Peace prospects and diplomatic notes from Berlin and Petersberg
A British officer Sydney Smith, praised for Baltic service, halts works and prepares to sail as peace talks with Russia and the Porte unfold. Reports outline preliminaries of peace terms, including Oczakov, Dniester frontiers, river navigation, and frontier fortresses amid Allied pressure. A cricket match at Ware between Hertfordshire and Essex ends with Essex arguing over a last run, marking lively county tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Smith
Baltic
England
Russia
Petersburg
Europe
Maczin
Petersburgh
Porte
Oczakov
Bog
Dniester
Fhasher
London
Berlin
Ware
Hertfordshire
Essex
Wyn Esq
Ing—m
London gossip and international notes from a London newspaper
Long column memorializes royal events in Petersham and Richmond Terrace, travels of Fox, arrivals of M de Mercy, and a Marchioness health scare. Also reports on Middlesex governance, Bowes release, trade balances with Russia, Parliament sizes in UK and France, Vienna dispatches on Maczin's battle, Turkish army movement, Janissary unrest, and a Dublin near deathbed miracle with a revived tradeswoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Clarence
Petersham Lodgs
Richmond Terrace
Duchess of Allany
Brussels
Fox
Duke of Devonshire
Bolton Abbey
Derbyshire
Earl Fitzwhlliam
York
Wentworth House
Yorkshire
M. le Comte de Mercy
London
Anercarn
France
Middlesex
Bowes
King’s Bench Prison
Croydon
Rusia
Russia
Riots Reach Warwick Assizes Suspects Named
Warwick court reports list seventeen rioters to be tried at the Assizes for demolishing dwellings in Birmingham and Afton July incidents. Eleven named prisoners face charges with five for highway robbery and sixteen for felonies, with about thirty eight total prisoners and around a hundred warrants outstanding. Residents fear further riots and expect more arrests as trials approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archard Perrvyn
Beaumont Hornam
Coventry
Court H House
Warwick
William Shuker
Joseph Careless
William Hands
Hammonds
James Watkins
Joan Kyzano
Easy Hill
Birmingham
C. Francis Field
Rodney
Foru Clifton
Bartholomew Fiber
Joseph Priestly
Doé
Afton
Francis Field
William Hutton
Watchwood Heath
John Stokes
Orv Mertine
French Assembly Debates Ministers in the Legislature
Paris August 19 reports unrest and political debate as Abbe Montjolard dies after a fall. Deserters from Schomberg and Navarre, electoral writs for deputies, and Barnave’s rising influence are noted alongside arguments for ministers' public presence in the Assembly to prevent corruption and ensure transparency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Tere Notre
Schomberg
Navarre
Procureur Syndic General of
Paris
Moab’s Ark
Mirabeau
M. Barnave
N. B
M. Baxnave
National Assembly
Legislative Assembly
Hell
England
Il. de Montmonin
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Dupust
Scotland
Ireland
Vienna
Schiumla
St. Mark
Dublin
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