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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 11, 1793
Page
2
The London Gazette records the average price of sugar per hundred weight excluding duty, based on returns for the week ending January 6 1702. The figure cited is 18 pounds 45 shillings and 1pence 4f per hundred, reflecting impositions into Great Britain.
Bankruptcy notices list multiple debtors from London and beyond including John Davies Thomas William Brown and William Luke Adams with surrender dates in January at Guildhall. Also shown are Thomas Catrow William Fielde and Thomas Moore with surrender dates in February. Attorney names and surrender locations are given for each case.
London reports say dispatches from The Hague via the Dolphin packet carried no material news. The Royal Navy watchers note a frigate run aground with damage as the fleet prepares to clear the Scheldt of French pirates. Spain and France dominate discussions of European power and potential coalitions, while trials address forgery and theft in London. one man is convicted for forgery, another for theft from a public house.
Jan 2 1793 discussion in Paris sittings reveals a confiscated packet from de la Fayette with feudal insignia and papal briefs. Council orders burning at Place de Grève, while departments vow armed support for the Convention, signaling rising tension and potential civil war.
Names of capital convicts listed for highway robbery burglary and theft in a dwelling. Sophia Langford Sarah Townsend Charles Crawley James Field Roe John Martin John Sharp Owen Ryan Joseph Spencer among others. Sentences include transportation seven years and confinement in Newgate Haute for Correction and public whipping with pardons for some on condition of transport to New South Wales. Sessions adjourned to February 30 next year.
A report notes that yesterday morning the route of the Rev. Sir. Pearce of Lambeth Terrace was disrupted by a break in, with plate linen and wearing apparel stolen in a considerable amount.
The Emperor elevates the Prince de Conde to Field Marshal, forming a 6000 man corps from emigrants allied to his fortune, to operate near Mayence. observers expect Conde to lead a 25,000 strong force in the next campaign, supported by various princes. The move is seen as rewarding merit and maintaining Bourbon dignity amid France’s turmoil and international pressure.
The deputies from Metz accuse Ministers Pathe Relan and others of misgovernance. They demand changes in leadership, insist on enforcement by emigrants, and seek immediate seizure of assets amid calls against Royalist influence. Abortion of royalty is applauded and protests demand the 4003s price discussion.
A damaged OCR fragment references a council general address and detestation of faction, noting an attachment to the people and a tense tone about division. The legible bits hint at political rhetoric and public sentiment rather than a clear event or outcome.
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