French Plots Against English Constitution Uncovered
A dispatch details French influence and threats to Britain, describing conspiracy to storm the Tower, seize arsenals, and incite insurrections in London and Holland. It notes agents, meetings, and payments, with Paris praising treason while Britain vows stern action and adherence to law.
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Louis XVI
Great Bartain
France
Great Britain
Frarce
O&s
England
Seen
Ireland
Efe
National Convention
London
West Elis
Hague
Horder
Holland
Hursling
Menner
Audibey
Paris
Bert Tune
John Fay Royall
Appress from the Prince oe Conve to the French Nastity
A 1793 letter shows a request to Empress Catherine II seeking asylum for French nobility amid calamities. The writer praises Catherine's promised support, urges nobles to back the Emperor's plan to reinstall the French king, and promises asylum and pensions if successful or not. The tone emphasizes European solidarity and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Oe
Aronetrsou
Russia
France
Royal Drawing Room Attended by Dignitaries in Buckingham
The Royal Family held a Drawing Room at St James's with Augusta and Elizabeth arriving from Buckingham House. Attendees included the Dukes of Montrose Gordon Leeds Buccleugh Portland and many other peers, bishops, and officers. Reports discuss war, émigré movements, and political tensions across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Elizabeth
Buckingham House
St. Jaimes’s
Dukes of Montrose
Gordon
Leeds
Buccleugh
Portland
Marquies
Buckingham
Titchfield
Abercorn
arls—Harcourt
Inchiquin
Errol
Albemarle
Mount Edgecumbe
Darnl
Hood
Grenville
Somers
Hawke
Peterborough
Litchfield
Coventry
Dromore
Day
R. King
H. Dalrymple
F. Sykes
F. Bridgman
R Shirley
J. Wodehouse
A. Hume
H. Burrard
J. Gran
J. Peachey
J. Call
Wm. Meadows
H. Houghton
Wm. Gordon
J. Jarvis
A. Hood
G. Howard
Meffs
Dundas
Townsend
Eardley
Elliot
Smith
Lascelles
Walpole
Conway
Pybus
Cawthorne
Long
Drummond
Fitzwilliam
Hoare
Ryder
C. Cotton
Shirley
Edgerton
Admals
Millbank
Ouflow
Gell
Buckner
Edwards
Vandeput
Affleck
Hotham
Dalrymple
Gardner
Kingsmill
Hughes
Barton
Elliott
Ogle
Cornish
Parker
Allen
Braithwaite
M‘brice
Caldwell
Pool
Elphinstone
Marsham
Eagle
M'‘Donal
Tonyn
Bruce
Adair
Johnton
Moorthead
Ducheffis
Montrose
Leinster
Grafton
Marchioneffes
Buckingham and Abercorn
Counteges
Inchinquin
Cavany
Chatham
Harcourt
Darkley
Suffolk
Bute
Essx
Hopetoun
Howe
Macclesfield
Fpijcounteres
Molyneux
Falmouth
St. Johin
Beauchamp
Dudley
Ward
Sydney
Bareuefes
Bath
Ambhorst
Phyane
St.John
Amherst Rardley
Poole
Pelaat
Martin
King-street
Golden-square
Harvey
Bexley-heath
Gooch
Dartford
Bringloe
Bullock
Leicester-street
Leicester-square
Golden-hill
Epping-forest
Bosham
Stovill
Charles Sutton
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Richard Hitt
Alberg
Norfolk
Wm Corey
M. Mecwarn
Spain
M' De-Lande
Cassiopeia
England
Dover News Ferry and War Preparations Rumors
Dover reports no arrivals from France since Saturday while Packets and Bye-Boats hover offshore. Navy orders include convoy arrangements for East Indies ships and homeward return, with Rear Admiral Macseips to command in the Downs and Captain Dacres named to Sceptre. Local crimes recount highwayman robberies, thefts, and a deadly kettle scalding incident in Bosham.
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France
Channel
East Indies
East India
Macseips
Downs
Dacres
Portsmouth
Foot Guards
Duke of Gorpon
Aberdeenshire
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Linicin
Nastity
M. le Chevalier Moxtwipe
Fri2zroy
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards
Lisbon
Hanover
White
Catonne’s
Joan
Lady Hort
Bord
Hexens
O’hara
Alliance
Plymouth
Germany
Vienna
Dumpurier
Thames
Satan
Heaven
Milton
Burning Lake
Dumourier
Lord Grenville
Mr. Pitt
Duke of
Ricamont
Tower
M. Pe. Bourke
Madrid
Duc de Luxemsoure
M.de Bou Lte
United Provinces
Hortano
Breda
Bergen
Op. Zoom
Bois Je Duc
Amsterdam
Meuse
Rhine
Liege
Nimeguen
Venloo
Cologne
Aix la Chapelle
Sarpisra
Fox
M. Pe la Fayette
Magdebourg
Pruggra
Doven
hiAs
Dome
Popatac
Lihevens
Scotland
Dover
James Grant
Murrayshire
Mgr. Mackenzie
Seaforth
Rossshire
Lord Gower
County of
Sutherland
West York
Duke of Norfork
Wakefield
de Marth Sivns
Cornwill
Fige
Clinton
Earl of
Orford
Lords
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