Plot to Burn Potentra Outbreak in Vienna Disturbances
A July report from Vienna describes Potentra unrest tied to the Metropolitan Bishop of Paris. Conspirators planned to poison the castle fountain and set fires to trigger a mass assault, aiming to seize the town. Prince Brisnor fled to Soieurre as 300 Bohemian soldiers faced dangers. peasants resisted starving the troops, and officers brokered uneasy truces. Reinforcements were ordered to Porentru.
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Switzerland
Potentra
Paris
Brisnor
Soieurre
Porentru
Grand Ball at Windsor Castle for Prince of Wales Birthday
Royal notices report invitations issued for a grand Ball and Supper at Windsor Castle on the 12th next month in honor of the Prince of Wales. News from Spa, Vienna, and London covers betrothal rumors, peace prospects, and royal travels amid various court arrivals.
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Windsor Castle
Prince of Wates
Duke of Youx
Spa
Prussia
Prince Epward
Gibraltar
America
Coroene
Provence
d’Artois
Sweven
Coblentz
M. Oz Calonne
Cambridge Vacation and Hall Reopens at Clarehall
In Cambridge on July 26 the text notes a Cambridge vacation and the scarce number of gownsmen. Clarehall disputes have ended with a general amnesty. Dr Talkington, the Master, reopened the Hall to admit members and expects to fill it next term as usual.
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Cambridge
Clarehall
Talkington
Paris Costs Shift as City Finances Move from Public Treasury
The National Assembly, on a report by M. d Aucuy, decreed that from the first of the month municipal expenses in Paris shall cease to be paid by the public treasury. Measures were discussed to identify inhabitants and foreigners in the capital, with a plan to list strangers lodging in homes and to catalog National Parisian Guards. Reports described emigrant strength, prosecutions, and frontier security as unrest and riots persist.
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M. d’Aucuy
Committee of Public
National Assembly
Paris
M. Reenaup
M. de Conde
M. Razsaup
M. Montmorin
M. Saurzs
Committee of Constitution
Champ de Mars
Regiment of
Salis
National Guards
Funeral Procession In 1797 London Mockery Of French Revolution
A fragment from a Wednesday paper describes a July 14 procession in London mocking the French Revolution. A hearse and pages carried black flags while riders, banners, and figures parody liberty, democracy, and new constitutions, with references to Burke, Paine, Cromwell, and Priestly.
Riots at Birmingham Prompt Deputation Interview
A deputation of Dissenters met Mr Prat to seek punishment for riot leaders. The Archbishop of York ordained 13 priests and 10 deacons. Grievances include fear of republican reform and protected trade shifts with India and Tin. Dispatches note quiet Grenada, favorable sugar and cotton yields, and ships ready for Europe.
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Prat
Birmingham
Archbishop of
York
Bishopsthorpe
Duke of Port Lane
Nottinghamshire
Christ’s Hospital
Hatfield
Harwood
Providence
Admiralty
Joseph Banks
Captain Cooke
the India Company
China
St. Domingo
Secretary of State
Grenada
Townsend
Blackwell
Downs
Europe
England
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Bourtyz
London
Scziftove
Berlin
Milan
Wimbledon Common
Colman
Hexham
Cuame de Mars
Lady Duncannon
Duchess of Devonsaine
Spencer
GauTna Green -Hies
M’kintal
Curtain Road
Shoreditch
France
Miss Presbyterea Democracy
Runnymede
Undertaker
Blackheath
Rouse
Kingdom of
Mirnaseau
Fayett
Sedition
Louis
Tom Parge
Mrraprau
Oliver Cromwell
Vortlatre
Paine
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Doctor Priestley
Voltaire
Tom Paine
Thames Street
Revolution Society
Constitutional Society
Tyburn Road
Te Ce &E & Ac
Edmund Burke
George Rous
Simrin
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