Philadelphia competitors seek the England post. Possible selections include Hon Mr Smith of South Carolina or Hon Burvus Kine of New York. A broad treaty basis is desired for mutual benefit.

New York Hammowan United States Grantham Bull Philadelphia England Smith South Carolina Congress Burvus Kine Massachusetts

Lady Duprey Weds Royal Navy Captain in Fourth Matrimony

A four month widow, Lady Duprey merges grief into newlyweds as she wed a Royal Navy captain described as athletic and formidable. The piece muses on mortality and societal rites, noting possible shifts in fortune, the Earl of Orrorp’s disputed will, and rumors of Fiepp’s death with bequests to Sir F. Froop. It closes with a satirical jab at a bishop’s liaison and a nod to Tristram Shandy.

Duprey Axp Ward Mr. Jennings Neptune Royal Navy Daswa Feraice Earl of Orrorp Fiepp Sir F. Froop Trislam Shandy Queprixcsuac

Basaltic Rock Formations Near Cathkin Hills Revealed

A quarry near Cathkin in the Rutherglen area uncovers a striking basaltic range. Columns rise about 24 feet, mostly pentagonal, with a 164 pillar colonnade. The rock is dark grey, brittle, slightly magnetic, and melts to black glass when heated. The find suggests similar basalts may occur further north, while a Banff correspondent notes a grand Northern Hunt with nobility and a brilliant Duchess among attendees.

Cathkin Rutherglen Cathkin Hills

Theft of wearing apparel linked to Hon Charles Wyndham

Henry Fervis was charged at a Public Office magistrate with stealing linen coats waistscoats and other articles from Hon Charles Wyndham and Francois Margaret. Townsend and Mr Wyndham discovered items in Jervis box and lodgings including silk stockings shirts and a silver caddie. Mr Wyndham and Francois Margaret identified the property and Jervis was committed for trial at the next Old Bailey Sessions.

Henry Fervis Charles Wyndham Francois Margarett

Plan to navigate Wandle from Wandsworth to Croydon agitation

A plan to make the river Wandle navigable from Wandsworth to Croydon is said to be in agitation. A meeting of Pot proprietors of land is planned in a few days. A barbarous murder occurred Saturday fortnight between Pallash and Callington on a young woman returning home. Two sailors pursued the man and servant after she was killed. the assailant threatened them with a pistol. The sailors were confined in Launceston Gaol. Also reported: a break in at the Red Lion Brownlow Street and a robbery near Shepherd and Shepherders Islington. The Irish Mail attackers have been apprehended.

Wandle Wandsworth Croydon Tooting Mitcham Carshalton Beddington Pallash Callington Launceston William Carver Mlington Shepherd and Shepherders Islington Irish Mail

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