French and Austrian Forces Near Mons Face Each Other
Dispatches report French and Austrian armies converging near Mons with battle anticipated. Notes on troop discipline, desertions, and emigre movements surface amid broader arms maneuvers and political intrigues. Reports claim 200 French prisoners of war including a colonel, and a note from General Moitelle denying retreat to a citadel while awaiting an opportunity to act.
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Moitelle
Namur
Brussels
Tourmay
Mons
Meng
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Montmedy
Treves
Ite Parrs du Royaume
Coblentz
A “Ces
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Maestricht
Simon
M. Broekhausen
Brafsels
Ephraim
Vienna
Samuel Giulai
Buda
Anchduke Fedinand
Presburg
Notable London Social and Political Updates
Wednesday morning schedule includes a Levee at St James's and a later Council. Lord Truro to resign the Stars to the King. The Queen’s party at Buckingham House marks the season’s end. Lord Taveroak’s dismissal muddies impeachment trials. Dublin reports deny further Parliament. Marquis of Anercorn poised to succeed. Farther news covers famine in Marulipatam, rains in Buiawidd, and a dramatic opera season at Haymarket. Local animals suffer during Enfield lightning.
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St. James's
St. James’s
Lord Trurtow
Mints- Tex
Buckingham-house
Hastines
Dublin
Earl of
West
More Land
Marquis of
Anercorn
Buiawidd
Tess
Mara
Storace
Haymarket
Enfield
Royal Proclamation and public notices from May 1792
The London Gazette fragment reports a Royal Proclamation urging loyalty and condemning seditious writings, with warnings to magistrates to suppress riots and to pursue authors and printers. It also notes appointments for China diplomacy and a list of bankrupts and certificates, detailing surrender dates and venues across Guildhall and other locales. It names Lord Macartney and Sir George Staunton, with additional financial and legal notices.
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Privy Council
Great Britain
Queen’s House
King
Whitehall
Lord Macartney
George Leonard Staunton
Magjesty
Trial of Warren Hastings Begun in Purssdam May 28
Mr Marghem was examined for six shillings and further examination was postponed until the next day after a half portions session. The proceedings began in Purssdam on May 28 with initial questioning continuing into the afternoon.
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Pursdam
Marghem
Surrey magistrate Jolliffe fined after corrupt duty trial
Court verdict finds Jolliffe, a Surrey magistrate, acted corruptly in office. He defends his conduct and motives, while prosecutors challenge the actions. Jury imposes a fine of one thousand pounds to the King, with the conviction to be laid before the Great Seal.
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V. Jolliffe
Fothdenwen
Surrey
Jollife
Biiking
Ersenne
Morris
Kenyon
Paris News Roundup Amid War Worries and Revolt Fears
Paris faces alarm as patrols doubled and national guards receive urgent pleas to guard streets. Jacobins falter amid defeats. debates in Palais Royal and Tuilleries reflect public mood. Reports quote Rochambeau, Namur, and Tournay campaigns, with a skirmish near Conde ending in French retreat but a heroic soldier, Renard, killing an Austrian officer before perishing. Debates over foreign decrees and municipal enforcement loom.
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M. de Rochambeau
Mons
Namur
Tournay
M. Peric
Palais Royal
Tuilleries
Marat
Carrza
Mawaveux
Baysser
Conpoxcer
M. DuHavuvein
London
Conde
Croy
Renard
Hussars
National Assembly
Willcarcely
National Assembly Decrees on Deserters and Princely Finances
The National Assembly issued sixteen articles condemning deserters with severe penalties for officers. The Minister of Justice said Lisle conspirators and M. Pillon’s murderers are on trial, one to be sentenced on the nineteenth. A meat ration decree was repealed after butchers refused marks. A million livres for French Princes was suppressed and apanages debated. Abbe Vaumont faces no accusation per the decree.
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Miniser of Justice
Lisle
M. Pillon
Combre
Committee of Inquisition
Abbe Vaumont
Warsaw report on Russia hostilities and Polish celebrations
In Warsaw, reports said Russia’s readiness for hostilities did not yet seem well founded. Preparations were underway for May 5, marking the anniversary of a Florious Revolution and the festival of St. Stanislaus, named for the king.
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Warsaw
Russia
Stanislaus
Riot and Destruction After Oxford Disorder Hits Town
In a riot linked to trust in meat prices, mobs attacked houses linked to ill fame, smashing furniture and breaking wares. Magistrates read the Riot Act as the Oxford Blues patrolled streets with troops through the night, fearing further violence and possible arming of soldiers to restore peace.
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Nhon
Saeafone
Oxford
Dinet
Riot at Nottingham Amid Meat Price Protests
A riot erupted in Nottingham sparked by the rising cost of butcher's meat stirring public anger and clashes with authorities as prices remain a flashpoint. Police reported injuries and property damage as demonstrators voiced grievances over meat costs.
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Nottingham
Caution to the Public on Violet Soap Fraud
Notice warns that imposters are selling counterfeit Violet Soap under the Dream of Violets title. It directs buyers to Hart and Co. 102 Bank Buildings Cornhill for genuine patent soap and warns against sales by Dyde, Mr. Bailey, Mrs. Dice, and other London shops.
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Windsor
London
Hart and Co
Corns Hill
Dyde’s
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