British and French unrest spill into London society
Reported from London newsrooms recounts Lord Amhenst presenting the Red Ribbon to a recipient at the levee and Sir William Fawcet's state return on foreign establishment. It notes pay disbursements for garrisons, pro and anti France rhetoric, riots in Paris, and distressing local misfortunes including drownings and a fatal street accident.
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HaLommanp
Lord Amhenst
Order of the Bath
Frndrick Harpi- Mand
William Fawcet
Hype
Great Britain
France
Paine
Paris
Invalids
Ireland
George
Two Parties Divide Paris as Mob Vents Fury
Report from Paris describes Monarchists and Republicans split, with a strong guard around the Assembly. Inflamed speeches provoke crowds at Champ de Mars, with Jacobin petitioners urging action on Louis XVI’s fate. Officials say rioters burned the altar of liberty barricades, while 20,000 National Guards patrol Paris streets. Palais Royal kept locked, mob excluded at night.
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Departmhent
Champ de Mars
National Assembly
Louis XVI
Freth
Palais Royal
Paris
Peace Prospects in Prussia and Poland Reported
Messages from Petersburg Warsaw and Berlin speak of a likely pacification between the two Imperial Courts and the Porte with renewed friendship among Ruynitz Patt and England Prussia. Reports claim troop withdrawals and возвра occupancies near Thorn Dantzick and Pofuanias unsettling Poland while Warsaw prepares for two reviews and funds florins under Branicki.
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Petersburg
Warsaw
Berlin
Porte
Ruynitz
Ppatt
England
Prussia
Englis
Als
East
West Prussia
Hussars
Goltz
East Prusia
Koningsberg
Exeremely
Poland
Thorn
Dantzick
Pofuanias
Branicki
Prorogation of the Diet to Meet on September
The Diet’s prorogation is fixed and a meeting set for September 16. In the interim period Europe’s cabinets will reveal their correspondence and the mystery will clear through ensuing effects. Poland’s fate will then be decided.
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Europe
Poland
A Husband's Legacy to His Wife From a Will
A man recalls years of marital turmoil with his wife Elizabeth claiming she was perverse and uncontrollable. After eight years of separation and expressing dissatisfaction, he states he will leave her only one filling. The excerpt cites mythic virtues to describe her.
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Elizabeth
Sampson
Homer
Augustus
Pyrrhus
Job
Hannibal
Hermogenes
Emperor Frankfort's Milan to Vienna tour and Prague entry plans
The Emperor travels from Milan to Padua via Bergamo Bresce Verona and Vicenza arriving June 30. He meets the Polignac family in Vicenza and may travel to Trieste or by land home. A rescript sets Prague entry August 31 with a September 3 meeting and September 4 inauguration and September 6 coronation. Proposals for a Europe peace settlement include frontier demarcations and territorial exchanges.
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Italy
Vienna
Milan
Padua
Bergamo
Bresce
Verona
Vicenza
Polignacs
Trieste
Frich
Prague
Europe
Austria
Prutha
Porte
M. B.choffsaverder
Court Martial of Captain Edward Packenham Opens
The court martial began with Captain Packenham choosing to defend in regular order. Charges include false muster, cruel treatment, ungentlemanly behavior, and connivance in a ram sale tied to the Merchants Company voyage from Newfoundland to England. The prosecutor pressed for answers while Packenham admitted rum on board and paused as the court adjourned.
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Burton
The
Merit
Jesspn Aven
Evans
Innes
Sawes
Packenham
Hancorne
Borthwick
Jupee
Packsene Ham
Thomas Walker
John Eastwood
Sheerness
Acheson
Walker
Admiralty
Newfoundland
England
PackswHam
M‘bripe
Empress of Russia shows bold stance amid British trade ties
The Empress of Russia, confident in gains from British trade, resists fears of British displeasure while Catherine grows in European rank. The Countess of Algany plans a Scotland journey to study the region linked to the late Pretender by marriage. The Duke of Bedford challenges England's five best horses for a thousand each, with Lord Barrymore taking two.
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Russia
Marquis of Lansdawne
Great Britain
Catherine
Europe
Countess of Algany
Scotland
Turet
Duke of Bedford
England
Lord Barrymore
Rights of Man Misuse Sparks Accusations of Abuses
The piece denounces the alleged misapplication of Rights of Man doctrines in France, arguing that the proclaimed equality leads to looting, property seizure, and sexual violence. It claims the National Assembly transfers inheritance rights to the nation and mocks the idea that nobility has any patrimony, urging caution about revolutionary justifications.
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Ric
National Assembly
France
Heavy county rate follows riots at Birmingham
A heavy county rate laden with troops quartered at Birmingham will result from the late riots. It is singularly unfortunate that no soldiers could be obtained from towns within fifty or sixty miles, a circumstance scarcely believable.
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Biremingham
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Boston
Land of Liberty
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Jerusalem
Atlantic
United State
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Unker’s Hill
Doctor Priestley
Doctor Mapaw
Brruencam
Fontg
Warsat
Frankfort
Captain Edward Packenham
Rights of Man
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