Lyons Amid Civil War Rumors and Guillotine Threats
Report from Lyons on May 10 describes anger toward the Convention's commissioners who declare for the disorganizers. A proposed guillotine on the Morand bridge is discussed as the Rhone supposedly carries away victims. The Revolutionary Tribunal, now at Place des Terreux, targets 80 innocent people as mobs grow. The text accuses commissioners of urging murder and pillage and calls for decree to end civil strife.
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Lyons
Chélery
Mikes
Place Des Térreux
Revolutionary Tribunal
Dutch gun-boats expected on Rhine before Mentz
Sixteen Dutch gin-boats from Rotterdam are awaited on the Rhine before Mentz. Six carry two guns and ten carry one, total 22 four and twenty pounders, with a crew of 308 Dutch gunners and seamen. The Palatinate army under General Minuzzi left Mannheim on the 15th to join the siege before Mentz. The Prince de Capé informs Breton nobles the province of Brittany will submit to the Royalists and urges swift action.
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Heidelberg
Rotterdam
Rhine
Mentz
Palatinate
Minuzzi
Manheim
Prince de Cape
Brittany
Spaniards gain ground in Rousfillon and Savoy border
Dispatches from Barcelona say Spanish forces near Rousfillon threaten the town of Arles and 77 villages while besieging Bellegarde. Peasants arm against Sans Culottes as 12,000 Austrians under General de Vins align with Sardinia. French Basle area activity cools as Austrian camp masses 45,000 near Brisgau.
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Barcelona
Rousfillon
St. Laurent
Arles
Bellegarde
I General de ‘Vins
Toms
Savoy
Sardinia
Camigny
Switzerland
Basle
King and Court Activities in London and Military Moves
London reports recount the King hosting a levee at St James's with nobility present, followed by a review of five battalions of light infantry in Hyde Park. Officers planned for command at Spithead, while regiments’ South West destinations and encampment sites near Plymouth are listed, along with a brisk Essex horse fair showing high prices for artillery draught horses.
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Buckingham House
St. James’s
Marquis of Star
Fern
Earl of Cuatham
Grenville
Hawkespury
Amherst
G. Yances
Queen's House
Foot Guards
Hyde Park
Prince, Witpram of Guioverster
Bonap of
Apmikarty
Cross
Ear Howe
Spithead
India-house
Yesterda
Honason
Earl Carnavallis
India Company
Bengal
South West District
Northampton
Weymouth
Corinth
Exeter
Ireland
Totnes
Staffordshire
Plymouth Barracks
Falmouth
Hereford
Bristol
Monmouth
Wells
Plymouth
Worcestershire
North Gloucestershire
Somersetshire
Glamorganshire
Shropshire
Merionethshire
Artillery
Rayuighh
Essex
Robbery Trial Involving Oxford Bound Traveler
A man hired post-horses from Sterling's in Carey Street to go to Oxford for a Warden election. On the road a rider with a pistol robbed them of money and a purse. Back in town the suspect was caught. witnesses tied him to the mare and robbery, and the jury found him guilty after the judge warned him against persistent criminal acts.
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Yesteriny Dhe Deflone
Benjamin
Thomas
Minin
Eketgheay
Roth
Oxford
Sterling's
Carey- Breet
Holland-house
Kensington
Hyst
Buackstowe
Mills
Sternine
Hounslow
Bow-street
Mitcham
Private theft and burglary cases in a mid 18th century trial
Be fore Mrs Recorder William Clift, a 15 year old, was found guilty of stealing lace edging valued over five shillings after concealing goods in a cellar. Mary Smith also guilty of privately stealing Irish linen valued fifty shillings in a shop. other defendants, Deats and Reds, convicted on burglary or related counts with partial proof of goods valued around forty shillings.
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William Clift
Fudith
Grifiths
Mary Smith
Joan Cuarxe
Peter Douglas
Jeramiah
Elizabeth Parke Indicted For Theft From Palke Estate
Elizabeth Yate faced a Middlesex jury on the second day for privately stealing a quintés and two pieces of real lace from Lawrance Palke Esq. The defense noted Mrs Parke, wife of the prisoner, had spoken of missing sums, and testimony described Palke counting and marking guineas taken on or about 22 April amid allegations of dishonesty.
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Elizabeth Yate
Lawrance Palke
L. Palke
Patke
Elizabeth Parke
London jury convicts burglar stealing watch in daylight
James Gardner found guilty of stealing a watch and other items from Mr. Boulton's chambers in the Temple. Evidence shows pawnbrokers linked the prisoner to the items pawned on May 1. The defence claims a laundress held a key and could explain an open window. The verdict notes burglary as principal, with felony remaining if burglary not proved.
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James Gardner
Boulton
Boulston
Baxdton
Chambers
Frelon Brown
Vincent
John Shallard
How-street
Drury-lane
Hadeen
Wife Suspected in Robbery. Guineas Recovered
In a trial a woman was accused of stealing from her husband by hiding money in her pockets and later returning it. A guinea marked by the husband was found in her pocket during a search of her boxes. The jury found her guilty of stealing only after witnesses testified to her good character.
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Therisoner
Indiament
CO ‘Kennedy
Indictment for Daytime Theft in Dwelling House
Sohn Hughes was indicted for stealing in a dwelling house during the day time amounting to over one pound. Witnesses differed on the exact hour of the robbery, but the jury found him guilty of theft after the judge instructed careful interpretation of uncertain timings. Before Mr. Justice Ashhurst.
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Sohn Hughes
Justice Ashurst
Town Plate Race Entries At Four Mile Heats
The program lists horse entries across age groups from two to six years with weights and heats. Notable entries include Mr. Harrison's Serpent a five year old, Mr. Puran's de Flagan five, Mr. Goodison's Bruth four, Lore Egremont's Grey Tentham five, and Mr. Parker's Ensign five. The event features separate plates for four mile heats and a town plate with varied weights for different ages.
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Harrison
Puran
B. de Flagan
Goodison
B. c. Bruth
Lore Egremont
Parker
Goldifen
Ch.c. Bruth
Brown
Intrigue and Dispatches Amid War News and Court Highlights
Fragments report naval Commissionings at the admiralty office, a directors’ meeting at the India House, and Captain Carpauras assuming command of the Henry Dundas before voyage to China. The Duke of Clarence readies to sea as Royalist moves in France trigger anxiety and political reshuffles.
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Swellen
Denmark
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Thaking
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Joe
India House
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Henry Dundas
Angus M'Nab
China
Duke of Clarence
Grant
Baffen Brunt
Count du Rous du Barere
Loira
Loches
la Richelle
Lord Hoon
J& de Réé
James Grant
Customs
Scotland
Banff
James Durr
Berkeley Square
Madam Pookata
Africa
Grenada
Liverpool
Point Linas
Malpierce
Panthena
Temple
Ee Door Graham
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