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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 18, 1792
Page
2
Their Majesties and Archdukes return to Buda where Hungary's States present a free subsidy for war against France. The King thanks the assembly, calls the grant a relief to the treasury after Turkish wars, and expresses hope for peace and restored order in France with the people's support.
Yesterday morning Lord Grenville wed HonAnne Pitt by special licence then left for Holwood. The India House announced the Kiwi’s Bengal arrival after St Helena. Political discourse warns France’s collapse with mob rule in Paris and a August 16 Confederate entry into France. Polish constitutional uncertainties, and a Russian influence shift loom. A Scotland Customs report notes a submerged rock near Loch Aylort dangerous to traffic though uncharted.
Fashionable guests gathered at Brandenebourg House in Hammersmith for a Margrave and Margravine of Axseaca hosted dinner. The terrace scene featured a French entertainment in three acts with dressing as theater, a burlesque tragedy and a burletta, amid performances by Madame Delaval on harp and others.
The Carmelite shade returns in recent dress trends with carmelite taffetas and violet accents. A pierrot ensemble features rose ribbon plaits and violet wristbands, with matching fur trim and violet shoes. The hat is white taffetas with violet festoons and a gauze cap tied with white ribbon. Hair falls in two large shoulder curls.
A late traveler notes Dr Johnson’s birth house turned coffee house at Litchfield and a future plan to convert the Duke of Dorset’s Whitehall house into a private dwelling. Ipswich’s new goal, Howard’s design, and the four-cell prison system spark reform praise. Portsmouth displays a Peter the Great arch replica to impress the East, while Jacobins loom. Police in Cancutta curb late-night spirit shops, and Croydon’s church, Renners-street thefts, post-chaise robberies, and Lady Ann Lindsay’s Portland-place raid highlight disorder in the capital.
The discussion traces the origin of game laws from Roman times through the French Revolution and compares British practices. It notes the abolition of game and fish as common property in France, the impact on farmers and rents, and argues that Britain’s game laws have been mollified to curb idleness while maintaining property value and social order. It cites Vergennes on poachers and laments abundant game becoming scarce if privileges were universal.
Mr Robert Hill of Lincolns Inn was returning from Colnbrook when two highwaymen struck on Hounslow Heath. One grabbed the horse bridle while the other leveled a pistol and demanded money. Hill handed over five or six guineas from his waistcoat pocket and the pair rode away. The men were stout, well dressed, with crapes over their faces and mounted on good horses.
In a Portsmouth quarter sessions case, Captain Aldridge was found guilty of brutal maltreatment of his apprentice William Aller. He received three months imprisonment and a 15 shilling fine to the King after a strong magistrate’s charge and a respectable jury verdict.
Tuesday the Court sealed several leases and read petitions for renewal while approving multiple city and hospital governance reports. Notices covered patrol discontinuation, potential reforms, and securing funds overdrawn. Alarm over street prostitution prompted calls for drastic action and public naming and fines. Reports described robberies nearby and ship movements from Jamaica to Britain amid Grenada fires.
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