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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 20, 1791
Page
2
A collection of London society items recounts presentations at the Levee honoring newly titled figures, travels of the aristocracy to Dover and the Continent, and a Birmingham dinner amid a Democratic controversy. It covers aristocratic movements, deaths, and political sentiments, plus naval and international news.
Reports state Birmingham riots have ceased and the town is tranquil. Warnings come of potential uprisings in Worcestershire towns Kidderminster and Berley if military aid is delayed. Losses include Mr. Taylor and several houses. at least 30 may have perished in a collapsed building. Some rioters fled toward Bewdley as martial action looms.
The town remains safe since military arrival and rioters are being rounded up. Magistrates in Birmingham heard of parties extorting money in several districts as a force, including a party near Hales-Owen pursued by sixteen light horse. Eleven ringleaders were captured and sent to Hales-Owen, with others later secured in Birmingham. The Earl of Aylesfford joined the night patrol, while the Dr Prieste ry house possession shifted to Mr Pearson. One bond grants Dr Prissttey 150 pounds per year from the Earl of Shelburne. A hearse bore a protest carved on its sides during the turmoil. Authorities hope rioting factions have dispersed.
The body of the late Mr Ristervink gE was buried in his own house by will, with a scene closet erected for the deposition in a standing posture. The house was sold with the condition it remain there. In Wolverhampton yesterday there was minor disturbance quelled by peaceful residents as Count Harsincon escaped from the Kine s Bench with a knife.
Paris on July 16 reports widespread hand bills attacking the National Assembly and calling for the king’s punishment. The August Diet orders troops to guard the Assembly with artillery added. A letter alleging Maupurr’s assassination by his troops in St Domingo is deemed likely spurious and aimed at defaming the deceased.
July 15 report on the National Assembly as petitioners from the yraTERNAL Society urge delaying decisions about the King until the Commons are consulted. M. Goupil de Prefeln defends the King’s inviolate status while critics warn of Machiavellian clubs and a push toward anarchy and civil war.
Original correspondence from Berlin notes Count Hertzperc resigns from public affairs but keeps his title and salary declines. The piece mentions ongoing negotiations with Russia, possible Austrian interests, and a potential alliance with Petersburg. It also covers King’s anger at the Emperor over the Reichsbach affair and a royal fete at Rheinsburgh honoring a monument to the late King.
A fragmented notice describes quirky shopfront inscriptions near Whitechapel and Windsor. It mentions a Wheelwright Manufactory board near Maidstone Road and a blacksmith shed with the caption Horses shoed, according to art and agreeable to nature. Also notes a Windsor sign under the King's Head and a distich about historical figures.
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