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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 25, 1791
Page
4
Fragmented notes cover Royal Levees at St James and a mix of courtly entertainments, embroidery fashions, and upcoming appearances. It also reports on international affairs, Polish politics, Austrian negotiations, and naval movements, plus local officials, customs talks, and a fox hunt near Clareston.
Kruntpns stage event reports a disrupted programme after Mrs Joapan declared indisposed. Mrs Crouch played Matilda with Miss Hacrey Lauretta, receiving enthusiastic applause despite late changes. Critics remark Aletroupir tte's performance and the audience reaction.
The piece Artaxerxes repeated with Mrs Billington and Incledon captivating in Mandanee and Arbaces. Both characters encore for their performances with Water Parted and Let not Rage. Macklin's Lovt-a-to-Move revived and praised. Worthy performers include Lewis Jonas Tons and Quiex in Irishman and Jew, with Miss Carman praised for superior merit.
Fragmented prose on stage missteps at Covent Garden in honor of the Duke of York's marriage. Mockery of performers Mrs Crouch and Mrs Ordan highlights shifts in starring roles. Notes on aristocrats, a lottery inspector, and satire on political orators amid wartime hunger and Parisian politics.
In a fierce North Atlantic gale on Friday night and Saturday morning the sloop Mary from Newport-pratt was driven against the Light-house end of Ringsend South wall, breaking apart and scattering timber. Most crew were saved except a Welsh boy drowned. a smack near Ringsend point sank, and several boats and vessels were missing with hopes of safety fading. The large sloop Prince of Wales, about 160 tons, was feared lost but may have survived as the gale eased.
On Wednesday a duel on Newmarket Heath pitted Mr AppIethwaite against Mr Ryecroft nephew of Sir John Nelson Ryecroft of Pembroke College Cambridge. They fired simultaneously. Ryecroft died Friday. Coroner’s verdict: murder. AppIethwaite and his second fled to the Continent after the convivial dispute sparked by wine.
An Oxonian hires a horse at Oxford and rides toward Hook Norton on a Saturday. The rider disappears with horse and only reappears after six months via a precise advertisement revealing he matched the horse but for a longer tail. The tale leads into reflections on idleness and social virtue.
In Dublin on November 17 a report states villains who robbed a mail on Sunday morning moved only half a mile from the post and hid 17 bags at a field owned by Mr Tray. They opened the bags and kept notes and many drafts, while letters were scattered. Mr Troy reported the find to the Post Office and the letters were sent on to their addressees.
Portsmouth reports arrival and departure movements including the Providence Pathe from Guernsey, Tartar Smith and Trotters White bound for Havredegrace, St Anto Janimus Sidiea from Bilboa put into Dover due to damage, Concord Narrings from Lisbon leaky with loss of foretop mast and bow sprit, and Alexis Dyer left at Labradore with part of homeward cargo aboard.
Shipping news from Dover to the River includes arrivals such as the Greenfield Athley Jenny and Everley with many vessels from Swansea Oporto London Petersburg Lisbon and Maryland. Wind W remains in effect as vessels sail or return, with several ships listed as remaining or putting back after outward-bound departures.
Theatre reports list the Drury Lane program with The Heiress and Richard Coeur de Lion, followed by King Henry the Fifth and Comus. Covent Garden presents Artaxerxes with Romeo and Juliet and Oscar and Malvina. Births marriages and deaths noted, plus stock prices and lotteries.
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