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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 16, 1793
Page
4
A tide of revolutionary rhetoric denounces enemies of liberty as ruthless tyrants. Delegates praise brave volunteers, report victories near Strasbourg and Angers, and recall the siege resilience of French towns while warning London and Austria against betrayal.
Friday December reports the Committees of Succoss and Finance are asked to study whether Monts de Pieré and Lombards pawnshops aid or harm the people. Bourdey proposes directing public funds to supply warm clothing to poor pawned items, a motion welcomed and referred.Meanwhile, notices from Tours Saumur and Angers describe rebel movements, sieges, and clashes as authorities combat uprisings and protect towns with boats, bridges, and troops.
The report recounts a provocative incident where Blas captures an English ship by disguising as a British vessel near Cherbourg, provoking English anger and cries of Long live the Republic. The piece also notes actions by the Convention on suspected emigration, and a decree to issue assignats in new denominations to replace those bearing Royal imagery.
The Strasbourg administrators boast subsistence for the Rhine army and metal shipments to Metz for cannon. Parliament debates schooling reform and religious worship limits. A decree enforces soldier footwear rules, while Mehole moves to Cherbourg and Cherbourg’s coast duties.
A Dec 7 letter from Blois in Indre et Loire reports repelling rebel advance toward Vexdome amid anxiety. Bridges were destroyed after labor and gunpowder to hinder the march, with two arches rendered unusable. The dispatch describes urgent measures taken by authorities.
A fragment notes strong opinions about the Cher and Loire departments, highlighting fanaticism and aristocratic associations in the region. The passage suggests disputed attitudes toward local governance and social hierarchy within these departments.
Representative Cafcher reports a November battle as 20 000 infantry and artillery attacked along four or five river points. The enemy seized a mill granting river passage, forcing a retreat in orderly fashion toward Alo to cover the town. Fire swept the tide line during the engagement with few specifics available.
From the London Gazette December 17 notes multiple bankruptcy enlargements and supersessions with dates at Guildhall and York. Names include William Tunt Belton, William Madris, Isac Shea, James Coates, William Chart, and others. mentions surrender dates in late December and January, with attorneys and locations such as Gray's Inn, Queen's Head Newomile upon Tyne, and Thompson's Hotel Exeter. Also lists dividends and certificates to be granted, spanning venues in Newcastle, York, London, and Cambridge.
Yesterday Mr Part returned to town from Lord Grettvillen’s and gave audiences to Col Fane Lord Sydneys Lord Cuaruam Col Lowmite Mr Dundas and Navy Commissioners. Dinneres at Somerset Place and to the Lord Chancellor and others. News of messengers from Ghent Basil ica expected and reports on General O’Hara. Fox hunt news Lord Murcrave to Ireland and partridge incident. Prices at Shrewsbury fair and death of Mrs Sarah Haynes aged 103 with a large family. Earl of PexBROKE indisposed and a warrant for arrest of a Scotch peer’s eldest son discussed.
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