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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 07, 1793
Page
1
A 1795 British public notice prints a petition by a group calling themselves wild beasts seeking liberty and equal rights. They outline a future “Convention of wild drafts” to govern, threaten drastic acts, and demand freedom while denouncing violence by others. The text parodies political reform and mocks society through animal allegories and radical rhetoric.
A meeting of Protestant Dissenters of Fairford Gloucestershire and nearby areas, chaired by Rev Josiah Townsend, unanimously resolves to publish a declaration of loyalty to the King and the constitutional framework established after the revolution. The declaration emphasizes support for the monarchy, the rights of Lords and Commons, and a commitment to peace, urging cooperation to preserve public order in the kingdom and locality. Signed by the chairman and announced in the Gazette and journals.
Fragmented text presents a petition about emancipation and liberation, referencing a general move toward liberty and the desire to free human beings from restraint. The snippet mentions tyrants, humane peoples, and a hope for enlightened action, with scattered mentions of signs and commemoration.
A coroner in Oxford county held an inquest at Affen don near Henley into the death of Samuel Matthews who hanged himself with two silk handkerchiefs tied to a tree in Kildridge Wood. He had shown despondency before his death and had recently made a will leaving about a thousand pounds.
In Edinburgh on Tuesday last a kiln belonging to William Withart at Bazeans collapsed, killing four occupants. George Rae and his eldest son, a boy named Watt, and John Black died. Rae left a widow and eight children. Black was rescued with severe burns.
Dublin reports near forty houses owned by Protestants in County Louth attacked for plunder. Attacks spread from Dundalk with armed mobs. local forces absent as crowds gather. Catholics and others reportedly responded to restore order, amid a tense, unfolding situation with reports of claimed liberation efforts.
In Belfast today a tense calm prevailed as police, with a warrant, sought twelve Northern Star proprietors all volunteers. Magistrate Bristow forbade force or military aid and ordered calm. All parties surrendered peacefully and offered to pay bail per legal order. government bail orders requested.
In reply to an inquiry, officials report no deaths or wounds in the area, while incendiaries attempt to incite commotion. Intercepted letters from Dublin Catholic Committee members note attacks on several gentlemen’s homes and arms-seeking activity, with peaceful obedience urged.
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