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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 13, 1792
Page
4
Fragments of a verse piece reveal disjointed phrases about love and desire. The text includes garbled lines and unusual spellings, presenting an obscure poetic fragment with surreal imagery and interrupted diction.
The readable lines present archaic allusions and misread phrases, invoking classical figures and sensuous imagery. Phrases like Sirenum Voces et Circes pocula nostri hint at mythic temptations, while distorted spellings suggest OCR errors in a poetic fragment.
Public days at St James include the Queen's Drawing Room and Ball on Wednesday and an ordinary Levee on Friday. The royal party moved to Buckingham House for winter duties, with Majesties and elder Princesses attending service at St George's Chapel. News notes describe pay stoppages and allowances for soldiers, rising revenue under Pitt, and various diplomatic dispatches from Berlin and Prussia. Francis Bragge named High Bailiff of the Isle of Ely. Duntz becomes Lottery Commissioner.
The funds in 3 per cent bonds jumped yesterday with rates at 89 aj as bankers bought in large blocks from 10 to 100 shares. Market chatter hints at major policy moves from the King’s Speech on the opening of the new session, likely lifting the 3 per cent bonds above par and swelling purchases for the February account.
At about 1 30 on Saturday morning a fire discovered by patroles engulfed the Pantheon and an adjoining scene painter’s room. The fire spread through scenery oil and paint, destroying the interior from Oxford Street to Marlborough Street Gardens. Loss estimated at a pool, with 15000 insured in Westminster, five in the Phoenix, ten in another office. Engines arrived late and the roof collapsed by noon, causing extensive ruin but no reported deaths.
An excerpt describes a late meeting at the Pantheon to arrange reception for royal visitors including their Majesties and the Duchess of York. It notes legal actions in Essex, paymastership changes in the Marines, sugar bounty effects on prices, ward elections in Cripplegate, Tavistock banking, and church appointments across Hereford, Wells, Worcester, and Lenham. It ends with dispatches about Emigrants around Worms and international diplomatic tensions among France, Spain, the Empire and Austria.
A garbled early medical advert from London describes a patient in severe rheumatic weakness with facial pallor and emaciation. After months of illness and partial relief from faculty prescriptions, relief arrives when he uses SPILSBURY ANTISCORBUTIC drops, with the supplier and directions noted in Soho and Barton areas.
Sailed and arrived ships listed with captains and origins between Liverpool Dover and Jamaica, including Mayflower, Amelia, Union, and Chatsworthy. Theatrical reports cover Drury Lane and Covent Garden shows with Cymon Romeo and Juliet. Marriages noted in Alicant and Cottesmore, plus late notices from Wingerworth and Stone.
Obscure late 18th to early 19th century notice fragment mentioning deaths, ages, and misread financial terms. References include Bristol Howells, Grandby Ho, Tuam, and Terrestrial place names. Also contains stray bond and stock details such as per cent confal and Navy related items.
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