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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 19, 1793
Page
2
In Constantinople on July 14 a group of French Republicans planned a public celebration at the French Palace. The foreign ministers, alerted to the plan, complained to the Sublime Porte and secured an order prohibiting any public observance of the festival.
In Archangel on July 1 a blaze began at eight PM and burned until ten AM. It swept the Market-place, Courts of Justice buildings, Cathedral, two other churches, 377 houses, stables, 300 shops, and about 3000 buildings. Lives lost and many wounded. Damage estimated at 2,500,000 rubles.
Stockholm prepares for the monarch and the Duxs return on the sth instant. Citizens planned grand celebrations, but were told the king preferred modest rejoicings. Baron Encenstroem named Envoy Extraordinary to the British Court.
At three o clock in the afternoon eighteen English vessels appeared four of them men of war, escorting a convoy of merchantmen. The Spanish fleet has returned to Carthagena for provisions. A French Levant convoy sought refuge in Tunis port and unloaded its cargo.
On the Moselle the French army moved to Landthul after Mentz fell, intending to cover the frontier toward Longwy. The Castle of Carlsberg, residence of the Duke of Deux Ponts, was set on fire on Saturday. Yesterday 15 people were arrested and sent to Mentz as hostages for Mentzer Clubists.
London August 20 reports Colonel Sims to go out as Lieutenant General under Sir Charles Grey on the West India station. Letters arrive from Lisbon and New York via fast packets, with July 8 and 23 dates. Reports claim America may aid France in the West Indies, and Prussia surrounds Landau. Venice and Naples order French ambassadors to quit. regiments privately funded for government service. Royalists resist in Nantes. Milan prisoners include Lemonville and Mager with 64000 Louis d or. Artillery shipped from Woolwich. prize taken near Beace Island. Worcester mail collapse prompts dangerous coach driving. Mrs Robinson suffers a severe fall. two Frenchmen seized in Charleville Ireland.
A Birmingham coach overturned crossing a gutter near an inn. the coachman suffered a broken leg and several passengers were bruised. Inside passengers escaped with minor injuries, while four women were seriously shaken. Reports say the coachman and one young woman were feared dead.
A report from yesterday states a single passenger, Dox Raymond del Campo, arrived in Falmouth via Corunna aboard the Yanurin. Other items note a Royal Bank charter increase at Edinburgh, Major Daly named Galway governor, a Bath peer's debt issue, and various military movements and political comments across Ireland and Europe.
The celebration featured a triumphal arch on the Champ de Mars, the President presenting laurels to heroines, eighty six Elders near the statue, and a public oath to defend the Constitution. Fireworks, artillery salutes, a pantomime titled The bombardment of the City of Life follow the oath as the crowd rejoiced.
The piece The Road to Ruiz draws applause from the French National Assembly but cannot be sourced from Britain. Dumourier tours the Continent with the Aidnight Wanderer while Beatric in France stages the Pricer. Cesar, Brutus, and Marat roles trigger reaction as revolutionary plays advance amid courtly censorship and rehearsal notes.
Country reports show only a few grounds likely to produce hops with about 400 acres yielding two bags per acre. Several plantations improved last week but rains have turned some black, and the bar for hops falls. East Kent areas like Pelham Cartham Chilham remain poor with no two per acre. about 1000 acres around Canterbury may yield no hops at all.
The London Gazette lists bankrupts with surrender dates and venues across England and Wales. Names include Francis Oakley Hereford woolstapler, Alexander Hamilton Holborn bookseller, George Shaw Kingston merchant, William Carpenter Teterden ironmonger, Lyon Joseph Mansell Street merchant, John Viel Bath cabinetmaker, and Jeremiah Cunningham Upper Seymour Street grocer, among others, with surrender dates from late August to October and venues such as Guildhall, White Hart, Bear Inn, Swan Inn, Nicholson's Inn, Bath, and Chancery Lane offices.
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