In the French Assembly Feuds and Military Requests
A lengthy discussion centers on army mobilization and secrecy. The Military Committee handles passport provisions while voting on officers, with Žn authorized names like Mesits d Aubeterre Avéricault and Demas and accusations by M Ronillier against M Duportail. The chamber resents the disputes as Bravo! echoes through the galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Rehaneau
D’ Aubeterre
Avéricault
Demas
M. Ronillier
M. Duportail
Miniter
Petition and Frontiers Debate in French Assembly
A January report notes plans to reinforce Catalonia with French emigrants and a garrison. The Assembly orders weekly frontier updates and Foreign Affairs inquiries. The German Princes report favors France. Crequi Bourbon Montmorency demands a tribune, delivering papers and threats, while members clash over immediate consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Sebastian
Catalonia
Sarragossa
Spain
M. Koch
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Constituent Assembly
M. Dumas
M. Crequi
Ames Bourbon Montmorency
M. Faublance
M. Grangenewve
Parliament Debate on Minister Bertrand Sparks Turbulent Dismissal Push
February 1 report shows Marine Committee faulting Bertrand for deceiving King, People, and Legislature. Debates rage as Grangenuve calls for arrest, others urge prison. Ubited voices, insults, and threats fill the chamber amid a clash over punishment and ministerial trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Committee
M. Bertrand
M. Grangenewve
Marine
M. Grangenuve
M. Ducoz
M. Quatreme
French Assembly Debates Previous Question on Minister’s Conduct
Parliamentary records show M Bremondier accusing the Marine Minister and lawmakers voting 208 to 196 on the previous question. The foreign minister defended Madrid’s conduct, denying Madrid mistreatment of French nationals and downplaying Tournay outrages while being ordered to report ministers’ actions at foreign courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Bremondier
M. Merlin
Coblentz
Foreign Department
Court of
Madrid
M. de Florida Blanca
Spain
France
Tournay
M. Genonne
French Finances and Democratic Threat to Freedom
The article condemns the French government’s finances, citing a two month deficit of 141,079,000 and an average monthly shortfall of three million, funded by a sinking fund. It contrasts France’s misery with Britain’s prosperity, accusing democrats of waging war on Heaven and Christianity, and mocks their exile to a suggested alternative country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Great Britain
France
War Office Promotions and Bankruptcy Notices in London Gazette
War Office announces promotions in the British Army including Lieutenants and Ensigns across multiple regiments such as Light Dragoons and Foot Guards with officers named. Also lists bankruptcy enlargements and supersessions, detailing names, trades, surrender or filing dates, and Guildhall or other local venues for proceedings.
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War Office
16Th Regiment Light Dragoons
William Bellat Fis
Foot Guards
John Dick Burnaby
36Th Foot
John Campbell
Charles O’ Hara
Dugald M‘millan
John Brown
Joseph Henry Williams
William Cooke
James Steele
Seth Hoore-Lieitenant
Stephen Wybrants
William Thursby
John Stuart
Charles O'Hara
Thomas Whitlie
Keith Young
Charles. Fitzmaurice Hill
Andrew, Coghlan
Thomas Coghlan
Donald MacGregor
Edward Lewellin
Foot
Brean Bordes
Kirby Dalrymple
Charles Abernethy
Robert Dunningham
Charles Fordyce
Herbert Abingdon Compton
Bensign
Sth Foot
Charles Stewart
Jonathan Browne
John Kiernany
Robert Thompson
Peter MacKenzie
Charles Mackinton
Francis Heaton Thomas
Hauteville Stirling
Benjamin Forbes
Meyrick Shawe
Alexander Murray
A7th
Archibald Campbell
William Caldwell
William Grieve
John Grattan
East Indies
Alexander Dirom
William Tould
St. Clement Danes
Furender
Guildhall
John Clift
Griffin-treet
Shadwell
Paris Reported French Ambassador Self Injures at Berlin
The Paris report claims M. de Secur, the French ambassador at Berlin, stabbed himself in three places with a knife. Rumor says the act followed contempt shown by the King of Prussia at Court while other envoys received marks of attention. Some doubt the event amid dispatches from a courier of M. de Movstier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. de Secur
Berlin
Prussia
M. de Movstier
Marshal Rochambeau
France
Germany
M. Hoffman
Annals of
Vienna
Royal court notices and political debate in 1791
Wednesday morning reports royal airings at Kew Palace and a Court at Carlton House. Admiralty, Ordnance boards meet. Lord Macartney accepts China embassy, Major General Sir Henry Carper dies. Grain of cotton exports from Balama Islands totals 1,102,163 lbs. A Spirit License Bill debate critiques revenue motives over public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew- Palace
Board of Admiralty
Charing-Cross
Palace-yard
Prince of Wales
Carlton House
Duke of York
Newmarket
Duke le Prenne
Duke of Bedford
Wooburn Abbey
Henry Carper
Gibraltar
Haymarket A Character Piece Spars With Queen Elizapets
A fragmentary theatre notice discusses Mrs Siddons and Kemble in performance at the Haymarket. It notes crowd attention to the queen figure and critiques the acting, with a quip about the dramatic Mayoralty and Hollingsworth. The piece mocks theatrical pomp and civic pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haymarket
Siddens
Elizapets
Irish Parliament Tuesday proceedings on military reforms
The Committee of Accounts reported progress and planned a final report by Saturday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer signaled changes in the Military Establishments with an overall expenditure rise of about 28,000 pounds per year. Grattan asked for general outlines. the answer noted troops would not increase in headcount though regiments would grow and private numbers shrink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of Accounts
England
Grattan
Lunatic Wife Will Case Forecloses On Estate In Court
In the Court of Chancery a special argument over a King’s Bench verdict questioned Mrs Barker’s sanity when she made a will leaving 30 000 60 to a relative. The Lord Chancellor annulled the verdict, declaring the Crown entitled to the property. the testatrix showed lucid intervals but was generally insane. Other notes report Mr Sutherland’s recovery from wounds after an attempted suicide and a forthcoming peace treaty with US, Creek, and Cherokee nations under Mr Bowles, with Guernsey prices rising due to French emigrants. pirate activity near Wapping and Oxley’s escape aided by Folkestone smugglers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Chancery
King’s Bench
Sutherland
Iain
Hunter
United States
Bowles
MacGillivray
Guernisey
Oxley
Folkstone
Kent
America
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Thomas
Walbrook
Simon Field
ermondsey-Areet
Ellison
Crane-court
Fleet-street
Richard Oakes
Cleveland-court
St. James's
Mr. Bunn
Empire
Thomas Wheatley
William Thompson
Attornies
Fatrer and Lacey
Bread-street-hill
John Scafe
Pately
Yorkshire
Alice Hudson
Rippon
William Dawson
Coney-street
York
Garforth
Lower Brook-street
Dugald Mann
Samuel Barrett
Ratcliffe
Lancaster
Burl’s Head
Manchester
Kay
William Carbis
Redruth
Cornwall
Farren
King’s Arms
Falmouth
Attormies
Carpenter and Harris
Robert Porter
Fareham
Southampton
Indian Arms
Gosport
John Backhouse
Edmund Clark
Lower Royal Oak
John Johnson
Birchinlane
Rat Guidhall
Nicholas Perry
Bristol
Currier
Jon Oulton
Salford
Lancashire
William Horsefall
Covent
John Thompson
Crown Court
Westminster
Balama Hlands
House OF Commons
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