London Gazette notices and appointments July 21
The July 21 issue reports M le Baron De Notexen’s private audience with the queen, George Mason named Master Extraordinary in Chancery, Prussian travel notes from Potsdam to Jänspach and onward to Coblentz, and militia commissions in Lincolnshire and Essex. It lists sugar price averages, various surrender notices for tradespeople in Cornwall, Lancashire, Oldham, Portsmouth, Covent Garden, Bristol, and Suffolk, plus a long list of local officials and business owners scheduled to surrender on late July to September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grenfell
St. Ive’s
Cornwall
Queen’s Head-Inn
St. Ive's
Halfe
Jose
H Rider
Levenshulme
Lancashire
King’s Head
Salford
Cooper
Southampton-buildings
Chancery-lane
James Radcitte
Charles Smethurst
Oldham
Prestwith
Angel-inn
Attorness
Ir. Elis
Basinghl-Ytreet
William Morgan
Portsmouth
Bush Tavern
Bristol
Jenkins and Co
New Inn
French Revolution Era Dispatches From London and Paris
London reports allege Yacobins aim to move National Assembly south of Paris as fronts advance. Paris federates to accompany Queen's fate, while pleas accuse ministers of bias. Bath road arrest notes, Yorkshire education costs, and a Wappping robbery precede National Assembly July 15 debates on a municipal dictator for Paris, war plans, and troop movements with reports of frontiers, Austrians, and La Fayette opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Wiits
Portweat
Lord Cuateam
Pury
Marplay
Bath Road
London
Compter
Yorkshire
Court of Chancery
Jones
Three Rabbits-inn
Ifford-road
Phillips
Wapping
Justice Spurrer
Barking
Chelmsford Gaol
Little Pickle
France and Prussia in Neutrals and War Decrees
Paris dispatch notes King of Prussia and Empress urging Denmark to join anti France, Denmark declines remaining neutral as National Assembly decrees war against German princes. Jacobins seek ministry control, Pontchartrain replacement talked, Luckner in Paris. La Fayette army maneuvers with camps at Avennes and Montmedi, besieged Quimper under Boullie with 8600 troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Prussia
Denmark
France
National Assembly
M. Poncer
Marechal de Camp
M. Lajard
M. Dé Narbonne
M. de la Bourdonnaye
Litle
M. Neckar
Redema
M. de Bouille
Quimper
Paris July 18 Denunciation of Queen's Attendants and Luckner Authority
Reports from Paris describe a charge against all Queen's attendants and confirm M Luckner’s appointment by the King as Generalissimo of central and Rhine armies. The August Diet hall was struck by lightning provoking fears of further conflict as placards accuse Luckner of inaction and the national mood grows volatile. Luckner remains in Paris despite being asked by the King to return and he claims state security prevents public release of detailed accounts.
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M. Luckner
Armes
Centre
Rhine
Petion
Luckner
Paris
National Assembly
Battalion de l’Air
de Brogli
Arles
Lyons
Rhone and Loire
M. Ja Fayette
Rhimes
de 7Ardeche
Louis ‘Eve
M. le Cointre
Austria
Prussia
Dissatisfaction Over Decree on Forgery Informant Reward
July 16 dispatch notes M Theriot's protest at a decree granting 100 000 livres to M Larenne for informing against M Guillet for forgery. Theriot alleges the informer urged Guilty forgery to turn on him. Decree provisionally suspended. Other items cover assassination in Palais Royal gambling house, calls to enforce laws, frontier garrison increases, and officials criticized for leaving posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Theriot
M. Larenie
M. Guillet
M. Thuriot
M. Larenne
M. Petion
M. le
M. Lucker
French Assembly Debates Riots and Army Plans
A July session reveals heated debate over authority and discipline as members rebuke the President, discuss Rousseau era symbols, and demand military reform. Protests by federates, calls to dismiss officers, trial for La Fayette, and deployment plans are reported alongside royal communications and concerns about Austrian Prussian threat.
Tenper Husband Benefit at Colmans Opposed by Curr
A young dramatic Curr of the old Brock at Colman's is unlikely to revive for his benefit the play The Tenper Husband. The tone suggests skepticism about reviving a dated performance at Colman's theater with Curr involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brock
Colman’s
Polish Revolution Praised as Pure Public Good
The passage lauds Poland's constitutional change as a noble, bloodless improvement, praising Burke and the Polish Revolution. It extols unity, liberty, and national progress from king to laborer, claiming no blood was shed, no arrests, and no confiscations, while condemning despotism threatening Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Burke
Fordigs
Europe
End of a life amid intrigue and scandal in Moor fields
A fragmentary report recalls a man ending his life after a turbulent period with his wife and alleged criminal links. It mentions Robb, Sherwood, and a forged plan, with references to a 20 000 payout and the fate of two widows and a wife’s fortune amid alleged details of forgery schemes and improvised provocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moors Fields
Sherwood
Robb
Sherwood Robbigs
Billinggo
Jeff
Womdan
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London Gazette
Sm. James's
M. le-Baron de Notexen
Sweden
Whitehall
Lords
George Mason
High Court of Chancery
Berlin
Potsdam
J&nspach
Coblentzi
Prince Royal of
Royal South Regiment of
Lincoln
Shire
Benjamin Baker
William Manners
John Platt
Tig
Thomas Terrigion
Justin Treene
Sir John Tholope, Bart
Richard Rudyerd
Eystern Battalion
Essex Militia
John Day
Greatritain
Joseph Fogg
Gainsford-street
Southwark
Guildhall
Mary Sumomerfield
Charles Cooke
Albion-street
Black-friarsbridge
Avugastro
Thomas Snow
Thomas New
White-Lion
Broad-street
Joseph Johnson
Stow-market
Suffolk
Stowupland
Richard Green
Wolverhampton
Swan-hotel
David Lewis
Richard Potter
Mansionhouse-freet
Who'efele-Linen-Drapers
James Bulgin
Melksham
Wiltshire
King’s Arms
John Thomey
James Hardy
Nightngale-lane
East Smithferd
St. David's
Litchfield
Coventry
Gloucester
Carmarthen
Radnor
Wilts
Worcester
Dudley
Ifte of
Mann
Tuly
M. Genfonne
M. Ean’ de. Bry
Diftri
M. Azltz
M. Montesguiou
M. Lackner
M. Dr Niolard
M. Montequiou
Sardinia
Provence
M. Montesquieu
Iit
Bannes
M. de Saillant
Villefort
M. de Chandona
Naples
General la Fayette
Justices of Peace
Department of
Ecole Militaire
Guillaume
Constituent
M.le Paux
M. Chodien
Tarthé
M. Gouyon
M. la Fayette
M. Manuel
Thuilleries
Procureur Syndic
M. Carnot
la Fayette
M. Girardin
M. Merlin
M. de Jory
M. Lockner
Coo
Pillar of Liberty
Constituent Assembly
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