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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 28, 1790
Page
4
An early night 15th incident reports a failed assassination attempt under the queen’s bed in Paris. A male suspect was seized. a dagger of unusual construction found on him. Reports differ on the victim or fate and on instigators or confederates behind the plot. News notes suppression and unrest in Paris circles.
A dispatch reports the Governor of Ancwerp arriving with strong dragoons to negotiate an honorable capitulation. Other items note enlistment terms for patriots, funding allocations, shipping stories, and a Nottingham municipal dispute over mayoral qualification.
A compact memoir on peerage extinction lists Dukes and Earls such as Burton Ancaster Bridgewater Montague Peterborough Sussex Powis and others. It notes several viscounts and lords and observes that three or four of the above are married and some have heirs, affecting extinction likelihood.
In a shockingly blunt exchange, a marching unit debates the use of enslaved people as spoils of war and the moral weight of conquest. The corporal and uncle Toby grapple with the idea, acknowledging the brutality while defending its perceived necessity in battle.
The article extols national grandeur in the fisheries, especially at Stornoway. It highlights Mr. Mackenzie of Seaforth, his 25 decked vessels fitted for fisheries, and his zeal for the country. It notes elegant homes built for workers and extensive improvements to support this commerce.
A terse reflection warns that serving a person of base mind is dangerous as ingratitude follows common to both high and low ranks. the author contends such individuals will likely harm those who aided them.
The piece weighs parliamentary reform options including shortening terms, increasing representation, and ensuring attendance. It notes King and Queen influence on etiquette, comments on Lord Maitland becoming Earl of Lauderdale and moving to the House of Lords, and discusses climate and health effects on sea officers, with praise for Lord Effingham as Jamaica governor and a Shakespearean aside on Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
A London observer laments coachmen using a new aeweildy machine to manage horses amid a crowd of carriages. He notes few real objects behind the crowds of professionals and argues such display signals affluence yet shows no regard for social order, calling false charity the greatest evil.
Henry Marks Esaac Simons and Haac Levy charged with feloniously and burglariously entering Mr Goldsmid's house with intent to rob. Goldsmid testified he identified the men after a confrontation in his yard following they fled. Townshend aided the arrest, noting a Jewish link in inquiry. All three were committed to Newgate.
Four or five desperate villains broke into Mrs Horns house on High street Mentington early on Saturday. They confined Mrs Horn and her family and threatened them with dreadful oaths. They looted valuables valued at a large sum before escaping with the booty.
In a case against the parish of Gamling in Cambridge for highway repairs the court arrested the judgment. The indictment described roads in Gasmings and from Hadley to Le George, but jurors found roads out of repair not matching the description. Lords ruled the indictment insufficient and ordered judgment arrested to prevent erroneous records.
A serjeant, Ian Cubie, Wain Mossi and William Morris faced bail on four actions. Evidence showed false shop and ownership claims at 117 Lower Thames Street and 116 Lower Thames Street. Lord Kenyon urged joint prosecution to share costs and public duty.
In a habeas corpus hearing the court ruled no power to alter custody of natural children by deed or revocation, noting statutes apply to adoptive ties only. The father had drawn up provisions for mother and children, then revoked them, but the court held no mechanism to change such custody.
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