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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 11, 1793
Page
4
A poem recounts a simple village girl deceived by a wealthy wooer. She counsels mercy to ease his pain, aids his seduction, and suffers ruin and remorse as he abandons her. Distraught and forsaken, she ends her life, warning readers that the seducer’s arts bring rueful consequences.
Postscript lists prices for stocks and bonds at one o clock 3 per cent Confo at 73 3-4 to 74 per cent Confols at 106 teyth India Stock 205 Bonds at gs a 8s Navy 1-gth Lottery Tickets rl 198. Irith ditto 5h ros.
War news from September 12 1793 reports Murray’s note on Ypres relief attempts and Beaulieu’s victory near Lisle, plus Prussian dispatches, non exportation decrees, France’s gunpowder boom and new frigates, Dunkirk defenses, and mentions of Hanoverian officers, Beauregard plans, and diamond price drops amid war.
Imperial forces shift from Mauseuge to Valenciennes with Life Guards replacing Old Buffs. Orders target 200000 measures of cars moved to Dantzik then Rotter dam for combined armies. King of Sweden visits Skafera and dines with Vice Admiral Chapman as peasants welcome him. Tax on lives rumored for next session amid minister and linen merchants talks. Downing Street prepares Michaelmas office for Lord Grenville. Harvest reports from Warwick sketch wheat, barley, oats. prosperity despite poor weather. London fire risk lower this year due to insurer scrutiny. Robberies reported along Portsmouth, Petworth roads and near Godalmin. Laytonstone and Holborn pickings noted. Grand Jury indicts Stephen Child for forged bank receipt related to 6401 stock.
A long list of attendees and titled persons visits Bath including the Duke of Newecastle Earl and Countess of Howth Lord and Lady Northland Lady Harriet Roper Sir John D Oviey Rev. Dr. Barry Dr. Saunders and many ladies gentlemen and children noted among the attendees.
A man calling himself Joseph Asaris Prince De Pallesting, claiming Palestinian birth and Roman Catholic faith, appeared before the Magistrates. He travels Europe by charity, with passports from Germany and Helland, stating he left Ireland in 1792 and has wandered through many English towns. He is about forty five, stout, residing in St David's Street, Edinburgh, and plans to depart for Glasgow then London.
The Dispatch, sailing from Charlestown to Bristol, was seized on July 7 and towed into Brett. The capture details are reported with emphasis on the voyage and the destination city.
Plymouth reports an excise cutter warning a vessel during a cruise after seizing 130 casks of spirits and tobacco taken by the shore crew in Whitland Bay. Latona of 38 guns under Captain Thornborough returned to sea this afternoon for another cruise. Sprightly cutter with 14 guns under Lieutenant Raws then anchored between the Island and Main after coming down from Hamoaze.
Sailed last night Kingfisher 13 guns under Graves for Torbay. Sampson 64 guns under Montague with a large convoy to the Eastward. Syren 32 guns under Maw Ley with convoy for Halifax. Spider cutter under Lanyeu arrived. Intrepid 64 guns under Carpenter failed to coast of Spain. Magicienne 32 guns under Martin to the Westward. Phiton 38 guns under Doucas for Torbay. Audacious 74 guns went out of harbor with a new foremast fit. Gibraltar signaled twice but wind prevented entry into the Sound.
PORTSMOUTH SEPT 11 this morning the Concord man of war with several ships going under her convoy bound to the Westward got under weigh but the wind falling short they soon came to anchor again SEPTEMBER 12 Arrived the Flora frigate with a convoy from the Downs King Fisher sloop from Plymouth and Hazard from Virginia Sailed the Concord frigate with a convoy for the Bay of Biscay Latona frigate to join Lord Howe s fleet and Henkersson Dutch frigate for the West Indies
In a St Anns Melton Suffolk wedding John Wood and Mary Ann Baker wed at Foster lane. Another marriage links Mr Reynolds Bart street to Miss Ann Houston Theobald s Road. Obituaries include Richard Ladbroke of Tadworth court Surrey and Major Thomas Seckwell aged 81 of Westminster Militia Deputy Lieutenant for Biddeford. Also John Hurst and Mrs Marsham noted. John Kitterstafer of Bittingsgate and Rev Arthur Dawes recorded. A fatal collapse occurs in Beta Roeps carriage with wife present.
Shipping news reports vessels sailing from Cork and Bridgewater, including the Air Balloon Gidney Pitt Brown and John Ford, with a convoy of warships led by Admiral Peyton. The Thetis armed ship and other transports sail for Guernsey and Virginia while others remain at Port.
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