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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 09, 1793
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR note reports a protest or public demonstration with phrases about Breen and a national issue. The readable text hints at organized dissent and potential civic action, but leaves key names, places, dates, and organizers unclear.
Fragmentary text discusses Belgic sovereignty, French decrees, and support for Belgians seeking freedom. It references a manifesto, claims of French revolutionary aims, and fears that Belgian sovereignty could become a mere non-entity under external pressure. The passage is garbled and difficult to parse but centers on autonomy, intervention, and political legitimacy in Belgium and France.
Report from London describes a Windsor levee attended by dignitaries including Lordships of Dorset and Chatham, foreign ambassadors, and naval officers. Promotions were conferred at the event with honors granted by the King before the court broke up and the royal party departed Windsor.
A column of French Volunteers marching toward Juliers and Duren was surprised at Duren by Austrian hussars and dragoons. About 100 were killed or captured, bridges on the Ruhr destroyed to block river ports, and Austrian forces pressed the French with Stengel pursuing northward as detachments and artillery advance daily.
In Brabant protests against the Belgian constitution prompt French troops to remove and imprison Halle magistrates at Mons. Demourier's new proclamation inflames tensions as towns resist alterations, while representations from Hainault and Brussels denounce new exactions and seek liberty and equality.
Reuters from Bruxelles reports French forces have departed Leyden and may seize the moment to advance on Bruxelles as conquerors and impose the French Constitution on the Belgian nation. The National Convention decree provokes unrest, with provisional representatives protesting and dispatching copies to Paris for distribution to Be ST H deputies.
Report from Paris traces sections declaring insurrection and pledging to resist the decree that would condemn Louis. Upper Valley department forms 500-man force with two cannons bound for Paris, while Jacobins in Turin publish provocative calls. General Kellerman faces dismissal and arrest orders as Convention debates intensify over war leadership and policy.
Coblentz reports the combined army pressing the French at Mayences and occupying Hockheim. Russian corps guard Bingen, Koningstein forts surrendered, and Austrian troops marching from Nuremberg toward Mayence. Cavalry and infantry regiments ordered to Oraburg to defend Westphalia Bishoprick as Prussian units move toward Wezel.
A special messenger from the Hague ordered a strong detachment from our garrison to reinforce the Fort of Bath. Three men from each company were drafted by lot and embarked today. A small French squadron is expected to land at Bath, with orders from the Admiralty to oppose all French ships attempting to enter or leave the Scheldt.
Dispatches describe General Cufine’s defense of Franckfort before Mentz after 28 November reports of a Prussian and Hessian advance. The garrison, about 860 strong, held key posts despite French casualties, while shortages of clothing and equipment plagued troops. Royalist and revolutionary leaders clashed over ministerial credibility and the push for appeals to the people amid ongoing political turmoil.
Fragments show Barbareux pressing to close discussion on Louis within 24 hours while Txsot and Puy raveux push printing options. A debate rages on suspending Louis's death sentence, defending republican virtue and invoking Charles I history to condemn delays and demands for accountability.
Reports from Holland and France arrive with little news of significance. The Scheldt follow-up shows no hostilities yet, while Brisant desires French removal. The Mediterranean French fleet under Teuvelet is said to have landed on Sardinia. A copy of the defense of Louis XV by Lord Chartham is circulated in Paris. Lord Hood and Lord Chartham’s naval leadership is praised as prewar warrants delay.
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