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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 13, 1791
Page
4
A poetic portrayal by Mr Taylor and Mr Harley previews a new stage drama. A young actor, pleasant lover, and disguised narrator appear, urged by Nature and Fancy to reveal domestic worth through performance. The passage extols art, courage, and public applause.
Paris reports M Santérre has begun proceedings against Mesfrs de la Fayetre and Defmitties. De la Fayette is likened to an alpine bouquet of roses whose fragrance would spread poison through liberty. The populace longs for Democrates to lead, with hearts like lions and mouths like crocodiles.
On June 8 the National Assembly debated Bouche’s motion to allow judges, royal officers, curates, bishops, and administrative bodies into primary assemblies despite not meeting the full residence requirement. The motion passed despite opposition and concessions to prior decrees. A Finance Committee member reported Madame de la Garde sent 52 reams of paper to be converted into five livre assignats, planned for circulation around Fete Dieu.
May 14 dispatch reports Majesty granting Borough of Villeneuve the title of City to be known as Villeneuve de l’Ip Reine. France’s M. d Artubise presented as Charge des Affaires. Don Joseph Ilaranza resigns as Confessor. plans to visit Biscay. Evacuation talks with Algiers continue. unhealthy air at Presidency hospitalizes soldiers.
The day included a royal levee at St James and plans for Lerps to tour Europe. Fleet preparations in Leith Roads, with Lord Hoop and Admiral Hotham’s division awaited, amid reports on Baltic operations and allies’ setbacks.
The manager of the theatre presided over a busy evening featuring a comedy titled Busy Bony and a prepared speech by Mr. Lewis. Bonne Bovcsé offered a farmer character to cap the night, saluting the audience for the GOLDEN GRALIN.
Famaica notes three saltpetre works recently established in Lima Mexico and Santa Fe de Bogota with a yearly output of 100000 quintals. A violent clash in Edie's Coffee-house Piazza left farmer Robert Ewart mortally wounded by a pistol shot from Walter Brett Elqrs in a dispute.
Sunday morning an elopement took place at Shanklin Isle of Wight between the son of Lord S- and Miss W- a fifteen year old beauty. Other reports note a sermon at Derby Church of Art Saints and a London Acton birth of seven or eight girls. Several items cover India Company governance shifts per Crown, frost on Whitsunday, a Dublin police plan, court sentences in Aberdeen, a horse trainer accident in Cheapside, pugilist bets near Oxford, a Harewell fire, a Falkirk barn blaze, a Swansea death by drink, horse tongue-cruelty escape,Paddington footpad arrests and their trials.
Plymouth reports a cruize in the Channel by Syren under Captain Manley and Winchelsea under Captain Carpenter for impress service. The Squirrel arrives from a cruize with impressed men. A fishing smack claims seven sail of men of war heading westward and being saluted by two frigates, a tale doubted as a West India fleet. The Dutch pilot-boat Dé Vrowe Margaretta arrives with two Antigua West Indiaman passengers. The Ranger revenue cutter, Captain Lane, returns from a cruize with a tea seizure.
PORTSMOUTH JUNE 12 Yesterday Lorp and Lady Hoop arrived Kere and this day at two o clock his Lordship s flag was hoisted on board the Victory of 109 guns Captain Knight This day sailed the Flirt sloop Capt Morris on the impress service Arrived the Winchelsea frigate from Plymouth Kings other sloop the Hon Charles Jones and Swan Captain Elphinstone from the Downs and the Drake Captain Delling from a cruise each with seamen for the fleet Yesterday his Majestys sloop Fury the Hon Captain Paget went out of the harbour to Spit head This morning orders were received for paying off the Sheernets of 44 guns arme en flute Capt Watts Preparations are making on board the Traftrious Capt Pole to entertain his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence who is expected here on a visit in the course of the present week Arrived the Pitt transport outward bound with convicts for Botany Bay
At dawn near Monkland canal lands of Coats, a sudden ground collapse opened under the canal, flooding a coal pit where eight miners worked. Two escaped but six perished, despite efforts to dam the canal. The accident arose from a mine crossing the canal and a gradual slip of earth and metal into the surface, allowing water to enter the pit.
An item lists ships arriving and sailing from Dover Waterford Bristol Hull Garlierton Dublin Cork Jamaica London Antigua and Charlestown. Vessels include the Rachel Blakeney Iron Virginias the Peggy Forrestal Lion Mayflower and others from Oporto Lisbon Stockholm Jamaica London Antigua and Plymouth. Several ships remained or sailed for the River and Genoa with fleet ships Marlborough Ardent Triton and Diligence noted.
Marriages announced from St Mary le Ronne Chesterfield Derbyshire and Irvine to officials, plus Quakers in Worcester. Entries list couples: Ligne Wilkinson to Anné Golightly, Thomas Maure to Boyle, Devereux Bowley to Sarah Beesley, Samuel Heyrick to Mrs Power, Bopenet New Court to Aona Maria Eves, and Nicholas to Shury.
In a compact notice style, details report the death of Lieut Colonel David Hepburn in East Lothian, the passing of Reverend Rowland Duer connected to the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, and Charles Cock of Bristol Hot Wells formerly of St George's Crow.
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