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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 09, 1791
Page
4
A crowded Drury Lane audience witnessed Mrs Jordan’s return after scandal. Splashing cheers met her entrance, then mixed applause and disapproval as she spoke the audience’s loyalty and risk of public judgment. The scene highlighted the enduring sway of public opinion on performers.
A fragmentary verse speaks of Divine Benevolence bestowing love and joy while a felon seeks mercy. The speaker asks Heaven to overlook sin, condemns unlawful bread, and pledges to endure misery as he prays for wealth to hear his silent Seraph and find the source of Peace and Heaven.
Readers are told we cannot publish corn prices from Mark Lane due to press timing. The column covers rumors of a French army, funds rise on belief of peace with Trorac, and war prospects in India. It notes appointments for Lord Greavity, Duke of York House plans, and social life around the Earl of Oxford and other prominent figures. The Earl of Wreomie tours America, with a letter of recommendation to General Watlington.
Frosty evening at Covent Garden sees Mrs Billington debut as Emmy in the revival of Mr Bars Dupusy's Opera. The Piece earned spirited applause. Mr Linton's fine bass impressed. Colman credited for introducing him. Gray and Williamson stand-ins praised. encores six. audience delighted by the performance and Shake speare quote on delight in physic's pain.
Saturday marked the Royal Academy anniversary with a general assembly awarding Peter Mequirney a silver medal for the best academy figure drawing. Officers were re elected led by Sir Joshua Reynolds with notable painters among the council. A monument to Admiral Greaves memory was planned. In St James's Park two skating accidents left two youths dead after ice gave way, despite support efforts. Evan Lloyd Vaughan Esquire aged 86 member of Parliament for Merionethshire North Wales died Sunday.
Eion College reveals a new Provost replacing the late Dr Roberts with Mr Davies. Dr George Heath becomes Head Master succeeding Dr Davies. The Reverend William Freeman takes the Assistant Mastership previously held by Dr George Heath.
The twenty fourth day drawing No. 14 258 reveals a prize of 10 ecool with numbers 1 072 14 653 29 337 38 860 each carrying a prize of i001. The fragment indicates multiple prize amounts and numbered tickets in a historic Irish lottery.
Arrivals include His Majesty’s slip Winchelsea with 52 guns from Milford and Hyena sloop of war from Trith Channel. Trial cutter from Sound arrives. Winchelsea returns to Plymouth Sound after a dispute. Shark sloop and Mount Pleasant Fonthill join from London. A Court Martial is planned aboard the Saint George next week for the Master’s Mate. Nancy sails from London along with three sitters.
Portsmouth arrivals list Steamship Active Durcira Waterford Resolution Stamp Hazard Howe Perley Anderson from Sunderland and Young Jacob Dekiken from Zaut Satled bound for London with five more ships in Deptford.
This morning arrived a mail at Lifbohy brought by the Howe Packet noting several shipwrecks and drownings. Vessels including the Charlotte and Maria bound for Liverpool and the Ann bound for Biddiford are lost or damaged with multiple deaths. Many ships at the Downs await Jamaica trade, with shortages of provisions. Coastal dangers at Yarmouth and Ilfracombe reported, plus two robberies near Hampstead Road and Pimlico.
On Wednesday and Thursday last the coroner election for the county took place in the room of the late Mr William Johnson at BeeRiG. Richard Garrard of Watlington was elected by a majority of 137. Thomas Prickett of Home was the other candidate.
An ornate notice praises a medical preparation for eigh teen years of proven relief across the kingdom. It claims strong letters of recommendation from nobility and faculty, touts cures for scurvy, gout, leprosy, rheumatism, ulcers, and eye inflammation, and notes the drops are sold in Battles at specified prices with directions and observations.
Shipping list records arrivals at St Welora the Rosalia from Bengal and other ships from Cadiz Lisbon and Newfoundland. Vessels named include the Minerva from St Johns Portland and the Perseverance from Oporto with crews to Jamaica and Nova Scotia. Wind shifts and sailings to the Thames and river passages are noted along with ships returning to or leaving ports.
The program lists The School for Scandal and The Sultan with The Revenue at Covent Garden, plus The Woodman and other plays with named actors. Births include the Countess of Passletts son, and a journeyman’s wife delivered twins and a third child who all died within thirty six hours. mother recovering.
Friday evening saw Capt J Smith of the Royal Navy wed the Right Hon Mary Dowager Viscountess Dudley and Ward at Milton in Kent. Also wed were Rev John Mefnery of Winesmoa to Miss Dyne of Miltan and Major Tooke of Chilemapton to Miss Annefley, daughter of Dr Annefley of Chewton Moendhy, all in Somerset/Shire region.
Wednesday death notices list Richard Esfield and others linked to Nottingham and Granby. Thursday’s entries mention Bromley, Catharine Brown, and W. Smith. several lines mourn the elderly Penelope Salter and Sir Robert Throckmorton. Financial items reference bank stock, Navy annuities, and Lottery notes amid the scattered notices.
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