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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 29, 1793
Page
2
Readable elements show a garbled note about a march or procession beginning on a date with multiple misread words. Several proper nouns and numbers are unreadable, leaving the central event unclear and not easily identifiable.
A segment lists revolutionary rights spanning equality before the law freedom of worship press liberty and property. It outlines due process protections against arbitrary arrest and punishments and asserts that labor and commerce cannot be forbidden. The document emphasizes individual rights and the prohibition of retroactive laws.
A dated letter from commissioners at Weiffembourg reports Custine’s camp near the town with troops under arms oath to liberty and victory. It notes contact with Landau’s defenses, Mentz sending cattle for defense, and urging aggressive action by allied forces. The text includes references to sieges, petitions, and inquiries about printing correspondence.
Amid extensive debate the Convention rejected a petition signed by 35 sections and adopted by the Council General of Paris to be calumnious. It ordered copies of the decree to the Departments and adopted the decree of accusation drawn by the Committee of Legislation against Marat.
Friday was a holiday and no stock business occurred. The report claims Dam Pierre proposed exchanging royal prisoners in the Temple for Convention commissioners if the Prince de Saxe Cosourc granted a cessation of hostilities to allow peace negotiations. The prince replied he would exchange but refused a truce. The Girondist faction in Paris, led by Le Brun, is said to desire peace and may have made overtures.
Reports from the Admiralty include a Spanish ambassador meeting on the register ship captured by Phiston frigate, a memorial from Exeter merchants seeking Pitt's aid to bolster city credit, and notes on prize value since the Hermiorre capture. Dispatches mention militia arms orders, Irish embarkations, Dutch Ostend garrison, Hanoverian divisions, and private letters from Tournay.
A damaged OCR fragment shows partial phrases about a person named Mr Rotor Hvans and vague references to numbers and phrases like mod and floop. The legible content is insufficient to determine a clear event, person, or place for a full headline.
The Copenhagen dispatch details pressures on Sweden and Denmark to suspend trade with France and back Russia. It notes Sweden’s hesitation, recalls earlier neutrals, and reports recall of Ambassador Stackelberg, shift to Dilins in Petersburg, and plans for a Russian-aligned squadron to deter France.
Gazette from Ghent reports the Marquis and Fayette died on the 12th instant in the old prison. The manner of death is described in varying terms.
An order from the municipality of Dunkirk targets foreigners and especially English residents to leave the town at once, with housekeepers and those in trade exempt. The Combined Armies push a rapid assault, while locals vow to defend to the last. Some suspects, including English, Dutch, and French, have been detained near Ostend and Dunkirk for alleged links with Austrian forces.
The fragment describes a privateer capture and recapture near London involving a 30 gun vessel and a mate named Capo. It also notes a Sunday morning fire at the home of Hon Mrs Rawsey in Hoesen, where a servant saved her after a spark ignited a sofa. The text is garbled with multiple unreadable sections.
A damaged fragment mentions the ship Gurpstoe APRIL and the cutter Acriveiast Surprize Cutter sailing from Lon to Lie Aurofty to ginea and coffée with a valuable prize.
In ALYMONTH on April 28, King’s Messengers and Admirals Graves and Adams receive dispatches about the Jersey affair. Reports say a raid on Jersey occurred last Sunday with drums sounded and lines at Dock beat. Ships including the Pura Capt. and Squirrel Capt. Drury set sail to Jersey, with the 426 Highlanders hastily ordered to move.
A report describes a gang of thieves roaming Bow Street district using old tricks to prey on the unwary. A gentleman of the Temple faced them and warned others as the crew fled toward the Temple. Porters detained several suspects while a pregnant woman accompanied the retreating group.
The text presents a jumble of names, dates, and references including Cane Worden Baynooo, F Charl Broadly Riven, Lily LL.D., Om Wey Law, and Symonds, plus scattered mentions of privateers, guns, and bonds. It reads as noisy archival fragments with few coherent facts or events.
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