16 May 1792
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 16, 1792
Page
1
A Warwickshire gentleman warns Samuel Whitbread about proposing a Senate inquiry into last year s BraumncaM Riots. He argues such action harms the constitution by challenging Grand and petite juries and urges restraint, noting that government conduct should speak for itself. He signs as your very obedient servant A WarwicksHir Gentleman.
A letter to the Editor recounts a disturbance at Scarbo rough following Colonel Phipps voting against the Slave Trade. Magistrates detained him for eighteen hours after an effigy of Phipps was demanded, burnt at the public cross, and the crowd dispersed. The episode drew censure from the body Corporate and residents.
In Lincolnshire Silk Willoughby near Folkingham a serv ant named Thomas Hott cured of acorbatic sores after five bottles of Mr SpigsBuRYs Antiscoratic Drops. The evidence cites witnesses Chiffon Ward and Son and Messrs Warp and Sow. Drops sold at Soho Square London and at Hallaint p’s Patent Office Dublin.
Vacant vicarages and rectories include the Vicarage of Tadcaster in the gift of the Earl of Bcremont following Rev Joan Parker’s resignation. Brampton and Bradley in Yorkshire vacant by Rev William Swaine’s death, gifts to Christchurch Oxford and James Lane Fox. Possible successor Rev Wilkinson named for Brampton or Otterburn. Gayton Rectory Northamptonshire vacant after Rev Griffrous death, in gift of Sidney Sussex College Masters and Fellows. Loughborough Rectory vacant after Rev S Bracxact death, in gift of Emanuel College.
A polemical piece argues against a reformation movement and potential revolution, warning that Reformers are self serving and urging that any constitutional change come from the people. It rebukes clubs and foreign intrigue, cites Burke, and contrasts loud agitators with the silent majority under the British oak.
In the May 17 LAIF Report, a breeches maker arrested the plaintiff for 1501. The defamation suit saw the defendant call the plaintiff a windler and a cheat across counties. Lord Kenyon questioned actionable words and urged a verdict for the plaintiff with minimal damages, resulting in a one penny verdict.
A pamphlet urges ending lottery and gambling in stocks and coffee houses, calling bishops to curb card play and the Lord's Day gambling with strict laws and informant rewards. Separately, a ship's wreck off the coast near Plymouth is described, detailing the peril, crew losses, and rescue efforts by local villagers and named survivors.
The plaintiff a Covent Garden tavern keeper sues an attorney defendant for injury after a Newfoundland dog dragged him along a road and tore his death. The attorney allegedly saved the dog and refused compensation, claiming legal learning. Lord Kenyon urged jurors to curb overbearing legal pretensions. Verdi for plaintiff.
Boston reports a voyage from Liverpool aboard the Lord of the Corumsta commanded by Captain Isaac Chauncey. The ship left December 18 carrying 19000 hogsheads of salt 400 crates of earthenware and 30 bales of dry goods. It sighted Cape Cod on December 16 and anchored near Race Point as weather cleared.
Public notice from the patentee warns shopkeepers and London buyers that only the Patent Violet Soap, sold by Hillt and Co at No 102 Bank Buildings Cornhill, is genuine. It details withdrawal of former agents and urges customers to order from the official office to avoid imitations. The advertisement extols the soap's skin benefits and notes a fourteen year patent, price two shillings sixpence per bottle, with a square lasting three months.
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