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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 20, 1793
Page
3
Mr Sheridam defended the Petition and the conduct of the Society in question. Members Grey Coke Hartley Igley spoke for and against the petition. The House divided with 109 for and 21 against receiving it. Grenville’s motion to consider enforcing attendance on ballot days was postponed to tomorrow.
London Fes yesterday at one o'clock the King held a Levee at St James's, thin attendance, followed by a Council with Archbishop Canterbury and ministers. Afterward the King met with various nobles and officers during private audiences. Address from Rochester presented, East India Company directors met, and the trial of Mr. Hastings marked its hundredth day. Commentary on policies toward French influence and servants, plus military camp developments in Nottingham and other towns.
Wednesday's session consumed letters and minutes about the Begum charge with disputes over full versus partial reading. Trials of Ripeway and Hoxzanp postponed. a suspicious dagger holder detained. A carriage collision involving Mrs Fitzersert is noted. A 1558 prophecy on Jacobins is published, with discussion of its interpretation and implications for future upheaval. A colossal hog, 8.5 feet long and 117 stone, is described with price estimates. The Iphigenia frigate captured a French privateer off Cherbourg. A distant sighting of the Andromeda is reported with wind in the west. Dispatches note artillery drill for Fowey garrison and ship movements to Bengal and Liverpool ports.
The text plots a conspiratorial dinner at Freemason's Hall on May 10 with a guest list including Fox Grey Lamatan Courtney and Winsreap, urging republican rhetoric and subversion. It mocks monarchy and laments Dutch-brokered promises, ending with treasonous toasts and a call for unity among dissenters.
Yesterday at St James's the Mayestress and three elder Princesses attended a Queen's Drawing Room with numerous nobles. A Council met at Lord Grenville's, while reports from Brest claim a large French fleet is being prepared for Martinique under Kerolaum with Gall as second in command. French hopes to disrupt Holland and Britain face watchful navy intercepts and privateering incentives. political unrest in Ireland attributed to Defenders and a secret Junta. Paris arrests of Mr Bertrand resemble pretext of forged affidavits amid broader anti royal sentiment. The National Convention curbs circulating numbers to avoid detection.
Private correspondence from Willengen reports the French royal funeral rites for Louis XVI. The Prince de Condé and nobles attended a nine day service at a Francisan church with a cenotaph and Latin inscriptions. King Louis is hailed with cries of long live the King as nobles vow loyalty amid tragedy.
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