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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 31, 1791
Page
3
The item lists royal appointments and diplomatic postings, including Bande de Veltheim as minister plenipotentiary, and appointments of Taube and Igelstruem as ambassadors. It also reports bankruptcies superseded and bankrupts in Britain with dates and locations, plus several dividend notices and trades.
Yesterday at noon their Majesties and four elder Princesses attended service at St George's Chapel Windsor. The Rev Dr Parker preached at the Chapel Royal. A private interview occurred at Carlton House with the Prince of Wares.
M Aafen proposed burning the surplus unissued Affignats while reserving some for the Archives. He noted small Affignats would circulate in ten days. The Assembly reported sales of National Effects totaling 2,292,000 livres. Camus said the first million Affignats had been destroyed and the crowd showed satisfaction.
Sunpray dispatch reports King Louis declares acceptance of the November decree after explaining delays. He cites motives of leniency, reflection, and a desire for concord with the National Assembly. Courier notes Rome reply unfavourable, king consults an Ultramontane bishop before obeying assembly demands.
The Empress of Russia writes to the King of Sweden praising mutual harmony after a peace at Va Rela. She orders General Van der Pahlen to present the St Andrew insignia to Baron Armfeldt and asks the Swedish monarch to allow acceptance. She confirms ongoing desire for friendship and signs as Catherine.
Letters from America report that New York and Vermont commissioners have settled key issues. Vermont is set for admission to the Federal Union as the New Hampshire Grants are recognized. American funds perform modestly in New York but encounter few buyers in England.
A critique extols refined taste and national pride in art collecting. It praises Mr Desenrans Defenfans for assembling three hundred forty pictures across fifteen rooms with works by Loutherbourg Murillo Rubens Salvator Rosa and others, noting catalogs and specific pieces and portraits among the collection.
A long catalog of paintings and artists appears, naming scores of pictures by Bourgeois Vernet Rayidael and others, with many landscapes, sea scenes, saints, and historical subjects. The fragment references painters such as Claude, Rembrandt, Cortona, and Rubens collaborators, indicating a private collection or auction notice with numerous titles and figures.
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