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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 08, 1793
Page
2
The trial of Marat before the Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris ended with a unanimous acquittal. He returned to the Convention, wore a crown he took off, and received cheers from citizens, women, and deputies. He then urged renewed commitment to equality, liberty, and the people. The Core droit minority left the assembly.
Sunday report from the Northern theatres notes fortified towns in good defense, enemy threats, and successful repulsion of emissaries. The Convention orders refractory priests sent to Guyana. Colonel Tiy recounts Gertruydenberg evacuation and the Liberty Tree transport to Lisle. Cherbourg Commission warns of weak maritime forces and potential enemy descent without swift aid.
Monday reports state Bolano, the ex minister, wrote to the Convention alleging seals were opened and papers belonging to his wife were seized. The decree ordered Citizen Roland’s papers only to be examined. The letter mentions arrests of nobility and clergy, trials planned, and silvers and deposits found. A General Biron letter notes Dumourier treachery.
A riot near Hope Mold and Dodleston led Warwickshire militia to seize ringleaders jailed at Flint. A Yorkshire Militia officer drew his sword during a parade clash. Ipswich Fair drew crowds, with pockets picked and a Norwich to London coach portmanteau stolen containing drafts and bank notes. A banker's parcel and other goods were recovered later. The article also notes political commentary on German affairs and Bridgnorth deception over oats delivered to Cross Keys Inn.
On Mazuyer’s motion the Convention decreed a trial of machines invented to discover true from forged assignats. General Dampière, in a Valenciennes letter dated April 22, informed the Convention that the number of French troops who had defected to the enemy did not exceed six or seven hundred.
The Procureur-General Syndic says two thousand Spaniards entered Hautes Pyrenees aided by St Laurent’s Commune. They propose an 18,000 man camp in the region. Maine et Loire officials report Ligonier’s army disbanded and committed exactions. Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Fragments report renewed clashes as the Aelveric Confederacy challenges neutrality. Swiss restraint breaks with Baile garrison reinforced by Zurich requisition. Mentz blockade tightens, famine grows. troops from the Combined Army push convoys while skirmishes continue. Imperialists seize the redoubt before the Chartreuse amid mass emigration of residents refusing a new oath.
In Vienna on April 22 reports state the mint cannot process the influx of gold and silver. Despite many workers, Abbeys in Germany sent 500 and 200 pounds of silver, Bohemian states added 300000 florins, Hungary donated 50000 ducats for the birth of Prince Ferdinand, Moravia contributions reach about half a million florins.
From Liege dated May 2, reports that 2500 Austrians arrived day before yesterday to join Prince Coscurc’s army, with 1500 more yesterday, totaling 25,000 through the principality. An imperial requisition seeks 12,000 additional troops as artillery trains move rapidly.
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