France seeks peace overtures through an agent in Britain
A Paris ministry letter to Grenville notes French peace overtures via an in-country agent, urging protection for three aides. It dismisses libellous claims and cautions Britain on safe diplomacy, while detailing military movements and international concerns including Catalonia and Tyrol.
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le Bron
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France
Blanchard
Tyrol
Kuffstein
Moncaziet
Low Countries
Wincut
Prussia
Mayence
Paraphrase of 1793 French and London news snippets
Reports from Quairevain in May 1793 describe French sorties at Conde with 1200 troops, casualties on both sides, and prisoners taken later. Other items note Duchess of Devonshire’s London season, Drury Lane Theatre progress, naval captures and arrivals, trials in Middlesex, local accidents, a mad dog description, and various public notices and publications.
Letters from Monsieur Brun Demanding Safe Passport in 1793
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of France seeks a passport and safe conduit for a person empowered to repair to London, delivered to Lord Grenville on Friday April 26. Notary Joan Salter to hand the letter to his lordship at Whitehall, with a second letter naming the confidant of France.
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James Matthews
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Hull
Bishop of
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Petersburg
London
Lord Guenville
Joan Salter
Poplar
Whitehall
Great Britain
Persor
Joan Satter
Dublin’s Spring Bursts Forth in Lush Verdure
In Dublin on May 16, the lingering mild spell of the last two weeks has transformed the countryside. Fields and gardens, once the cold, backward face of February at the start of the month, now display extraordinary growth and abundant greenery.
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Dublin
Newfoundland fleet sails from Cork under convoy
Waterford reports that a fleet of Newfoundland men departed Cork on Tuesday last under the escort of the Druid frigate and the Bonnetta sloop of war.
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Cork
Druid
Bonnetta
French Fire From Batteries Near Albani And Coftheim
Germany Hockheim May 13 The French continued bombardment from batteries at Albani Gonvent and Coftheim on the Rhine and Main fronts. A large blaze was seen beyond Mentz at Dahheim Zahlbach. A two oclock cannonade from Hechtheim and Holy Cross kept up. The French attacked a battery we are building then ceased and exchanged prisoners. Many residents from Caffel and Mentz arrived after being expelled.
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Zahlbach
Hechtheim
Holy Cross
Soxes
Caffel
French Defeated Near Longwi by Light Horse Troops
Near Longwi a clash occurred between French forces and Imperial Light Horse with Efclavonian support. The French were driven back into Longwi. An Esclavonian soldier severed an officer’s arm with a sabre and brought the limb as a trophy.
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Pirates seize five Dutch ships with crew of sixty three
A letter from Algiers reports that pirates have captured five Dutch merchant ships, totaling 63 men, with one crew member dead of the plague. The captains and sailors are employed in public works.
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Algiers
Robbery charge against John Wiltshire at Epping Forest
Monday John Wiltshire appeared before William Addington to answer a charge of robbing Mr Howarth and Mr Montotieu on the 18th of last month at Epping Forest of notes and cash valued at 1500. Howarth could not identify Wiltshire in person but, from several circumstances, believed him the robber and was bound over to prosecute.
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Curicuester
Bath
Smith
Tuomd4s
Wigmore Street
John Wiltshire
Howarth
Penny-post Office Opens in Manchester Derby
The Postmaster General opens a Penny-post Office in Manchester and suburbs with four letter and parcel receipt sites delivering townwide three times daily. A Manchester relief subscription nears one thousand pounds as manufacturers aid distressed weavers and workers. Some adopt providing bacon, cheese, potatoes, and other necessities on Saturdays in place of cash.
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