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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 05, 1792
Page
1
The fourteenth day of the STAFE LOTTERY draws prizes with numbers 36586 9192 43949 35239. GANSBY and Co. announce that holders of the shares may receive their prize money immediately without any discount or deduction.
New prints offered by Milton and associates include Adam and Eve in Paradise with Milton’s text and designs by Gee engraved by Pollard, plus scenes from Chevy Chace and Percy Douglas, engravings by Dawe and others. Various sizes and prices. distributed by Pollard at Spa Fields with prints available in London, Westminster, and major cities.
A letter to the editor from WoW in Rye dated February 12, 1792 condemns lax wreck management on the Kenriff coast near Eydd. He cites the French brig Patriot wrecked January 26 with most cargo looted and only small portions saved. He alleges large-scale cargo plundering by boatmen and wagon-lords, and desecration of dead bodies buried at the beach. He urges authorities to protect distressed mariners’ property and improve wreck relief.
Mr Weston, noted for agricultural writing, promotes alabaster manure or plaster of Paris as an immediate grass dressing and beneficial for subsequent crops. He cites American experiments and notes a quarry near Sytton, Leicestershire, with others in Derbyshire. One dressing purportedly lasts several crops.
A jumbled passage from a London coffee house scene describes patrons of higher social rank and jealousy of appearances. Dialogue between Don Cleofass and a Destion touches on sovereignty, wealth, and social pretension amid a casual dinner setting.
A dialogue unfolds with the Count and a demon Asmodeus as they trade elaborate boasts and plans over a dinner. The Devil serves as interpreter and adviser while Don Cleofas and a future king discuss revolved intrigues, gifts, and the etiquette of power. A long skeptical notice on peerages and inheritances follows, critiquing errors in a morning paper.
Vague OCR text describes a country estate with distant mountains and sea on the horizon. It praises the house exterior while noting spacious, richly furnished interiors with Persian tapestries and Turkey carpets. Gardens are extensive with varied features, including Chinese influence and artificial mounts.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Peter Gwittetel and a remark about twelve horses, with garbled phrasing and unclear context. The readable parts point to a historical note or caption mentioning horses and a person, without a coherent event or outcome.
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