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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 09, 1792
Page
3
Proceedings opened with lengthy reading of letters and documents. Judges and counsel spar over substance and form, with Merariahe raising objections. The court adjourned to a later date to continue the hearing.
On Thursday May 10, examination and cross-examination of Y Oesome dominated the session. Burke clashed with Hastings's counsel over proper questions and evidence while Law pressed managers to stay on point. The debate centered on intent regarding Cheyt Stag. Court adjourned at five for a new chamber and will resume Tuesday next.
The Duke of Clarence speaks with a clear voice though his manner lacks grace and ends abruptly. The Masoverave at Willis's Rooms on Tuesday night is described as one of the dullest entertainments witnessed. The piece references reactions to French defeats, a mock fight omitted in a tribute, a marriage, and various social jests amid parliamentary and legal notes.
An April 29 letter describes a French army marching from Gate de Fives toward the Austrian Netherlands, with Brabanters to join for liberty celebrations in Lisle. It notes French advances under de laayerte toward Luxemburg, Rochambeau in Bruffels, and Africans fleeing at Frelingen and Houplines. The next morning Lisle becomes a scene of carnage and horror for unquote savages.
A report from Copenhagen dated April 17 states that in June a 24 ship Rufsian fleet of the line is to appear on this coast.
Yesterday 200 hussars d Esterhazy and 300 dragoons de Cobourg passed through Frankfort on their march to the Low Countries.
Baron de Buon of Vienna underlines state matters after an express arrival. Count de Kerer, Prussian envoy, meets with the President of the High Mightinettes to deliver a memorandum. A Prussian courier departs from Berlin for London with urgency.
A report of Friday ceremonies includes a 1 pm Levee at St James's, the Queen and Princesses sailing to Windsor at noon, and a Drawing-room conducted with high nobility. Other items note audiences with Mr. Pitt, dispatches from Petersburgh, and ongoing public notices amidst warnings about French influence and constitutional reform.
A terse poem fragment notes that laws of this country lead to frenzy and downfall. It warns that madness in France ends in a dance by the neck in a halter, imbuing a grim moral through terse couplets.
Sporting intelligence from May records entries for four year olds to Jockey Club members, listing horses such as Vermin Fidget and Cinderella with odds and weights. The article covers sweepstakes of seas and filly stakes across the flat, naming owners like Lord Barrymore, Lord Gallivenor, Mr. Wyndham, and Sir C. Haggerston, plus horses by Dungannon and Highflyer.
A May racing card details the third and final year renewal for the One Hundred and Forty Corners stakes with ages from 2 to 6 years, listing horses such as Diomed, Bacus, Serpent, Pipater, Toby, Skylarle, and St. George. Bets favor St. George and Repator with weights, prices, and handler notes across the Baton Stakes and related events.
At the Lent Assizes, before Mr Justice Ashhurst, a key case in Norfolk determined that only those qualified under James I statutes may lawfully tan leather. The jury awarded damages, holding interlopers who lacked apprenticeships cannot legally carry on tanning. The decision implies better leather quality for future markets and curbs unauthorized tanning operations.
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