London Society and Political Gossip from Windsor to St Jamess
Reports from London detail the royal levee at St James s with ministers and foreign diplomats, Lord Grenville hosting ministers, and a court interview at Downing Street. Notices include appointments at the India Company and a planned move of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester to Hampton Court for summer. A broad cast of topics follows from French counter-revolution chatter to local thefts and a Quaker voter anecdote.
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Windsor Lodge
St. Jamies’s
Cnbinet
Wan
George Howard
Windsor
Earl of Garroway
St. James's
Scotland
T de Calonne
Germany
Lynarp and
Spagri
Holland
Brook Watson
Coart
Downing -Street
Prt
Marquis of Stafford
Whitehall
Lord Grenville
St. James's Square
Lord Kenyon
Westminster-hall
Guildhall
London
India House
William Lewis
India Company
Bombay
Duke
Duchess of
Novy
France
Caulla
Solons
Lycurgus
Paris
Vortarre
Six Clerks
Chancery Lane
New River
Mington
Battle Bridge
National Assembly
E Cowpe
Nantis
M. -Ligaawpeerre
de la Proutiere
Sables
Vendee
Gardes Nationales
Hampshire
Flanders
High-Holborn
Revolution Society Addresses Equality and Frugality Debates
In the Revolution Society meeting of July 11 1791 chairs open with praise for France’s freedom and rasie for National Guards at Nantes. Petitions from coal heavers and chimney sweeps demand free dinners and seats, sparking debate on universal equality. Other topics include crook of Crown and Anchor order, Bastille relics as political props, and notes on Dr Price’s paradoxical views and the state of majesty versus popular rights.
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Beveller
Equalization
France
Decca
Meum & Tuum
Nantz
Ricuts
Great Britain
la Liberte
King’s Bench
Freeborn
The
Revolution Society
Tom FireLock
Dick Brusu
Patrick Hop
Olver Cromwell
Fach Cade
Cromwell
Avas
Fat Tyler
Simkin
Dr. Price
Bastife
Ri Volution Society
Fourteenth of July satire on French revolution and British politics
A scathing verse piece by W Gillum mocks July celebrations and French revolutionary ideals while lampooning British figures and factions. It rails against religion, monarchy, and corruption, praising a radical federation and denouncing politicians as dupes and rogues. It cites Mirabeau and Paine amid references to the National Assembly and reform debates.
Negotiations in Petersburg and troop movements in Prussia
The correspondence reports strong confidence in negotiations at Petersburg with orders for a large army body in Pomerania to return to old quarters. Prussian infantry regiments receive three months furlough to harvest while remaining well paid. General Mollendorff travels to Prussia to divide troops, near the Grand Duke of Russia for potential aid if the Empres dies. Simultaneously Austria and the Porte face a broken peace, and Prussia faces new political tensions as Emperor’s absence hints at delayed negotiations. Cabinet ministers mobilize couriers to three miles from Berlin, signaling secret plans and possible major actions.
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Petersburg
Pomerania
Bac
Prufsia
Mollendorff
Prusia
Grand Duke of
Russia
Mon Allopens
Prussia
Austria
Reichenbach
Vienna
Arenoon
van Manstein
Count Schullenburg
Chaxdotesbourg
Berlin
Count Hertzberg
Col. Bychoffswerder
Italy
French Government Jeopardized by Rabble as Civil War Looms
A London circulated paper warns of rising French unrest and threatens the King and royal family. It calls for seizing the monarch and guards, then killing Lafayette and thousands of National Guards. The piece contrasts with its author’s defense of the English Constitution and reports on Rome’s extreme weather, Cadiz cargo, Dublin store removals, and a Warwickshire murder verdict.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
Seine
Dauphin
M. de la Fayette
London
Rome
Urbain
Orviebe
Viterbo
Santa Rosalia
Cadiz
Tabasco
Dublin
Chilvers Coton
Warwick
Shires
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Coblentz
Treves
Monsieur
Mapame
Peurre
Mont. Bourtte
Factious Federation
W. Gillum
Pap
A LA Lanterne
Grand McNnarque
Louis Sves
M-R-Beau
England
Olp
Nick
Old Bailey
Pelf
Tom Paine
Pain Beata Albide Factory
Bren Presbyter Paice
Tom
Toul
Isnarr
Moses
ALA Lanterne
LA Lanterne
Voita
Westminster
Buld Democracy
Josern
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