13 Dec 1793
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 13, 1793
Page
1
Fragmentary verse lampoons modern dullness while praising national resilience. The speaker mourns ancient glory and urges readers to rally, cast aside civic decay, and restore Britain’s honor through steadfast action and renewed patriotism.
London reports confidence that Parliament will not impose new levies but will extend wartime taxes from the Spanish armament and repurpose old duties. A large revenue came from expired grants. The piece notes political turmoil, Jacobin fear, and prospects of upheaval in France and Britain. It also mentions royal concerns over Princess and Duchess cases and a Paris committee decree. A late note records two street robberies in London.
A morning duel in a field behind the Montague on Kingsdown left Lieut Browns severely wounded in the knee, the ball smashing the calf bone. Lieut Davin, of the 53d regiment, fired first and again before Browns’s opponent, who belongs to the 54th. Browns remains in danger. Davin fled to a post chaise after medical aid. The quarrel grew from an argument at the Bristol Theatre over singing God Save the King and a later insult at the coffee-houses.
Cambridge dated items list church livings and college appointments. The Rev John Henley and the Rev Thomas Browne receive livings and chaplaincies, with other fellows and students from Christ College and St John’s noted for admissions and prizes. An incident reports a Hitchin youth injuring his left forefinger after attempting to enlist then deserting service.
Monday brought the Severn ship of war Major-General Claig to Plymouth as Quebec’s lieutenant governor. Reports note a possible Austrian Brunswick marriage barrier, suspended sedition sentences in Scotland, and a mock portrait of fashion with a Bell drawn by a Spaniard. Bath and West of England Society held a farming and industry meeting with many new members and prize sheep. militia totals reach 36,602. A leather cutter’s fire in Wardour street destroyed the shop and nearby houses.
From Menheim to Brussels and Philadelphia reports portray heavy fighting in late November and early December as French forces clash with Duke of Brunswick and General Wurmser. French casualties and prisoners run high with estimates around 15,000. Strasbourg and Rainstein operations push French back. Broad notices include Philadelphia disease abatement, bishop appointments in St David’s, sugar prices, bankrupts, and various certificats and profits in London markets.
The article reports letters from Lisbon and New York reaching Falmouth by Expeditions and Chesterfield packets, updates on Royal Navy ships, and a flare of Jacobin activity. It notes parliamentary factions in Paris, the Committee of Public Welfare, farmers accused of malfeasance, and military moves in La Vendée with town governors and fortifications discussed.
The dispatch describes widespread violence as revolutionary forces purge clergy and suspected opponents. Executions occur in Lyon Bourdeaux Nantes and Paris area with the guillotine seen as permanent. plundering and confiscations accompany the terror as mass arrests and summaries spread.
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