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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 04, 1793
Page
4
A fragmentary poem pleads for Britain’s shelter for wandering victims from Gallia. It extols charity and shelter, praises British valor and mercy, and imagines their ongoing support and shared prosperity amid desolation and danger.
An experimental lament on absence and longing, the speaker laments absence as death to the heart and recalls radiant happiness with a beloved. The text blends archaic diction with fractured lines, exploring memory, desire, and the ache of unattainable reunion.
Bank stocks show reductions with Confo shares at 1% half seven eighths and 4 percent. Confo 5.92 percent, Bonds 106 1 sixth, Long Annuities 27 3 quarters, Gort Annuities 15 1 eighth, India Stock 206 half, Navy 9 seven eighths, Lottery Tickets 13 185 sixpence.
Disjointed notices reflect Revolutionary era fears with commentary on Custine’s execution and the Republic’s plight. Reports include the Boston frigate Shark and Ambuscade engagement, ship arrivals, weather notes, and a long list of Jamaican and Atlantic-bound vessels.
Agriculture notes August report shows quick harvest across the kingdom. Wheat and barley yield stronger in home counties and Norfolk Essex. Peas and beans fair, rye below halfway crop except Lincoln shire fen. Hay scarce due to export and pasture limits. six to seven guineas a load expected. Lambs high prices for prime flocks. wool trade begins to stir. Married notices list Earl of Breadalbane wedding. obituaries and ships news included.
Windsor Geers notes Royalty attend by and large as Majesties praise the manager for a second royal command. The Zelles Stratagem, The Quaker, Little Querox, Hardy and Solomon entertain. Princesses accompany the Royal Family amid a crowded genteel audience.
Plymouth reports late last evening the brig Venus from Leith with wines for the town and Yarmouth. She arrived with over 100 sail from Lisbon under convoy of Druid and Flat frigates and Fury. Druid guided ships to Cork. Flora and Fury with the rest of the fleet proceeded toward the Jamaica fleet. Sampson, 64 guns, to convoy the trade to the Downs and sails Thursday.
Portswmouth reports arrival of Commerce and ships from Jamaica and the torbay boat learns Lord Howe’s fleet reached Torbay. A squadron under Admiral Macbride delays coast operation near Dunkirk as pilots refuse charges citing danger. officials promise to press the voyage.
Sporting Intelligence from Chesterfield notes upcoming races on Thursday with Fifty Pounds events for 3 and 4 year olds and separate events for 4 to 6 year olds and aged horses. Entries include Lord Donegall's two and Grenadier, a five year old, among those entered.
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