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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 27, 1793
Page
2
The Convention, on Barbareus's proposal, decreed that representatives of the people are always answerable for their fortunes. The Legislative Committee is to report on applying this principle within a month.
At the National Convention on Friday May 17 journalists faced gallery insults. Legendre urged justice for affronts and citizens’ right to act if denied. Calon cited an orange peel incident linking editors to provocation. Cambon reported Canclaux’s 800-man attack near Port Saint Pierre against insurgents with one gun seized.
Reports from the Convention describe clashes over authority in Paris as Deputies fear dissolution of the National Assembly. A decree proposes disbanding all Paris authorities and reassigning deputies, with Barrere backing a measured Commission of 12 to oversee the crisis.
The report notes that delegates should inspect all plants and resolutions originating from Parliament. Details on specific items or decisions are limited in the fragment.
Sunday May 19 reports a heated session over imprisonment of Municipal Officers and citizens in Orleans for defying the Legislative Authority. Collota Herbois says conspirators targeted the commissioners inquiries into Egalité treason. Debate ends with an agreed inquiry into their case.
A company of volunteers led by the commandant seeks official recognition from the Council-General for services they plan against Rebels in La Vendée. Brifat and Gerfas claim September days were days of horror, while a double-faced Libellitt is used to counter their views. Caumet proposes printing opposing opinions in columns and sending them to authorities and societies.
The Appeal Nominal reports a successor to General Swaterre. Boulanger, a former ally of Commandant ex friend, from the Section of la Halle au Blés, won a majority of the fustrapes and was proclaimed Commandant of the Armed Force of Paris.
On May 16 the Cordeliers Club approved sectarian radical proposals by Variet to spread couriers through departments to found the Zoofa and to begin an insurrection in Paris. They call for swift execution within twenty four hours, immediate execution of all "Srnforches," and levies on the rich to fund needy causes.
General Mincajenski condemned to die is cited as having made key declarations for judging lawmakers. A general meeting was proposed to urge the Convention to pass a Decree of Accusation against Gurrudines and have them tried by a Revolutionary Tribunal. The plan aims to indemnify the poor at the expense of the rich for high provisions.
Postscript notes stock prices at one o clock with various entries and fractions. It also reports Monsieur, brother of Louis the Sixteenth, sending a declaration to European courts that he will resign the Regency to the Dowager Queen when she is free, though not yet officially acknowledged by crowned heads.
Monday letters from J Bruce Esq Lieutenant Governor of Dominica state the island remains tranquil and trade is tolerably brisk on Dominica and nearby islands. M de Custine prior to assuming the Northern command in France confessed ignorance of departmental decals and suggested others might serve better than himself there.
The narrative recounts the attempted escape of a Paris aristocrat linked to emigrants. National Guards and municipal officers hunted her through Paris, barriers were closed, an English rescuer secured a false passport for passage to Calais and England. Madame de Coigny later faced imprisonment and possible execution as a suspected aid to emigrants.
Historical item summarizes French actions provoking a National Convention and potential rights declaration. Mentions Mr Pitt, denouncements, recruitment in Hyde Park, Trinity House, and various appointments. Notes sightings of embassies, boats, and local events alongside weather and agricultural concerns.
OCR reads as a damaged shipping list with names such as Melville Castle Belmont King George and dates like January 6 and February 42. It mentions captains and ships carried into Mary No details given.
May 26 report from Portsmouth notes Diadem Sutherland and Sphinx sloop arriving from Plymouth while Or ient frigate and Hinde floop cruise Needles. Captain Bertie uncovers chests of gold and silver from a bark in the Spanish Register. Arrivals include True Briton from Waterford and Thalia frigate.
Plymouth reports the arrival of his Majesty's ships Syren and Oref from the Eastward and their subsequent departure on a wind from the southwest heading back to sea.
Major Grosse takes the governorship at Botany Bay succeeding Governor PhrLuips and arrives in England with two coup companions. Reports mention a Dutch vessel captain returning from Greenland and a claim of 60 sail of Danes and Hamburghers. The note records appointments in Middlesex and London to judges and officials, with term dates set for late June.
The eighth edition of Spilsbury s Treatise on the Scurvy gout diet and remedy with over a hundred cases is ready for delivery at G Wilkie s Bookseller Paternoster Row and at E Newberry s corner of St Paul s London Also available Antiscorbatic Drops with the treatise in bottles priced 5s and 11 7s each Dispensary Soho Square BIRTH: On Saturday a son was safely delivered to the lady of William Bhlauden Esqr at her house in Queen Arn?trect Wert
Fragmented OCR shows brief notices and maritime items including infant names, obituaries, and sailing details. Mentions Richard Dursford and Alexander D Auichmell with Liverpool and St Vincent references. Several ship names and movements appear, including Britannia and Cumberland, plus dates around May.
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