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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 02, 1790
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR renders a period stage vignette praising a playwright or performance. It references a queen, a scepter, and stagecraft with lines about wit, hero play, and audience reaction. The piece blends observations on character and theatrical form with archaic imagery and praise for dramatic artistry.
A dramatic text fragment shows Miles Petla Andrews wrestling with lines and role as a performer.\nThe piece shifts between meta commentary and character banter, revealing backstage tension, a looming misread, and a plan to meet for a decisive scene.
A long excerpt recalls Mr Liwe’s career in Parliament and his return to speaking after a period of fatigue, noting mixed views among Members of the Commons about his past conduct and public image. The passage hints at scrutiny of his integrity and testimony from peers.
A lengthy memorial sketch notes Mr. Elwes’s frugal, conscientious conduct in Parliament. It recalls his rise as Berks representative, his wavering loyalties between Fox and North, and his famed poverty mindset. The piece portrays him walking home from debates, shunning wealth, and enduring a leg injury from a Sedan chair accident.
France London Gazette dated Jan 2 publishes a royal levee and drawing room on Jan 6 and 7 at St James's. It also records military promotions and transfers: Thomas Maftes to Cornet by purchase in the Light Horse, Robert Wood to Captain of a troop in the 16th Light Dragoons, David Howell replaced, Ensign Robert Williams to Lieutenant, Ensign John Francis Baller to Lieutenant in the 67th Regiment, and related changes in the Foot Guards.
An 1794 dispatch notes large white populations on Martinique, with regiments of soldiers and a slave uprising. Several hundred enslaved people were executed after attacks on white planters, aiming to destroy white estates by poisoning water supplies. authorities halted the revolt after swift reprisals.
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