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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 18, 1797
Page
3
Amid growing unrest, colonial proclamations promise freedom and wages for laborers, yet insurrection erupts as enslaved Africans clash with settlers. Santhonax flees aboard a harbor vessel, then returns to denounce Mulattoes for deceiving and inciting the enslaved.
Fragmentary report discusses Fourdan of Upper-Vienne and his role as President of the Council of Five Hundred delivering a funeral eulogy for General Hocheim. The passage quotes provocative lines about Albion and French valor, questions Bank policy, coinage, silver shortages, and cautions against seditious meetings while noting a Portsmouth jury and penalties.
Racing notes from Tober Meeting outlining numerous horse names from Dukes and gentry, including Mr Hammon, Lord Clermont, Lord Sackville, and D. of Bedford. Listings cover horse entries, weights, and odds across multiple sweeps and races on Wednesday October 18.
On Thursday a Jewish wedding took place aboard the Fleet uniting Mrs Wexxs of Covent Garden Theatre to Mr Samakov a Moorish Jew jailed for debt. The ceremony featured white satin attire and a plume, with variegated lamps and attendees in customary dress. The piece also covers war hardships and a botany loss, then disputes over French debt reductions and stockholder futures.
Last month, G. E. Asuney, Esq, sailed for South America in the Lethe and was wrecked on the Scilly Rocks after colliding with the Mary transport. The Rev Geo Laws M A Prebendary of York and Carlisle is presented by the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln to the Vicarage of Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of Rev Dr Stinton.
A fragmentary retrospective cites a letter from the King and a foreign nobleman regarding Mirabeau and Montmorin. It recounts assurances of royal satisfaction, Mirabeau’s large rewards, and plots to dissolve the Assembly, with Mirabeau seeking liberty and new constitutional changes aided by Paris and direct appeals from departments.
York October 16. Jatt SerjeanteE of the 34th Foot at Bridlington ran forty miles in eight hours, completing the distance in seven hours and thirty minutes. Dr Foster of Beverley, riding to visit a patient, fell from his horse near North Bar Gate, dislocated his shoulder, bruised his head and chest, and broke two tibia, causing his death. No surgeon was available to replace him, and his patient died within ten hours.
Fragmentary notice notes diseased or dead sheep among flocks, with ewe lambs killed. Ached as rot has taken or will take effect in parts of the herds, signaling potential culling or tithe considerations.
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