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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 04, 1792
Page
4
The fragment speaks of a marble urn and a mournful tale of a beloved maiden fallen to cruel fate. The speaker vows no more to let Fancy or jealousy disturb his rest, and recalls returning at dusk to shed a tear upon Marja's urn as guardian sylphs witness his vigil.
Framing London and Windsor events feature Levee at St James's and the Queen’s journey to Windsor Lodge. News covers French strategic moves, the Empress and princes’ expected visit, and appointments in Ireland and Chatham Dockyard. Reports on France Switzerland diplomacy, frontiers, and Swiss subsidies amid mounting tensions.
The East India Company sold imported sugar in mixed packaging including bags of two and a half hundredweight and casks of three hundredweight. The total quantity was about 15 900 cwt and was bought by a single man at nearly 7s per cwt. The refiner claims to deal in sugar not produced by slave labor.
The article notes a wide spread of banks beyond the Bank of England, and Christ's Hospital governors plan to build two grammar schools and a drawing school beside existing structures. It also covers Secretary Howarth’s Ireland visit, the Botany Bay settlement of Quaker families, and the Neptune voyage. It cites harsh conditions aboard convicts’ transports, debates on slavery, and upcoming Old Bailey trials.
A long antiquated narrative recounts Major Baggs a famed gambler and duelist. It follows his rise after a military start, roaming from the East Indies to Grand Cairo, Spa and Paris. He wins large sums at hazard then pursues more via duels, lavish living, and controversy until his death on January 1, 1492 at seventy.
The Gazettes of France and Holland report that the lighthouse at Portsmouth near Michael Street is lit and monitored from five in the evening to three in the morning for six months each summer. A Dutch Indiaman wreck led to charges of stealing over 36 pounds of silver from the find, with crew aboard the vessel.
Reports from Greenock Rothsay Campbeltown and surrounding areas describe a violent thunderstorm with vivid lightning. A vessel in Rothsay harbour suffered debris from a struck top mast while passengers were ashore. A new transport carriage for convicts in Durham York and Portsmouth is described as weatherproof and humane, with separate sections for men and women.
A fragment notes a lottery plan in America with about forty thousand tickets. Colonel Dr. Franklyn praised the spirited writing and correct press, while his sword was described as active in the context.
Fragmented OCR outlines extensive distribution of an alleged antiscorbutic remedy in London and Westminster. It lists multiple shop names and addresses including William Clark 269 Borough, Dicey’s Bow Churchyard, Newbery Comer Pauls Baynard Lowe Cockspur Street, and Soho Square supplier. Mentions agents in Edinburgh and Glasgow, with scattered punctuation and errors.
A garbled list of ships and captains with arrivals and departures at Dover, London, and nearby ports. Vague entries mention vessels such as the Williams, Oliver town, Friends, Lord Bangor, and Goodintent with origin notes from Dublin, Rotterdam, and London. No clear dates or outcomes are discernible due to damaged text.
A garbled page itemized theater offerings including Macbeth and Blue Beard, with cast names such as Holman Batten Munden Pawee celadon Eften Mattocks Marty Popey and references to debits and deaths. It notes DIED items for John Bee Bay Ledstreet Saville Row and John Bennett ER along with financial totals, stock prices, and Navy Exchequer lottery tickets.
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