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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 10, 1791
Page
4
A letter from Sloan Square dated October 1 1791 asks for insertion of a short Arabic imitation verse about a sultan of the Indies famed for marrying a woman one night and ordering her death the next. The correspondent signs as a Constant READER and requests publication in an excellent paper.
Fragmented verse depicts a ruler's decree that Dinazzade must daily invent to soothe the sultan's sores or perish. The speaker notes Dinazzade’s mobility and wit as he roves, sharing witty traits with beauty while facing a life or death demand from the imperial authority.
A jumble of court gossip and political notices. The Earl of Cuatham returns to town after a private Admiralty meeting. The Prince of Wates sick in Brighton. Buckingham House plans a large Cold bath. Noble visits occur at Trentham Hall. Reports from the French court praise conciliation. A Dutch contract for 10,000 horses is noted. A Quebec letter covers talks with Native Confederated Nations. Vivid anecdotes warn of bailiff tricks and curious escapes, with a turn to marvels of ink extraction and metal shaping by new devices and Animal Magnetism.
Berlin October 2 reports the ceremonial marriage of the Duke of York to Princess Frederica. A royal procession, canopy ceremony, and Reformed rites completed in White Hall with the King, Queen Dowager, and high nobility in attendance. Supper followed with state tables and domed crimson velvet canopies.
A couple, an Uncle and Niece, aged over forty five and under thirty, killed themselves aboard the East FrrzwitttaM on the night of the 20th ult after two days of planning. The woman dressed with feminine care, a pistol fired by each, no alarm, vessel in a gale, bodies cast into the sea next noon. Earlier, silver caddlesticks vanished from the Bank court room and Mr Power's house in St James's Square was looted of plate on Friday night.
Reports from Hague dated October 7 describe widespread European fear of noble-led plots in France. An allied force totaling about 405,000 is said to gather across Austria Prussia Spain Portugal Sardinia Naples the Electors Russia Sweden Denmark and France to support royal restoration. The Empress of Russia has pledged aid including two million rubles and has blocked French envoys at Saint Petersburg as refugees converge at Coblentz and Aix.
Yesterday Thomas Daniel was publicly outlawed for not appearing to his commission and is now in America. Three men detained on suspicion of Alderman Sanderson’s robbery were remanded after re examination. Durham bench proposed a bid to hold offices biannually in the north and a county meeting to seek countywide opinion. A 13 year old apprentice girl admitted to poisoning a child with copperas, intending to kill two children, and was committed until recovery. A man was beaten and robbed in Piccadilly by four attackers. A Bedford Row house was robbed of plate and valuables. A Canter bury Diligence box was stolen containing a bank bill, a gold watch, chain, seal, and trinkets.
In Portsmouth this evening the Bonetta sloop of war under Capt. Elliott returned to harbor for refit after yesterday running aground on the Shingles near the Needles, sustaining bottom damage. The Alligator frigate under Capt. Coffin sails east for a paid-off disposal. Also arrived is Drake sloop under Capt. Collin from Ireland, and Winchelsea frigate left harbor for Spithead.
The Swan from Virginia to London is reported loft on Hog Island. The crew of the Margaret of Leith, Captain James Turnbull, previously on the Holland coast from Liverpool to Ostend with salt, have arrived at Leith.
A London bookseller pamphlet from 1780 advertises Six Edition Free Observations on the Scurvy Gout Diet and Remedy with over 100 cases relief claimed for 14 891 patients. It cites reviews praising medical advice and diet notes for valetudinarians while noting commentary on Goat Punch Tea and diet reform.
The October 12 ship news lists arrivals at Dover and Falmouth heading to the river, with crews from Maryland Jamaica Virginia Onega Narva and Grenada. Vessels from Chester Havre-de-Grace Bristol and Bristol sail for Jamaica London Charleston and Jamaica. Additional ships remain at sea or with the river fleet as before.
Reported marriages and deaths across Britain list Lt Birchall and Miss Hayter wed at Forton-fouse and other unions including Scaleby Church and Llanbedrog ceremonies. Obituaries record George Abbott Hall and Jeremiah Waring with local notices of arrivals and corn market prices and stocks in Charlestown and London trading pages.
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