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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 03, 1791
Page
4
Continental intelligence reports the Empress naming a new ambassador to Sweden with a large salary and staff. Liege sees troops marching to quell disorder as leaders flee to Holland and France. A Spanish British cabinet accord aims to disarm at Cadiz. A severe hurricane causes widespread damage including ruined houses and near-miss ammunition depots.
A London evening report describes a grand supper and ball at Windsor Lodge and a Holland loan to finance the U S service. Orders to Comopore GoovaLt at Spithead aim to pay off Hood's squadron, with re-commissioning by volunteers to avoid mutiny. Fox Excise Cutter captures the smuggling cutter Friendfip, wounding five smugglers. Ireland court case on Trim borough status, Mornington opposition, writs and committee prospects. A London update denies Hertfordshire fever and notes Sir Richard Pepper Arpen robbed near Finchley Common, civility of highwaymen and a guinea to cover expenses.
A Maryland court decision in favor of British creditors, upholding recovery of pre war debts in sterling after the 1783 peace treaty. The judges apply the 1787 Maryland Act declaring the Treaty of Peace the supreme law, aligning state practice with federal treaty obligations and rejecting wartime paper currency adjustments.
The text cites Guinea feudal wars yielding captives for slavery and debt bondage in Jamaica. It mentions copper and other mines on the island, claims of Jamaica metal bells, and Harris's Voyages suggesting silver mines in Jamaica, Cuba, and the continent, with Spaniards allegedly mining silver near Port Royal while the English had not found such ore.
The coroner and jury found insanity in the case of Mary Waterson whose body was found in her rooms at Bull Court Goswell Street. The note suggested she feared poverty with funds and nursing work behind her, and her husband at sea. A ladder helpers discovered her after a fall during roof repairs.
After an 18 hour downpour Derby endured torrential floods flooding the Corn market uprooted pavements and cellar goods damaged. Water rose near the first floor at the King's Head Inn as residents were kept from beds until two in the morning. Roadways near Manchester were nearly impassable and ice froze between Macclesfield and Leek making travel lengthy. From Leek to Ashbourne snow lay a foot deep and assistance with horses moved slowly through rough frost and snow. BastnesToke reports a thunderstorm with hail and violent winds that felled trees and caused strange marks at Hackwood Park. A large elm and ash trees were uprooted or snapped with debris and even a piece of a pheasantry building was driven through a servant’s chamber window. The storm tracked southwest by west with a width under 100 yards. Newcastle notes the storm damaged London and the south but spared their area somewhat. Exeter reports transport of 22 convicts to Botany Bay in an open wagon and two gentlemen convicts in a tilted cart, each wearing iron collars, singing and cheerful despite a fierce storm.
The report notes open weather favors grazing and hay supplies remain plentiful and cheaper. Turnips thrive in dry counties like Norfolk and Hertfordshire, while Bustaros have become less common as cultivation progresses. A man named Thomas Moreland, linked to bigamy, was jailed in Clerkenwell after an appearance before Justice Bond. A seaman Calvert from an Oxford butcher background is charged with a 3-year-old robbery and murder case. A poor woman found dead at Whitfield's Tabernacle and a bruised Thames body are recorded, with an inquest ruling accidental death. A hat thief was caught after stealing four hats from Mr Sawtell's High Holborn shop.
Wretched weather grips Plymouth with a hurricane gusting through the Channel. A two-decker and a frigate seek shelter at Gaw land Bay as a Dutch ship from Amsterdam to Curracao reaches Turn Chapel Rock in Catwater. The Polly of Leith ran aground near Bear's Head. its crew abandoned the foremast to lighten the vessel, hoping to warp off if seas ease, with rudder lost and hull bulged. Fury sloops and two transports bound for Gibraltar reel in a heavy gale. transports carry recruits for the garrison and proceed toward the harbor as conditions ease a touch and the wind shifts. There is not now one ship of war in the Sound.
Ship arrivals and departures list harbor movements with vessels and masters. Notable arrivals include the Commerce from Boston, the Mercury from Leghorn, the Racehorse from London, and the piety Saith sailing for Havre. Several ships remain with crews while others sail for Liverpool, Waterford, Cork, and Bristol under varying winds and conditions.
Births recorded in Surrey and Lincolnshire with a son and a daughter born to the Lady of Thomas Hankey and the Lady of William Cox respectively. Marriages noted in Lambeth and Preston including John Creffwell Store-keeper and Sophia Davenport and James Allan Park of Lincoln's Inn to Lucy Atherton, with details of locations and dates.
Death notices list Mrs. Dodd of Ilford in indigent circumstances and mention of Dr. Dodd. Other obituaries include Charles Foreman of Epsom a wealthy hop merchant, William Pearce of Westminster, Sainsbury Sibley of Cheapside, Thomas Patrick of Bath, and Francis Ferrara Foljambe of Aldware. The column also carries archived stock prices for government bonds, annuities, South Sea Stock, Navy Bills, and related financials with brief market notes.
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