King’s Levee and London signs amid royal council
London dispatch details a day at Buckingham and St James's with a thin levee, a royal council including Pitt and peers, audiences for Cabinet ministers, and a move toward Windsor Lodge. Also notes Admiralty commissions, merchant signatures, and rumors of plots tied to new proclamations and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham
St. James’s
Pitt
Duke of Ricumonne
Earl of
Cuatuam
Ggervinte
Hawkesbury
Wm. Fawcett
Duke of
29Th Regiment of Foot
Life Guards
Lord Dover
The FACOBINS and the EMIGRANTS
The Jacobins plan an inquisitorial system to expose emigrants in France. Boxes will collect lists of names and incomes, sent to sections, inviting municipalities to join. The measure deems emigrants targets of confiscation and injustice, with anonymous informers and wide scrutiny risking property and reputations amid revolutionary turmoil.
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France
Legislative Assembly
Government offers pay to volunteers to defend France
Milan reports the Angee Lompakpy government proposes thirty two and a half per day to each volunteer who joins the fight to defend France against invasion. Enthusiasm rises among residents, especially mountain inhabitants, with expectations of over 100000 capable fighters soon forming.
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Angee Lompakpy
Law Report of the King’s Bench Trial
A fragmented record from Whitmingham Court reports a case before Lord Kenyon and a special jury. The judge notes the process was struck out due to attorney involvement and a questioned jury record.
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Jourt
King’s Bench
Whitmingtrr Wall
Bee
Lord Kenyon
Hodges
Blunt, Esq
BPR
Indictment Notes Against Pritchard and Hobson
Bearcroft opened the case accusing Mr. Pritchard and Mr. Hobson of nuisance by erecting a gate on the Newington to Iffington carriage way and keeping it closed, rocking it up. The defendants pleaded not guilty.
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Pritchard
Bearcroft
Hobson
Newington
Iffington
The King Versus Allan M'Arthur Perjury Conviction
The defendant was convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury for giving false testimony at a trial in the Court of Exchequer.
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Allan M‘arthur
Indictment for Fire at Fur Shop in Strand
The defendant, owner of a fur shop at 226 Strand near Temple Bar, stands trial for wilfully setting his house on fire on July 12 with intent to defraud the Phoenix Company. Evidence showed the house was set by someone and that the defendant, though insolvent, insured to 1200. Fielding opened for the prosecution. counsel for the defense praised the defendant’s character. Lord Kenyon noted if it were not the defendant’s house it would be capital, but as tenant only a misdemeanor. the jury found him guilty.
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Duke
D’haxcourrt
Earl Harcourt
Cavendish-square
Merchant Taylor’s
Nantes
Great
Europe
France
Mavyer
Muller
Strand
Temple Bar
Phoenix Company
Lord ‘Kenyon
Savoy Decreed 84th French Department by Convention
A late Convention decree makes Savoy an 84th French department claiming the will of the Savoyard people. The piece notes English notions of continental allegiances and critiques revolutionary prints as treasonous libel. It cites Merchant Taylor’s Hall gathering and laments shifts in monarchy and throne across English history.
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Savoy
France
England
St. Domingo
Martinique
Alledgin
Oxford
Read
Paris
Paine
Libel Trial on House of Commons Judge Aims to Stir Minds
The King’s Attorney General alleged a libel accusing the House of Commons of not representing the people and that laws require consent. Lord Kenyon warned jurors against dangerous notions as the jury found the defendant guilty. The session closed with remarks about morality and law.
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Ampson
Perry
House of ‘Commons
House of Commons
Kenyon
Reward Offered for Foun Tenves Frost and Others
The Lords of the Treasury announce a reward of one hundred pounds for apprehension of Foun, Tevenes Frost, and associates, with indictments found against Sampson Perry of the Argus in the King’s Bench. Osborne was captured in Dengy hundred Essex on oath of treason and sent to Chelmsford Goal, noting a near riot and subsequent disturbances. Capt. Railton landed the Marquis Did Atlene, former French Parliament president, at Lowestoft roads after sailing from Rotterdam to Harwich and London.
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Lords of the Treasury
Foun
Tevenes Frost
Sampson
Perry
the Argus
King’s. Bench
Ossorne
Batz-Dubrey
Essex
Chelmsford
Wr. Duprey
Jané
Railton
Rotterdam
Harwich
London
Marquis DidAtlene
Parliament of
France
Ita
Lowestoft
Unclear fragmentary order discussed in delegates meeting
In a fragmented record a session notes possible action to appoint delegates to deliver an address to the Save or another authority. The text references a petition and contemplation of departing from the body of delegates. Names and precise context are unreadable.
Portsmouth Dec 6 Linard frigate expected arrival
On December 6 the Linard frigate of 28 ships is making exertions to reach the town. Captains of several ships are hopeful and the local inhabitants await eagerly the ORrigament arrival as seamen prepare for duty.
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Linard
Amen
Plymouth Public Offices Opening Stuck Up For Entries
A fragment reports Plymouth public offices opening this morning with people present and a bounty for entries. It notes volunteers, a press presence, and a dubious payment of 99 per quarter, with unclear details and timing.
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Plymouth
Fragmented Ed Mail Opinion on Architecture and Tyranny
An archaic prose fragment discusses architecture and art, praising harmony and ancient simplicity while criticizing later decay. It frames the preservation of monuments as a noble duty of Parliament and nobility, and surveys political liberty and tyrannical threats across nations.
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Buackstone
General Council of the Commons
Lyranny
Paris
France
London
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Lord Cathcart
Harrington
Wartram Burrer
Exeter
Duchess of York
Buckinghamhouse
Board of Admiralty
Charingcroig
Milan
LAW Report
Merchant Taylor’s Hall
Henries
Edwards
Stephen
Williams
Richards
Eligas
Albion
John
Charles
tWa
Georges
4Reland
Portsmouth
Alprentiah
Sol
Iresland
Crawford
King’s Langley
Harchard
Rickmonworth
Gairy
Chaseyhood
King’s Lodge
Cheney's
Buckinghamthir
Hue Uxbridge
Yarmoyrom
Palive
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