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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 09, 1791
Page
3
An exaggerated dispatch from Lord Mayor’s Mansion recounts a mock campaign led by Captain Mankin and fellow militiamen against bountiful tables. The letter lauds feats of appetite and dismantling feasts, noting injuries, triumphant meals, and the famed prowess of Captain Marrow-Pudding while joking of casualties and goblets.
Friday morning reports the Prince of Wales off to Carlton House for Brighton amid France's Civil War, noting unrest around the Mari Boroucu Family and the Marquis of Blanprorp. It mentions a late Mayor’s sentiment, Blenheim theatricals, and criticizes a French decree while detailing changes in trade, colonial history, and the flawed debate on lotteries and insurance.
The States General on the 21st resolved to appoint Mr. de Harrsen as minister to Vienna to assure the court of their desire to strengthen friendship and maintain peace with the Emperor’s realms. They proposed reciprocal measures and agreed to inform ministers in Bruxelles Berlin and London, and to report to Lord Spencer and other ambassadors.
Stockholm reports the King of the French has accepted the Confieration and Danish and Russian interests align. Couriers to Petersburg relay dispatches on the matter while King Charles meets Count Stackersere, former Russian ambassador. WacHTMEISTER, the seneschal, holds court with foreign ministers and orders are shared. M. d Escars returns from Coblentz with a commission from Count d Artois. M. de St Priest is expected from Petersburg.
An extraordinary Courier from Paris passes through Rome en route to Naples, delivering dispatches for M Bernard and for the French royal aunts. The news claims the King has accepted the Constitution. The Pope, ill with fever and anxious, faces a choice to conform to recent French events or cut ties with France.
A general amnesty issued at Grece on Sunday the 23d ultime hopes to end the principality's troubles though a prior imperial decree may fuel discontent. It charges thirty seven, including Prince de Ronan, as chief rebels and confiscates their property while forbidding debts to them under penalty. An August 22 accident near Gibraltar endangered five officers of the 68th regiment when a boat capsized during a Spain visit. Capt O'Mara, Capt Stewart, Lieut Moneypenny, Lieut Stewart, and Ensign Snell survived except Moneypenny who disappeared. Anecdote from Heidelbergh recalls a clockwork town figure depicted on the town-house, later burned by the French in 1693.
Edward Byrne and Abraham Fitzgerald faced trial for stopping the Wicklow and Wexford mail on August 13 and stealing bank post bills. James Byrne Mary Byrne and James Doran were indicted for receiving stolen notes. The jury found Byrne and Fitzgerald guilty. Byrne received the notes. Mary Byrne and James Doran were acquitted.
At a Dublin Commission of Oyer and Terminer and general gaol delivery, Mr Justice Crookbank questioned why military presence was in the King's Bench Hall. Sheriff Gault said civil power usually suffices to keep peace, noting he would try to preserve order without military aid. The military were ordered out, and the judge continued with the jury charge.
Yesterday in Bow Street the case between Mr Evans for sea workers and the Admiralty opened with witnesses examined apart. The Admiralty solicitor asserted John Joseph is alive in London, while the Tars of Old England produced seized bets from a voyage to Botany Bay to prove a death. The matter, including a will, remains to be heard further.
Reports from Newmarket on November 8 list races for 1 year olds and two year olds with weights and entries. Notable contenders include Ann, Witch, Singlestick, Vernon's c by Gatrick, Pick, Bruth, See-clear, Harpator, Afton, Crazy, Mopsey, Reeve, Marcia, Magnolia, Playfellow, Plowboy, Mendoza, and other entries with odds and classifications noted.
Yesterday Elizabeth Wallace faced trial at Bow Street on theft charges with five tea spoons. Ducks were stolen from George Mutter of Neefden, and convicts were executed at Newgate Old Bailey. A fire near Guildhall drew militia aid while charity bequests and a long horse journey marked local notes. The piece end discusses harsh views on the poor laws, accusing them of robbery under law.
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