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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 14, 1791
Page
3
Froh's the London Gazette dated November reports the Prince of Wales's Council meeting at the Royal Highness's Council Chamber and Duchy Office Somerset Place on Bathday the 12th November. Names listed include John Trevenen of Helton and Thomas Edward of Rame among others.
Lists promotions and assignments across numerous units including Life Guards Cornet and Sub Lieutenant to Lieutenant, various Lieutenants and Ensigns in 17th to 63rd Foot, and staff roles such as Adjutant and Quarter-Master. Names include John Bulfer, Thomas Raipford, Gerard Goffelin, Daniel Dodgin, George Edward Graham, John Rigby Fletcher, and many others with corresponding unit and rank changes. Also notes surrender notices and dividend announcements for Guildhall listings and solicitors.
Yesterday at nine o'clock the King left Windsor Lodge with Lord Tenceinbeor and nobles to a field near Swinley Lodge where a flag diversion was begun. Mr Ewai, once envoy to Berlin, secured a pension of 1500 pounds per year for part services, while the claim by the Ministry could not be enforced. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Contnet Lamp is expected in town today. The Duke and Duchess of Dorset have gone to Brighton for a few days. Sir George Rounsorp gains 300 pounds per annum after his father's death, with most of the fortune passing to his son by the Dowager Lady Roumep.
The procedure for selecting sheriffs is described, detailing the king's power to appoint, the role of the Chancellor Exchequer and Privy Council in nominating three candidates per county, and the process by which the king pricks one to the sheriffship. It covers oaths, security, recognizances, and the transfer from old to new sheriff upon discharge.
Reports from Lloyds Coffee House state the Paiennp, Captain Waiaurt, from London and Gibraltar, was seized by two 40 gun Spanish frigates Ferpinano and Peary, being taken to a Spanish port. The Friendship’s arms are blamed for the insult to our flag. The brig New Success was boarded by the same frigates on the sixth last month, after a search that lasted into the night. Captain Tuzocx Orton’s vessel was forced to proceed after a prolonged inspection. The Danish East India Company offers to renew its Charter with trade open to private merchants under six percent duties. Four cases of books with Irish-imprinted smuggled works were seized from London Trades bound for Offend. A Birmingham plan calls for barracks to house soldiers, with a town meeting expected to urge Parliament for this purpose.
Lettee From M Louis Noauxes, President of the Military Committee, defends War Minister against delays in filling officer vacancies. Urges discipline and replacement of unsuitable officers. notes Sedan court martial, renewed loyalty to the King, and rising readiness of National Guards. Calls for a unified system of drill and maneuver and warns of looming danger if reforms lag.
Reports list Ms. Doucras from New York and others aboard the vessel including Sqpance, Big Chief Justice from Nova Scotia, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Brymery, and Mig Parmiter from Halifax. European ministers granted per month allowances and gifts, while imperial intrigues discuss revenue, prizes, and bold plans for church lands and national securities.
In Dumbarton Scotland a newly finished glasshouse, claimed as Britain’s largest with a 120 foot cone, collapsed Tuesday morning about 9:20. About 121 workers were inside removing scaffolding, 8 of 12 accounted for escaped or died later, and four remained trapped or in danger as rescuers cleared rubble.
Residents debate costly Bristol river works to deepen the Avon to thirty feet at low tide and form semi oval basins. Bristol and London corporations face criticism for such schemes. Appointments include Rev. Thomas Harweep to Grammenar School and Rev. Joan Coates to Huddersfield vicarage. Savoy Chapel robbed of gold fringe. distressing coach accident near Northampton injures travelers. fire in New York devastates Mile Street and Dithes Street areas. murder suspicion around Red House near Battersea Bridge. theft of Mr Le Grice’s box of wearing apparel and 1001 bills. bird and livestock notes from Parham Park.
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