London Gazette Summary of Royal and Assembly Proceedings
From Paris and Versailles reports describe Foreign Ministers received at the Tuileries and Luxembourg Palace, the National Assembly remaining at Versailles until Louvre reception is prepared, and the King’s sanction on constitutional articles including Droits de l Homme. Whitehall notes grant to Sir John William Pole to assume the ancient surname De la Pole.
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Monfewr
Palace of
Luxembourg
National Assembly
Versailles
Louvre
Whitehall
John Wiliam Pole
Shute-house
Devon
Paris Queen and King Escape Plot Amid Versailles Turmoil
An 18th century report describes cannon at palace portals as crowds threaten Versailles. The King resists a plotted escape via Compiègne, declares the Queen safe aboard the palace balcony, and vows to stay with her as the mob calls for their lives. The Dauphin is moved out without violence.
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Paris
Versailles
Compergne
M. D'Estaing
Dauphin
Parisian Revolution Tensions Report From London Dispatch
London runs through a detailed telegraph of Paris turmoil. Fevers and rumored killings denied. Paris quiet due to coin influx, double guards, and the King confined. Guards, a citadel like palace, and barricaded access mark the power split as the National Assembly moves to the Louvre. Reports note monarchy compromised, bread stability in Paris, and renewed Spanish woollen trade amid credit fears.
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Paris
Pais
Avery
National Assembly
Versailles
Louvre
Withian
Thuilleries
France
Arts
Guiche
Chatelet
Count de Lusignan
Spain
Vast European tensions and local calamities reported
The article details the French Assembly shifts and monarchic cautions across Europe plus grisly crime and accidents. It notes fires at Belgrade, a Turkish bombardment, and Rome like turmoil, alongside a Brighton contest and a fatal wagon accident.
Fragmented 18th Century Notes and Miscellany
A quirky miscellany with home remedies for poison antidotes garlic and ink stains, early electrical device claims by Martin Van Marum, a witty Bon Mot about the Bishop of Derry, and a Tacitus themed poem attributed to a celebrated lady writer. The item preserves dated curiosities and literary tidbits from a historical periodical.
Royal Court and Parliament Prorogued Amid World News
London dispatches recount the king’s Windsor to Kew journey and a late council at St James’s with high officials. Reports from Paris detail National Assembly actions, bread shortages, and a potential impeachment of St Priest, while Austrian Netherlands letters warn of a forthcoming revolution and mass Dutch-Flemish troop movements toward Breda.
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Ocober
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St. James's
Archbishop of Canterbury
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Marquis of Salisbury
Earl of Effingham
Lord North
Archbisop of
Canterbury
France
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Earl of Westmoreland
Ireland
Mont. de Calonne
Downing-Sheet
Paris
Phat
National Assembly
Pacis
Mr. de St. Priest
Versailles
Count de St. Priest
M. de Mirabeau
D’ Autun
Flanders
Netherlands
Whch
Bo Ostend
Antwerp
Bodiza
Breda
Brabant
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