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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 25, 1793
Page
3
From the London Gazette March 26 reports a convention signed by Lord Grenville and Count Woyonzow to renew the 1766 commerce treaty with Russia for six years. The same issue notes a Dutch theater victory near Tirlemont and lists numerous bankruptcies and arrests in Britain with surrender dates at Guildhall and other inns.
Morning report notes Spanish fleet sailing from Cadiz with French emigrants aboard as volunteers. Prussian seizures and Madrid dispatches indicate ships joining from Portugal. Death of Lady Herbert noted, and protections for coastal traders extended amid near 150 ships in the River waiting renewal. Prince of Wales near Bourne Paddock plans for summer encampment near Attbury.
The French National Assembly discusses wartime policy and insurrection. Deputies debate banning communication with enemies, expelling foreigners, and expediting judgments for rebels. Dumourier reports a decisive victory at Tirlemont with 400 defenders, while committees push for tribunals and swift executions for rebels and arms in hand.
March 21 Prince Paris report states that the Council through its Procureur desires editors to announce nationally that there is no capital in the Republic and that Paris regards itself as a village while seeking fraternal ties with all other towns.
A letter from Autun mayor notes disturbances during a contingent recruitment day. Authorities arrested and imprisoned 20 criminals after mobs cried No recruiting Deal with the Republic. At Montargis similar insults targeted magistrates and Ex-Deputy Manuel, who received sixty wounds and remains imprisoned for safety. Belgian Commissioners in Afons dated the 18th say primary assemblies will organize the new Department of Femapse.
The Convention hears of Dumourier rapid dispositions for battle after a Tirlemont triumph. Reports from Belgia cite executions and reprisals against fugitives, with Lyons and Marseille actors prompting shifts in policy. A letter from Gossuin notes brutal Austrian actions and Belgian guard movements as Spain’s persecuted French seek protection abroad.
On March 13 in Bourdaux, large crowds attacked the House of the Commune breaking windows in the ensuing disorder. The incident, spurred by bread shortages, raised fears of wider rebellion along France’s western coast, but the National Guard restored order.
After Liege fell to Austrian forces the Prince of Coscure ordered a reestablishment of the ancient magistracy. An ordinance assigns 690,000 florins to divide contributors by political stance with Revolutionary leaners punished more severely. Local officials urge cheerful cooperation to escape the alleged conspiracy.
War sa w March 6 The Russian Ambassador persuades the King to travel to Gordno. His Excellency will precede and likely reach that place on the 6th. The King will follow near the end of next week. A Turkish Pacha leading 8000 men seized Choczim on the 28th alt. The bankers in this city face a credit squeeze causing business stagnation. M Tepper shows funds to satisfy creditors but needs four weeks to settle affairs. four Commissioners will oversee. Cubrit, pressed by creditors, requests similar indulgence.
Monday opening of courts and Grand Jury. Wednesday five men convicted under the Whiteboy Act for entering Lord Clermont’s house and taking firearms. McBride executed, Flinn and Dowdall spared after Speaker’s intercession. Additional verdicts include Phurket for arming from Drumcashel and M’Daniel for Defenders’ oath. multiple defendants ordered to die or transported. Friday’s trial list includes Rath Sleator and Dungan for robbing the royal mail.
Rath pleaded guilty as Sleater and Dungan were capitally convicted on the evidence of James Devitt and Quin who were admitted approvers for the Crown. On the same day twenty one men were tried for administering unlawful oaths with sixteen convicted and sentenced to transportation for seven years. The court sat at seven for the trial of John Gilmor Thomas Keenan and John Cunningham for robbing John Flanagan near the town on February 23.
A coachman found a man murdered in a ditch near Drogheda with multiple stab wounds and a severed head. Suspected robbery of a Drogheda to Dunleer steward. Mr M Guire tried to locate killers but failed. The same week, Dundalk reports death sentences and transportation for Defenders oath. An informant led to two more arrests and Newgate imprisonment.
The Bill for the Relief of His Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects was read a third time and passed in the House of Lords on Wednesday, March 20.
On Monday March 18 the second reading of the Barren Land Bill was postponed on Major Abéart's motion. The committee to inquire into the state of representation was also deferred to April 26 on Mr Grattan's motion.
On Tuesday March IQ the Militia Bill was reported with amendments and ordered engrossed. Mr Ponsoney announced plans after recess to present commerce proposals on East India trade and on navigation law. The committee on the Improvement of barren Land met and reported with amendments before adjournment.
The Attorney General denounced a Saturday newspaper the Rights of Kildmen as a gross libel against the House of Commons describing it as a public market where honour is sold. Randall M’Allister was summoned to attend and later ordered into custody for not appearing. The supply debate was postponed to April 26.
On Wednesday last the Booksellers and Stationers of Edinburgh were empowered to form a legal society or body corporate by the Lord Provost Magistrates and Council. The Turf this year has lost all profitable output and remaining seeds threaten future growth. In the next Easter Meeting the barren scene will be apparent and then avoided. The death of Lord Barry More poor as he was was a loss to Newmarket and his poverty matched the place’s forlornness. About this time last year he made an account of his losses and wagered a thousand guineas that no man his age had suffered more. Vernon left the room. A question arose who gained most from these losses. On Sunday night a bootmaker named John M Scanlan jumped from a two pair of stairs window in Milk Street in a fit of extreme jealousy.
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