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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 05, 1791
Page
3
A fragment from a Friday morning column discusses royal visits near Reading, Windsor Lodge communications, and a Carlton House departure. It surveys French monarchic claims, the German Emperor’s leadership, and praises Italy and Britain’s constitutional progress while critiquing legal excesses and church nuisances.
A letter from Granef to a friend at Aix reveals a counter revolution plan to burn houses and assassinate directors on Christmas Eve. The ceremony of consecrating the national flag occurred under a cold wind, with cheers and cannon fire aboard multiple ships. Similar events were noted in Marseilles as the city remains volatile and dangerous.
Carey Francois reports an October attack in Dando where guards were fired on. Two people were killed and five wounded. Three captured were later murdered by the Mulattoes. The text notes the Augur or Ove seeks rights of man declared by the National Assembly of France and decries the colony's interpretation.
From Montzgar November 8 a Detroit report says General St. Clair with about 6000 soldiers and artillery is in the Miamis region. He sent officers to Major Smith at Detroit demanding no aid to Indians, who seek British alliance. Indians appeal for help. Detroit’s fate alarms traders and residents as speculation grows on joint American and Indian action and possible British alignment. Officials await imperial guidance from Quebec, fearing falls of Detroit and Michilimackinac by next June.
The 29th Regiment, now on duty at Dover Castle, is scheduled to relieve guards at Windsor by the 29th. London Quarter Sessions begin Tuesday next with officials including the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, then adjourn to Wednesday at the Old Bailey for prisoner movements. A publican at Charles Street, Soho, was given a stern lecture about night-house behavior. A daring robbery occurred in Holborn with five quilts and carpet pieces stolen. A seafaring man named Anderson hanged himself in Southwark. coroner’s inquest returned a verdict leading to burial near Christ Churchyard.
The article details a physician of genius who trained under his apothecary father in Hertfordshire and Leyden, then practiced extensively in London. He served Middlesex Hospital, hunted with clients, and rose to alderman, before returning to focus on home practice in Blackfriars Bridge Street. His fame rested on experimental knowledge, unique medical views including steel as a cure, and his influential works such as Dr. Smith's Formula. His life ended after retreating to Stratford in Essex following the death of his only son.
A late newspaper item corrects errors about Dr Johnson and his degrees from Oxford and Dublin. It notes concerns about reforms in Westminster Hall and criticizes opulent wealth from hardship, while discussing Irish liquor licensing and the rise of insurance offices linked to more fires since their establishment.
A miscellany of social follies and financial woes unfolds with mentions of Mrs. Sippoks’s stage return, a bankrupt tradesman’s doubtful dividend, and a grand Potter’s Hill ball costing hundreds of guineas. It notes high society gifts, servant dismissals, and the Bathing of nobility, alongside concerns about defalcations in the Post Office and rising vice districts.
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