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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 16, 1792
Page
4
The sonnet laments the rose and the ravages of time on beauty. A speaker evokes the flower’s changing face and recalls lost youth and love, ending with a tear for the fading bloom and contemplation of death.
News from Paris reports the start of the trial of Louis XVI with M Petron urging solemn deliberation. The Assembly debated whether the King is amenable to judgment, adjourning the key question to Thursday. Lyons suffers famine while French forces gain ground in Ghent and Brabant, Biron aiding Cuufine.
The Times notes stock prices steadier with Friday gains, dismissing widespread panic. It lists rumors about French Brabant campaigns, potential war, and domestic clubs, arguing neutrality by Britain and warning against revolutionary agitation. Parliament and taxes are discussed, plus Arctic weather not mentioned.
In Brabant the population moves to frame a free constitution as French troops advance. BuMourier’s manifesto is read at Mons. citizens call for assembl ies to elect provisional representatives. In Tournay and Ypres towns form administrations and Liberty and Equality societies spring up. Dumourier receives laurel as provisional authorities issue a liberty proclamation.
Comparative totals show customs excise stamps and incidents for the weeks ending November 18 1791 and November 16 1792. Increases over the 1791 week amount to twenty five thousand eight hundred one pounds thirteen shillings and seven pence.
A schooner from Fishguard with one man aboard steered to safety near New Quay Point after a gale drove it to sea. The mariner kept to anchor and brought the vessel to port without royal aid, amid high seas. In a separate incident Simmonds, a garden worker, severely injured his left hand by a gunpowder explosion while firing birds, leading to amputation of the thumb and forefinger. he is now recovering.
The piece notes the fading impact of public delusions, details Howel the Sussex robber under sentence in Horsham gaol, his confessions about earlier thefts and a coiners gang, and his contempt for accusing accomplices. It also mentions a horseplay wager by Cannon Coffee House waiters, a blooming pear tree in Whitehaven, and ships Minerva Moor stranded near Boulogne with Atlantic Bray damaged off Goodwin Sands.
A fragment from the Irish State Lottery of 1792 lists prize numbers for the Fourth and Fifth Days. Notable prizes include a 1000 pound prize, with several prize numbers such as 1457 11709 12005 20675 and 389 Prizes of gold each, plus other sollet stakes. The text is fragmentary with several numbers and prize notes.
The Alliance and related ships arrive at Spithead after a sixteen day passage, with details of ships Circe Echo and others from Newfoundland and Lisbon. A medical advert touts Spilsbury's Drops as a cure for various disorders, citing a patient from Devon treated in Exeter Hospital and the product’s availability in Britain and Ireland.
On Thursday last William Petrie Esq second in command at Madras wed Mrs George Smith of Upper Seymour Street Portman Square Edinburgh hosted Hugh Jute Esq brother to Henry Jute of Sonnah Ireland to Miss Chienevin daughter of the late Col Chenevix Royal Artillery On Saturday Major James Johnston in service of the Hon East India Company wed Miss Margaret Blair Balthrock
Deceased notices record the death of George Onslow Eygi Out-Ranger of Windéar recently. Mrs Heffe widow of John Heffe of the Paymaster General's Office at Winchall. Mrs Elizabeth Weir widow of Gabriel Gray of Scotstown dying at Glasgow. Mr James Jackson junior of St Petersburg who sought health in Lisbon. Philis Burton Esquire of Eltham Kent father to Mrs Horne. William Simson Esquire Barrister formerly of Rhode Island dies at Heavitree Devonshire.
Maritime briefs listing arrivals at Lifton Liverpool New Brunswick Quebec and other ports with ships such as Fame Kennedy Ned Bryan Nancy Patterson and Mentor, alongside stock prices and financial notices. Includes wind reports and sail details dated November 19 and 18 with vessels from London Grenada Cork Teneriffe and Jamaica.
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