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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 19, 1793
Page
4
The text states that punishments are decided by the law of March 16 and in the forms prescribed by the law. It also notes that the Criminal Tribunals of all departments of the Republic are equally charged to proceed and determine in the same manner.
The Convention passed measures on provocation to restore royalty, price-fixing penalties, and export restrictions with fines. It reported Egalité’s march through Sez and Alengon, ordered commissioners to trace his route, and noted uprisings, pacification efforts, and rebel activities around Brittany and Nantes with troops mobilized and a plunder incident involving national infantry.
A late eighteenth century dispatch notes stock prices at eleven o’clock and covers war updates from Nantes and Brittany. It mentions Dumourier and Vaxence heading toward Switzerland, reported guillotine executions, unrest in Paris and Brittany, and French National Guard strain. Royal events at St James's and Windsor are listed with princesses recovering. Dispatches from Admiral M'Brive and a Portland packet from New York are noted amid political turmoil.
An April Ostend letter discusses the interdiction on French papers, French National Convention strife, and varied Damourier reports. It notes Dumourier’s presence in Brussels, Madame Sillery and associates heading to Switzerland, Cosurourg’s army near Valenciennes, and the Duke of York arriving at Ghent with 4500 Guards. It mentions plans to base his HQ in Bruges and link Hanoverian forces with the army assembling in these provinces.
Spain says M. D Artasise, secretary to the French embassy, has asked for his passports to depart Madrid. He has been informed he may have them as soon as the Spanish charge d affaires at Paris receives his. He may reside in Madrid until then under government protection.
Since the 14th, an army of about 3000 men including line troops and citizens has captured principal forts, encampments, and redoubts around Cape Francois. A strong negro-held post two leagues from town was stormed. 20 cannon were seized, many negroes killed, the rest scattered. Surrenders increase as pursuit continues. Public securities rise and American produce prices are expected to improve.
Our army returned to the city after a month long campaign claiming success at every turn. Rebels driven from posts and dispersed while 200 enslaved women and children sought safety nearby. Fatigue and sickness hinder operations though white citizens remain ardent in pursuit.
A versel arrived from Brest on February 13 delivering orders to defend forts and fully man vessels as war seems inevitable. The message signals heightened readiness and looming conflict between nations.
Journal fragment recounts social events at St Pauls and the Mansion House, royal orders and military movements, craft strikes and legal actions in Ireland, anticipated embarkations, cannon transport, arrests of printers, and death sentences and imprisonments in Dundalk amid unrest and libel cases.
On February 8 Captain Burcu in HM ship Providence arrived with an armed tender. He left 346 bread fruit trees at Saint Vincent, while Mr Anderson the royal botanist sent Botanic plants intended for Kew. The Saint Vincent Council praised Bligh with a silver plate. Officials considered plant removal yet none ordered. News reports Martinique’s Bebaque and Tobago’s Moreau warned to evacuate due to local sanctuary. Saint Domingo faces ongoing insurrection while other French islands are quiet.
Edinburgh reports a sequence of snow and frost with a later thaw in parts of England causing deaths among travelers. Captain Jervie from Leith relayed that an American captain near Rotterdam described a Dunkirk privateer of 30 men and four guns boarding a Hollander ship off Holland. The privateer once belonged to Leith and now bears the Leith name as a decoy.
On a Thursday night Mr Howarth and Thomas Montolieu of Grafton Street were stopped by three footpads in Epping forest. They were robbed of watches gold pocket-books drafts and bank notes totaling about 2090. The ruffians threatened to blow the train if pistols were found.
Racing card from Newmarket Spring Meeting lists King’s Plate entries for 6 year olds led by Skyscraper and Coriander, mares plate with Peggy and Kezia among entries, subscriptions for three-year-olds, and class stakes with odds. Notable entrants include Lord Clermont, Duke of Grafton, and Sir C Bunbury. prizes total in pounds and entries vary by race. The judge could only place the top three. several odds are shown for favorites and notable horses such as Nerisfa and Quick nts.
The King George, captured by a French privateer and retaken by the Spitfire near St Malces, is put into Plymouth. The brig Fo in, Captain Per rea, a 19 gun privateer, arrived in Liverpool as a prize to the Ann, Captain Worthington, after being captured off Nantz three days earlier in latitude 46 48 and longitude 12.
Inland: a snowy hail event at Plymouth with wind forcing outward-bound Newfoundland ships back to Catwater and Cove. Pluto the 16 gun ship signals convoy to the Eastward and departs shortly. Portsmouth notes arrivals and retentions of the Lascelles Gen. Goddard East Indiamen Thomas Circe Hinde, plus Ulysses at St Helens. an advertisement for a vegetable cordial promoted as a health remedy by Thomas Appleby in Islington, with small parcel pricing.
Fragmented historical listings note How to Grow Rich with The Midnight Wanderers at a Saturday program near Covent Garden. Other items include marriages in Herefordshire and Manchester, a Salisbury street death, and stock prices with various bonds and bills reflecting a bustling late 18th or early 19th century market page.
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