Royal prorogation and appointments in the London Gazette
The London Gazette reports new prorogation of Parliament to November, honours to Cornwallis and Abercromby, and Pitt confirmed for Dover Castle and Cinque Ports offices. Aug 18 notices from Whitehall list orders for mourning, Dublin Castle salutes and Lord Chamberlain directives. Commissions in Ireland detail army appointments as well as the average sugar price and insolvency notices follow.
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Whitehall
William Pitt
Dover
Serene
Ferdmann
Duke of
Brunswick
France decrees royal reception arrangements at Keeper of Seals hotel
Debates in the National Assembly outline a weeklong royal reception for Louis XVI and family, with guards supplied by sections, a 500,000 livre subsistence, and strict access controls. Delegates discuss safety, lodging, and the transfer of furniture to the hotel, while deliberations on the King’s status and fate continue amid calls for liberty.
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M. Perion
M.carnot
Paris
Corps de Gendarm
M. Manuel
Pokesman
France
Louis XVI
Council-General of the Commons
Rorax
Section de Mirabeau
M. St. Priof
Louvre
M. Chariot
Pieur
Orleans
Temple of Liberty
Council of the Commons
Minnisters
AM. Renard
Gendarmerie Nationale
M. Sanguier
Reoguete
port Lane expected to be Oxford chancellor
London reports that the Duke of Port Lane is expected to be elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The same dispatch notes the death of the Right Rev Dr Joan Ross Bishop of Exeter at his palace near Exeter. It also mentions the death of the Hon Joan Leveson Gower at Bill Hill Berks and that Sir Grey Coaver Bart may succeed Lord North as MP for Banbury.
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Duke of Port Lane
University of Oxford
Exeter
Joan Ross
Bill Hill
Berks
Joan Leveson Gower
Marquis of Stafford
Newcastle
Lyme
Grey Coaver
Bart
Itis
Lord North
Banbury
August 13 Assembly Debates War Termination Plan
A petitioner at the Bar proposes a plan to end the war, as Condorcet presents motives behind actions since Friday. The Section de la Bibliotheque jeers, while Montesquiou notes battalions rise within 24 hours and officers are scarce. Debates cover clerical dress bans, Rouen counter-revolution fears, and brass conversion into cannon. The session adjourns to eight in the morning.
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Duke of Brunswick
Sans Culottes
Section de la Biblioteque
Pokesman
M. Condorcet
France
Europe
EM. Gower
M.a Porte
M. Montesquiou
M.ryebi
Rouen
Activists Read Letters on Liberty Rise and Ques in France
A August 14 dispatch reports a letter from the Commissioners to the army of the centre praising public blessings and patriotism. In Rheims the Kine suspension act was proclaimed amid illumination, while city authorities swore to liberty and equality or die. Swedish officers seek service in France with retained ranks. a proposal for the State seal with the Cap of Liberty is referred to a committee. Citizens toppled the statue of Henry IV, though they later recall his virtues as limits to their tempers.
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Section Des Plantes
Commons
Landau
M. Cu
Hét
M. Blancgilly
Marseillois
Pokesman
Marseilles
Louis XVI
France
M. Bélanegilly
M. Granet
Jacobins
Feuillans
Prussia
Coblentz
Paris
Menseur
M. la Croix
la Croix
Huiffers
Bazire
Goupilleau
Merlin
M. Blanceilly
Club of
Dni
Francois
Neufchateau
M. Francois
M. Puyravault
Mortmain
Loir
Cher
Lewis XVI
M. Rus
Ther
Compiegne
Community of
M. Peron
la Fayette
M. Roberspierre
Vendome
Soiffons
Rheims
Cravier
War Department
M. Galaia
Henry IV
Henry
National Assembly Faces Mob Fury In Era Of Sovereignty
Contemporaries warn the National Assembly risks disgrace as Jacobin Club links and Antoine speech reveal tensions. Speech applauded as calls for people sovereignty grow, questioning limits on the Assembly’s authority and whether sovereignty rests with the people or the body itself.
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National Assembly
Jacobin Clun
Antoine
J Rsar
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London Gazete
St, James's
Windsor
Weymouth
Whitehalll
Cuartes Larl Cornwalllis
Order of the Garter
Kingdom of Great Britain
Marquis Coxmanalls
Order of the Bath
William Mepows
Robert Abercromby
Dublin-Castle
Prince of Walts
His Majesty’s Park
Ireland
James Thewles
Coreet Simuel Corbet
Dr Goon
Iaeut
Ane Jones
Cord William Sydney Bicon
Samuel Amy Severn
John Edwards
Eufien Lfingham Lindsay
William Clifford
Richard Edwards
Robert Watkin Lloyd
Samuel Milner
William Kean
Hamilton Graham
Foot
George William Ramsay
James Somerville
James Browne Lorner
Harold Kinfman Maptelott
William Uther
Lancelot Knight
Alexander Saunderson
Seth Foot
James Bruce
Henry Leader
Great Britain
James Gibson
Globe-yard
Wapping
Guildhall
Joseph Browning
Leadenhall-street
Edward Hewitt
Middle Moorfields
Weaver
Davies
Lothbury
George Pidmore
Garrat-lane
Wandworth
Callico Printey
Allormes
Crowder
Galden Buck
Manchester
Edge
Inner Temple
John Crowther
Leeds
Mill-Wright
Old King’s Arms
Attornes
Messrs
Allen
Furnival’s-inn
Benjamin Kennett
Essex-wharf
St. Clement’s
Wilson
Bartlet’s
Holborn
John Winterbottom
Samuel Scott
Newport
Salop
William Watson
Greenwich
Robert Stride
Stockbridge
Southampton
Middlesex
Lincoln
Ross
University of Glasgow
Borough of
Bridport
London
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