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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 02, 1792
Page
4
An aged poetic lament marks the last day of December and the year’s end, describing sorrow, death, and longing. It contrasts mortal misery with calls for virtue and hope, referencing tombs, urns, and the faithful light that could restore peace and joy in the coming year.
A noon procession from Windsor Lodge to Buckingham House awaits the Queen in residence till Friday. Royals and nobles attend Levee at St James's, then a trip to the King's Theatre to view Cymon. Diplomatic entertainments and lasting shifts in fashion and charity mark the social week, with various aristocrats at Wooburne and Hatfield and a focus on public sentiment toward expense and provision.
Reported in Bath and周 shows a tale of suspected gambling losses among notable men including Col Macarthy and Leeson with two thousand pounds involved. Also covered is the Salisbury infirmary race for house apothecary Terry vs Wallen, the Newark sheep curio, and maritime losses and damages across Bath, Falmouth, and southern ports with vessels wrecked or damaged and crews saved or drowned.
The eldest brother of the King of France awaits a grand Council today to discuss the January 15 timetable. The King has issued a final declaration to German princes regarding French emigrants with a January 16 decision date. General Ludkner orders camp breakup, signaling potential shifts in the French constitutional debate and troop morale.
The Corn Exchange notes a tolerable wheat supply with white wheat sold at peak prices and red wheat near last week, barley steady to cheaper, Norfolks and Suffolk prices listed. Malts fetched higher offers while peas and beans remained plentiful, oats arriving from both foreign and English sources, and Holland supplies expected to rise.
A London physician notes a boy's two year illness with weakness, pale complexion and numb fingers. After trial of various medicines and reliance on Sprussury’s Antisc or Butic Drops, about half a bottle caused improvement and within three bottles the ailment vanished. The remedy is sold at Soho Square and through vendors, with attestations from local authorities.
Liverpool arrivals list ships from Honduras Jamaica Newfoundland Rhode Island and others with captains and origins. Voyagers from Philadelphia Charlestown Anguilla Meath Bristol St Michael's Lisbbon and more. Dover, Plymouth, Exeter and Dartmouth connections noted with outward and inward sailings and passengers.
A brief notice reports the birth of a son and heir to Edward Foley, Member of Parliament for Worcestershire, at his seat in Prestwood, Staffordshire, highlighting the new heir in early Wednesday notices.
Notices record marriages in Athhurst Kent and East Peckham to residents of Devon and Ireland. The deaths include Reverend Meredith Jones, rector and chichester prebendary, and several local figures such as Robert French deputy of Cripp ward and Mrs Hunter of Goug. Also listed are notices of Dowager Viscountess Galway and Colonel William Trimmer of Massachusetts, plus scattered references to obituaries in Bristol and Waterford.
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