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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 30, 1791
Page
3
The procession includes Heralds, trumpets, Anglo-Saxon banners, soldiers, knights in various armours, exotic figures, chivalric and mythic characters, and a grand march. Virgins, maidens, and cupids accompany a car of trophies, with references to Arcadia and Aurora dramatics.
The Invalid Establishment for the Marine Corps completes its long process with 15 Captains and numerous officers retiring on full pay. A corps reduction follows, cutting ranks from each company. Halifax Governor Jon Parr dies at 66. Hon. Richard Bulkeley assumes administration the next day in the province.
A December storm lashed Whitely Bay causing the Old Quay to flood and waves break on the watch house. A Strand-street house lost its roof, wind damaged fronts, and several sloops faced capsizes near Maryport. A vessel from Whitby wrecked near Catilorn, two bodies found, crew feared lost. Derwent Lake freezes prompting ice travel. Glasgow reports heavy snow delaying mail coach to Moffat.
The town buys a large building near the town used for the founding Hospital’s purpose. Poor residents work in knitting, weaving and making cloth and apparel. They receive two-pence for shulling earnings, cutting parish rates by about two thirds. Nearby, criminal acts are reported including break-ins in St James's Street and Queen's Street, with several thefts. A mad dog outbreak in Fering Essex causes seven beehives to perish and fears for others bitten by the same dog.
A prolonged diplomatic tract argues that French republicanism threatens Europe, urging monarchies from Sweden and Russia to Spain to unite against the New Constitution. It predicts coalition warfare, imperial guarantees, and a looming reassertion of monarchic order with Vienna’s mediation urged.
Reports claim the Emperor intends sending two million livres directly to French Princes to support their household and to remit further sums as finances allow, not as aid but to aid a counter revolution. On December 24, M. de la Fayette set out for Arras to command a French army, as Paris guards bid him farewell with affection, while detachments of cavalry escorted him out of Paris.
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