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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 23, 1792
Page
4
The King of the French suspends personal rights for peace and quiet, with successors bound by principle. The enactments of the National Assembly spark blame on ministers, while Europe contemplates intervention. Jacobins vow to wage war to advance their Democratic gospel across the world.
An embassy to the Emperor of Curna is to be sent from this country with hard D MacaRITNey offered as a penpients to it. His Lordship has interviewed Die Piron on the subject, though acceptance remains unclear. The appointment follows a prior embassy to Chit where Ambassador Catacart died en route.
Monday next Lond Grenvire will address several Members of both Houses at Parliament from his St James's Square home, urging immediate dispatch of powers to Jamaica to appoint Mr Nepean as governor. The report notes Nepean’s fitness and the first importance of the posting for governance.
A damaged excerpt invokes tranquil joy and pure virtue. The speaker praises a gentle deity, seeks heavenly praise, and vows heartfelt devotion despite imperfect earthly life. The language blends archaic diction with ornate imagery of seraphic eyes and domestic bliss.
Among the elegant figures at this mansion last Friday the Fair Penitent was performed with roles listed including Scidio Lord Caravan Lothavie Earl of Tyrconnet Altamont Earl of Stratamore and characters Lavinia Lucilla Countess of Tyrconnel plus Miss Dawnier and Miss A Dawret An afterpiece titled No Song No Supper followed the main play.
A detailed notice reports that the Great Seal passed for a bankruptcy commission and for an invention to improve steel springs. It notes two sewer commissioners, one for Holborn hamlet and one for Norfolk lowlands, with a third to be held on Thursday.
A lengthy trial in the Court of King’s Bench ended with a plaintiff verdict after thirteen hours and over a hundred witnesses. The text discusses a new merchants’ fee bill, anticipated in the next session, and notes rising New River Water Works shares. It also mentions ordnance reforms at Woolwich, Mrs. Cooke’s death, pardons, and incendiary cases.
A lengthy dispatch describes princes seeking constitutional reforms via a secret agent in Paris. Negotiations offered reinstating nobility and a two-house parliament, but Jacobins rejected the plan, swearing to uphold the sacred constitution while concealing origin of decrees. The piece notes public misperception and the few who know the true motives.
The article notes a rising opposition in Poland, alleged Russian imperial influence at Jaily, and a Paris- Vienna political chatter. A letter from Prince Pariip of Liechtenstein resigns his imperial army commission and asks 24 million livres of appanages via Paris.
The page reports bustling arrivals and activity at ports and forts with prices and goods like leather, wheat, and shipments. Mentions names and places in a brisk, period voice, noting heavy trade and many buyers as the week progresses. The fragmentary text preserves a sense of busy commerce and coastal markets.
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