10 Oct 1791
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 10, 1791
Page
1
Fragmentary poem speaks of Satan, demons, and their influence on humanity. Imps threaten virtue, life, and a mother's womb, with arch-rebel bound yet still active through infernal agents. The speaker laments evil spirits assigned to corrupt love and birth, referencing biblical-like figures and a modern fiend.
A report outlines Shergold and Co offering shares in lotteries with prizes up to 20,000 pounds. Shares are sold at legal stamped rates, with named subscribers including M. Barnes and others. notes plans, receipts, and guidance for obtaining further chances in the English and Irish lotteries. The piece also contains a dated advisory letter from a junior Sophy urging prudent conduct and study.
A biting critique of college culture warns freshmen about corrupt tradesmen and tutor influence. The caller laments indolence, urges pursuit of knowledge, and notes the pressure to conform for fellowships, while warning that affluence may come from college tutors and costly bills.
In a dramatic exchange, demons discuss a mourning man fleeing in fear, a slain father’s fortune, and a cousinly conspiracy. The tale centers on jealousy as a cruel force within love and class, detailing a mother’s distress over her beautiful daughter Clara, aged seventeen, and the threat to family harmony as a grand fortune looms.
An unnamed narrator describes a mother who suspects diminishing praise for her vanity as Clara gains attention. The mother conceals distress while clinging to admiration, anxious to fulfill duties yet unable to relinquish self-regard. Clara has received unavoidable marriage proposals, risking the mother’s ruin if she becomes a grandmother at thirty four.
The passage accuses Bristol officials of using convicts as a trade, where aldermen sold jailed offenders for personal gain and boasted of transportation as salvation. Lord Chief Justice Jeffries condemned the mayor by stepping from the bench to plead as a criminal, with amnesty after the Revolution shielding their gains. the city reportedly rejoiced at Wilberforce’s bill defeat.
In a court scene a defendant faced jeers as the notorious Jeffries, in disguise, was mockingly called a monster by a choleric judge over accusations from Leciverer of Wapping. The tale recounts Jeffries masquerading as a seaman, a cellar encounter afoot, and the mob seizing Mr Trimmer who died in the Tower in 1089.
The text argues that prudent wives can curb male folly and prevent ruin when husbands neglect duties. It contends that petticoat rule is often seen as disgraceful, yet can protect fortune and health by guiding finances, leisure, and prudence. It warns against gambling and self-indulgence while praising restraint through female leadership in marriage.
In Ireland, Dustin Orober argues that canals will cut reliance on horses for heavy goods. He notes five to six acres sustain a horse, enough land could feed twelve people, and 300000 tons moved by water would need about 600000 horses, a scale he deems socially costly but economically evident.
At the Shrewsbury fair prices for cheese and butter are listed, cattle sheep and lamb trades noted, with sheep shown despite prior ewe-stock purchases. Reports from Brighton fish season, a game keeper incident, Appleshaw and Weyhill fairs described with sheep trades and prices. Stamford notes a fine calf killed near Scarborough and a ram vs horse challenge for one hundred guineas.
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