24 Oct 1792
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 24, 1792
Page
1
Fragment reads a moral about a patriotic figure in Rome and a vow to share bread with many, but the text is garbled and incomplete leaving only hints of status, famine, and generosity without a clear narrative or date.
A fragmentary article discusses disputed claims about Richard III and Perkin Warbeck with references to Henry VI’s port governance, Leicester burial legends, and old chronicles. It notes Weldon and Waxpore debates, 1483 royal entries, and a speaker railing against reformers and law, citing danger from Marats and Roserspierres.
An 18th century advertisement announces Cooke's Select British Novels, a weekly 120 page pocket library beginning with Tom Jones by Henry Fielding. It promises superfine wave paper, new type, engravings, and a 6d per number price with a plan for future volumes and supplementary French and Spanish novels. The address is 17 Paternoster Row with distribution through booksellers.
A narrator urges drying damaged wet harvest grain before storage to remove rain, mold, and effluvia. He proposes local or parish kilns to dry corn after thrashing, making it suitable for feeding cattle and humans, and warns that quickly gathered grain spoils and harms health.
Durham reports a multi day festival led by Lok Eisner with Rev the Dean and county and city stewards. Handel related concerts opened at St Mary le Bow Church, Acis and Galatea at the New Theatre, and The Messiah closed with Mr Friend conducting. The Hallelujah Chorus drew an encores while the audience praised the noble and genteel company.
The Evening Mail letter warns of men who seek change through audacious means, arguing such factionalism stems from vanity and ambition. It notes that in every nation, discontented, idle or profligate individuals fuel uprisings, while authorities punish those who disturb public peace.
The article summarizes Condorcet’s calculation of combined Austrian and Prussian forces. It cites infantry and cavalry totals, reserves, and peacetime costs, estimating a contemporary force of about 225,000 with light troops and cadets added. It notes Prussian army recruitment issues and desertion, praising native Prussians sent to France as reliable.
An early life anecdote recalls Mr Whitfield preaching in an open field when a drummer interrupted with loud drumming. Whitfield responded that both served two great matters, one for volunteers and one for the Lord, and urged harmony. The drummer left in good humor, and the field was again his.
The Notingham Lunatic Asylum adopts British hospital norms admitting and attending patients gratis while physicians are unpaid. Some French hospitals use Malades Pavants where paying patients fund free care for the poor, a model York favors as the best balance benefiting both rich and poor.
The French Minister for the Home Department writes from Versailles defending a Louvre National Museum plan. He explains galleries will house drawings, paintings, sculpture, and other arts to educate, inspire foreigners, and elevate national culture. The museum opens access to artists and remains a national monument, with spaces allocated to keepers, contributors, and selected artisans.
An 18th century ad promotes a cheap safe remedy against French philosophy asserting English liberty depends on daily use of a potion sold by Melts Kenyon Ashorst Buller Grosé J. Moore Co and W Pitt. The text claims those adopting continental regimens suffer sickness unhappiness and calls the medicine a universal cure with directions for use and export rights.
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