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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 21, 1791
Page
4
Wednesday reports detail the levee at St James's with the Prince of Wales and Dukes of York Clarence and Gloucester. Public introductions, drawings room plans, new gowns, and a forthcoming royal nuptial ceremony are described amid military reviews, government meetings, and stock market notes.
Yesterday evening the Duke of Crarsna and the Prince of Walés visited York House. Their Majesties the Duke and Duchess of York, the Prince of Wales, and other royals were hosted in the Great Hall and later dined in the Queen's House with tea and refreshments, before departing by carriage.
The passage of royal consent and the requirement for a local English ceremony are explained. The 12 Geo. Ill. c. 11 act directs consent to appear with the license and registration. Since the Berlin ceremony cannot be registered in England, the remarriage must be solemnized in England to be complete.
The article reports on Chevalier d Onis and Duke d Havre acting for emigrant French Princes in Germany. It notes the court's plan to use d Onis for correspondence with Russia and Sweden, while neither minister will appear publicly. Florida Blanca tells French affairs chief that Louis XVI may lack full liberty to act and hints the Catholic King wishes the king be removed from Paris with those suspected of plotting violence.
The November ratification of the June treaty at Aranjuez unites the States General and the Catholic Monarchs for mutual restitution and exchange of deserters and runaway slaves among Dutch and Spanish colonies in the Americas. The agreement covers Curaçao, the Orinoco region, Demerara, Berbice, Surinam, and neighboring territories.
No land dispatches from Ixora as Buflorah passage closes May to November. Swatlow Packet due second week December. Guild Hall lacks a Court of Aldermen. Baker's Company meets the Lord Mayor with bread prices. Bread to rise next day. Sugar up 4s per cwt. sugar planters may supply at 6d per lb. Ireland to supply two regiments, OxFord Blues return to Worcester. A Salop sheriff nominee is dead for two years. Music degrees awarded at Magdalen College. inoculation praised with 57 villagers vaccinated at Lord Stormont's estate. Eglinfun sues husband. murder case in Ballyard, Golden-lane. suspect committed to New Prison. knife recovered.
Irish lottery draws list prizes across seventh and eighth day numbers with multiple prize amounts, noting several draw numbers and prize values. The fragmentary text shows prize allocations and numbers, indicating a series of winning entries and corresponding payout figures.
The Fenierty reverige cutter chased and forced a large smuggling vessel laden with tea tobacco and six hundred gallons of spirits to surrender after a six hour pursuit. Two smugglers were killed and four wounded. Several other ships report distress or loss including the Grenada Packet stranded on Gotland, the Fortune arriving in St Ives in distress, and vessels near Whitby Bourdeaux and Yarmouth reporting on shore incidents or loss with some cargo saved.
Ship news from Milford Liverpool Wisom Publin Ancona St Kitts Malaga Salonica Calais Curacoa Corimea Curacao … lists vessels and origins including Kevin Hawley Davidson Ager Tod and others with ports like St Abe Savannah Philadelphia London Cork Plymouth and Copenhagen. Windy conditions noted at Dear on Nov 21 with several ships sailing or remaining in harbor.
Yesterday Artaxerxes and High Life below Stairs featured with Dignum Kelly and Crouch. The School for Scandal starred Sir Peter Teazle King Joseph Surface Palmer and Kemble Lady Teazle Farren. Also Profisa Festival with Wild Oats and The Hall of Fingal, plus Notoriety and The Prussian Festival with The Poor Soldier.
The report notes a marriage on the 12th inst at Mitchel's Town Ireland between the Hon Miss King eldest daughter of Lord Kinesborough and the Hark of Mount Cathell of Moor-park Ireland. It also details grain market prices with wheat barley oats rye and miscellaneous beans and pease for domestic and export buyers, noting demand and pricing shifts.
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