Antrim Candidate Arrested for Libel in Dublin
The Morning Post reports Agrae O Connor, candidate for Antrim, was seized at two o'clock on the charge of publishing a seditious libel against the Government. He was confined at the Divisional Magistrate's house in William Street and to be brought to the Castle for examination. The article quotes his press letter urging alliances with France and denouncing English influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
O'Connor
County of
Antrim
William-street
Edward Fitzgerald
Inevana
O’connor
Democrats of
England
tTrngland
France
Ireland
Thasiwith
Directory
Prince of Wales
East India Directorsy
London
Princess of Wales
Warren
Hiis
Earl Spencer
Jetters
Paris
Becks
Sambge
Meuf
BuonararTe
Berthier
Mantua
Turins
Frarige
BuonapaRre
Bee Turis
Armya
Demas
Council of
Fiders
Dmantua
Garrife
Provera
Je _ i Buodaparte
The Royal Visit at Covent Garden Theatre
The article describes Majesties visiting Covent Garden Theatre last night to see The Cure for the Heart Ache and a new pantomime. The house was crowded with fashion and beauty, and the royal entrance and departure were met with public affection. Performers earned general applause, and Morton’s Pleasant Comedy drew praise for its popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mo Therf
Morton
Bavarian Court Forces Troop Review Amid Tense Quarrel
Private correspondence reports a Bavarian move to review troops from Salzburg and other states. The Elector of Bavaria orders an Electoral corps to block Salzburgers from bypassing the review. Austrian protests fail as Bavarians push the Salzburgers into Bavarian territory for inspection. Banished Jacobins include a cleric and a foreign envoy adviser criticized for extreme speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavaria
Salzburgh
Electorate of Bavaria
Foreign Legation
Copenhagen Court Reverses East India Shipping Plan
The Asiatic Company court rejected a proposal to stop building ships for East India trade in foreign bottoms and approved a Factory plan in India with modifications. Funds rose from 20d to 357 rix-dollars amid war prospects, with rumors of Grozelle and Normandex seeking to bar English passage through the Sound, likely unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of the Asiatic Company
India
Grozelle
Chevalier de Normandex
Genoa Debates Payment to French Treasurer in Senate Decision
In Genoa a French note sought immediate payment of seven million to French Treasurer Regn. The Genoese Senate voted 60 to 25 to comply. Thirty Citizens of unimpeachable character chose new Privy and Great Senate members, many reflecting the expulsion of nobles for pro-French ties. Spinola Arquata, notable among the new Privy Senate members, had been condemned by the French for inciting Lombard revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Regn
Genoa
Mari
Duguilin Spinola Arquata
Lombardy
Victorious Spain Intervenes Against Inquisition Tyranny
Reports say the Civil Power in Spain has blocked an Inquisition sentence, freeing a victim from ecclesiastical oppression. The Queen’s pointed remark targets hypocrites and tyrants who sparked European upheaval. Also notes Barker’s feverish illness improvement and a London prize draw at Guildhall.
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Pitt
Lone
Bromley
Dunpas
Paris
Spain
Inquisition
Europe
Guildhall
France News from Vendome Prison Escape Attempt and War Reflections
Reporters describe Babveuf and eleven accomplices nearly escaping Vendome prison through a wall opening before discovery. Letters from Bruffells recount Baron de Moorjelles condemned by a Military Tribunal, sparking denunciations of civil versus military power. Strassburg notes military distress, pay scarcity, and calls for peace to rescue France from dissolution. The Gazette Francaise mentions 30,000 livres distributed to Orleans faction deputies, while theatre crowds applaud Nadir and political verses. An entrenched camp above Treves plans for 20,000 troops and 126 cannons, with another near Luxembourg.
