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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 07, 1792
Page
4
A historical verse notes the pageantry of the Lord Mayor's Show with trumpets drums and banners torn in pieces. The coach, mace bearer, sword bearer, aldermen and sheriffs march to the Water-side then Westminster before returning to Guildhall, marking the show’s end at Blackfriars Stairs.
The letters from Calais report French forces besieging Tournay and Dons, with 4000 troops arriving as a reserve to aid Du Mourier’s army in an estimated 100,000 strong force. The piece notes political chatter, a delayed Parliament meeting to January 11, and various domestic concerns amid war news.
A duel occurred yesterday between M de Chauvigny and Mr Duartes Lamers over a two year dispute. Chauvigny challenged on learning Lamers’ arrival and the fight left Lamers dangerously wounded in the belly. Both parties swore their satisfaction and that the matter was settled. Seconds were the Duke de Przenne and Count Charanne for Chauvigny, and Duke d’Auckland and Mr Maserer for Lamers.
Bath notes reveal The New Pump Room will become a churchyard facing edifice with elegant Corinthian and Ionic columns. It will surpass the Banqueting Room in size and feature a windowless east front, continuous colonnades, a grand pediment at the north entrance, and a stylish street facade joining King’s Bath with the Cross Bath for a cohesive, refined overall design.
A long dispatch outlines a plan to recruit Italian powers to support the King of Sardinia against France, portraying Savoy and Nice as pivotal. It claims an open route to Civita Vecchia and a costly, strategic raid on Rome, with plunder and papal contributions seen as rewards for Crusade efforts.
The Mahrattas repaid the Company Treasury the borrowed sum as public opinion shifts against Tippoo. The treaty ends the war, yet resentment lingers over punitive actions and the British gain in India. The company controls vast territory, with plunder divided among 22,000 soldiers equating to 4 pounds per man.
A fragmentary summary notes 1642 London citizens digging trenches for city defense, lauded by historians under Queen Evrzaveth. contrasts with today’s praise for expanded London under current administration. Also reports accidents and thefts: scaffold collapse at Elmstree injuring eleven, a woman burned in Binhill-row, Bristol stage overturn theft of a trunk from Osborn's hotel, and a coach robbery in Kentish Town.
Mr Spussury warns the public of new fluted bottle designs bearing Francis Sprsranayy Sir Antiscorbusic Drops the King’s Patent to prevent counterfeit versions. The London listing notes the drops in new moulded bottles priced at 6d and 1s 2d and offered by general vendors across Britain, Ireland, and abroad.
A record of recent nuptials noting marriages in Nottingham Lymm Cheshire Sneydal near Pontefract Marsh in the North Riding Yorkshire Adderly Salop Cobham Surrey and other places with union details between named spouses including clerics and gentry.
An oblique fragment notes the deaths of Richard Braithwayte late mayor of the Corser tion and Yeu Ps terfan of Craigton in Scotland, with terse references to John Ewer of Love t Aldermanbury and a Hooper clerk in Guildhall. The text misreads dates and places, but confirms several dignitaries passing away in varied locales.
From the Bengal papers record marriages and military notices. Major Edward Montague of the Bengal Artillery weds Miss Medwood. George Chalmers, attorney at law, to Miss Elizabeth Latour. Other brief notices include Lieut James Byrne former adjutant of Black Town and Lt Douglas of the 74th regiment, with a Lt Alexander Brown of the 169th battalion coal infantry noted in Tanjore.
Maritime notices report ships sailing for Virginia Leghorn Sunderland and St Vincent with arrivals from London Malta and West Indies. Listings include vessels such as Jupiter Neptune Fame Industrious Bee Commerce and Grampus with wind conditions at sea and stock price notes in Deal and Dover across November 5 to 9.
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