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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 03, 1791
Page
2
Reports detail the Marquis and marchionesses of Sapessyey arriving at Arlington on a Weymouth journey then heading to Hatfield. Royal and political chatter cover pensions, marriages, and property disputes, plus notes on French events, currency, and commerce affecting Britain.
In a period tone this fragment notes Dr Dopp and Dr Johnson with tributes and a funeral. It mentions execution, earth burying experiments by Dr Graham, a Tontine Inn lecture on health, taxes ending Sept 23, 1791, and plans for an invalid establishment. It also covers a quarrel about absence, a Hertfordshire dry summer, and local crimes and accidents including a river rescue and a street assault.
Reading from a London dispatch, the column reports on German and Prussian moves toward London, shifting control of eastern provinces under the Porte and Russia, and potential royal visits. It notes Icelandic and colonial trade tensions, Portugal Britain and France trade shifts, and mining disputes with open mine policy debates, plus naval movements and local civic issues in Sunderland and Edinburgh.
France Paris September 30 1791 Louis XVIII proclaims acceptance of the Constitution vows to uphold it and urges citizens to embrace law and public duty. He calls for unity, payment of contributions, and protection of liberty while restoring order through a peaceful return to law. He appeals to political factions to abandon violence and to the people to support the restored constitutional framework.
The London Gazette fragment lists the Reverend George Campbell appointed First Minister of Cupar Parish in Fife after a death, plus militia captain appointment for Richard Hill. It also notes upcoming dividend payments in Banbury and London, with dates in October and November, including a Guildhall and White Hart Inn postings.
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