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Paris
Tay. Jt
Babveuf
Vendome
Bruffells
Baron de Moor- Jelles
Department of Dyle
Strasburgh
France
The
Rhine and
Moselle
Molheim
Nadir
Rowen
Luxemburgh
Prizes Taken From The English In Irish Coast Action
A Paris newspaper summary details numerous British ships captured or recaptured by French privateers and ships of war. Vessels named include the John, Venus, Thomas and Mary, Ned, Friends Endeavour, Flora, Hannah, Nancy, and more, with destinations from Jamaica to London and Lisbon, all sent to French ports such as Dieppe, St Malo, Nantes, Gijon, Calais, Rochelle, and Poitou. Several large East India Company ships and cargoes are cited, with one 470 ton ship seized after a Bengal voyage lasting an hour.
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le Patriote
John
Caernarvon
London
Dieppe
Ache
Venus
Jamaica
England
St. Malo
Ned
Gibraltar
Flora
Chester
Dolphin
Hannah
Yarmouth
Nancy
Lisbon
France
English East India Company
Bengal
Paimbour
Dase
Gijon
Ipswich
Calais
Poisson Volant
le Langon
Chetter
Corfar
le Requin
Lynx
Havre
Texel
Corsair Voltigeur
Pool
Rochelle
Anarchist Violence Shocks Toulouse Theatre Scene
Dreadful disorders have recently troubled Toulouse with a stone assault on an actress during La Paware Femme. Armed Jacobins attacked the audience, wounding three. deputies’ houses were plundered and Mazade wounded. Blood-stained arms menace authorities as many families flee.
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Mazade
Boa
Mass Attendance Punished In French Cantons Describes Prosecution
A dated dispatch from Mortain reports renewed prosecutions of Catholic worship in various cantons where women were punished for attending mass. Nantes stages an oath of hatred to Royalty, a play titled Le faux ferment is praised, and notable political shifts include Poncelin’s affair, Barras’s grooms in a palace tragedy, and Poncelin’s wounding. The High National Court of Vendome publishes conspiracy documents, while Puaye meets Jacobin leaders and Lyons is set as a theater for royalist agitation. Admiral Truguier oversees home affairs amid a Belgian sale plan, Bouvet faces house arrest, and fashion trends emerge with new wigs.
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Mortain
Department
la Manche
Nantes
Luxembourg
Poncelin
Barras
Malet-de-Chambre
la Quotidigune
Mantua
Buokaparte
Wurmyer
Wurmser
High National
Monsieur
Puiaye
Paris
Orleans
Lyons
Monfirdus
Puéaye
French and German forces mobilize on eve of campaign
BrusseIls January 25 report shows garrison of Cologne and troops from Andernach and Coblenz marching toward Treves to support dragoons of Lorraine and Thionville on the Rhine. Units are to be ferried to Italy, with several Sambre and Meuse officers headed there. Fortifications spring up from Dusseldorf to the Nahe, and Dusseldorf is declared under siege by General Bournonville. Austrian generals report French detachments moving toward the Lahn and Mentz as a larger force advances.
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Cologne
Boning
Andernach
Coblentz
Trevess
Lorrain
Thionville
Mentz
Republic
Italy
Sambre
Meuse
Duffeldorf
Nahe
Rhine
Bournonville
Lahn
Passengers list and highway robbery incidents reported
The article records multiple named individuals aboard vessels and military units including the Passengers by the Earl of Wycombe and the Earl Fitzwilliam, noting Major Campbell and Capt Corbie among others. It details three footpad robberies near Welling and Longford and a break in at Mr Knicet's house in Clerkenwell with theft of plate and clothing.
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Earl of Wycombe
Indias
Major Campbell
Millingchamp
Corbie
Brutyn
Maffat
Odie and Mahony
Earl Fitzwilliam
Wynch
Bell
M‘donald
Walcot
Coghlan
Cornet Roweles
Richardson
Parks
Steele
Henry Dundas
Malcolm
Carliffe
Cornet Overand
Steward
Blunt
Willock
Wood
Mr. Wincétey
Temple
Lonemore
Hill
Shero
King’s
Windsor
Longford
Knicet
King-street
Clerkenwell
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Covent-Carden
Vienna
Copenhagen
Drc
Paris Papers
Toulouse
Brussells
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