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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 04, 1791
Page
3
The notice lists royal appointments including Rev. George Hill as Principal of St Andrew's University and Robert Arnott as Second Master and Professor of Divinity. It records Irish peerage dignities for the Earl of Donegal, Drogheda, and others, plus new judgeships. It also details bankruptcies and dividends with dates and locations across London and Bristol.
Wednesday morning a Cabinet Council met at Lord Grenville's Office Whitehall. Debates touched religion, governance, and French history from Pharamond to Merovicus, with notes on the Duke of Orleans and Paris events. Reports claim the Duke may be in England, while Bishop mortality and court cases on painting as mind proof are mentioned.
Newspapers report the French August Diet actions including suppression of Royal Treasury, redesign of battle colors, admission of French officers, and a harsh critique of political and religious figures. A surprising letter from Marquis de Bouille warns of catastrophe, while Parisian unrest, festival plans, and reactions ripple through Europe amid ongoing Royal Family peril.
A King's Bench judge notes a man worth near 6001 was jailed for obstinacy over a small debt, underscoring calls in Commons for reform. The case contrasts a wealthy debtor’s luxury with poor creditors’ losses, urging correction of judicial abuses in England.
A large number of French officers deserted to foreign lands prompted by the king’s flight and subsequent return to Paris. Officers from several regiments including Viennois Auxerrois Charleurs of Groyauden Orleans and others are named among the departures. Notable chest officers Mel de Bouille de Rangling de Heyman and de Hamilton are also listed among the fugitives.
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