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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 06, 1793
Page
3
Paris struggles with bread rationing as authorities push for harsher measures. Reports detail guillotine use, railway and militia alerts, and mobilization of the Revolutionary Army to secure provisions for Paris. Rebels across Brittany and Vendée threaten incursions, while municipal actions target riot at bakers’ doors and suspected counterrevolutionaries.
A fragment from reports on the French National Convention describes fears of a revolutionary conspiracy led by Boifeiyon and conspirators, with plans to arm battalions and move toward the frontiers of Spain. It notes clubs replacing others and the formation of a new Popular Society sending deputies to ratify gratitude toward the measures taken.
A deputation of women named Facobins sought a petition as arrests and mob actions arose around the bonnet rouge. The Convention debated enforcing personal dress freedom, adopting a decree that no person may compel another to wear a specific clothing, under penalties for public disturbance. Three articles formalize free attire, preserve previous cockade rules, and publish the decree in Brumaire’s bulletin.
Yesterday at two o'clock the King Queen and royal family attended a Drawing room at Saint James's. Presentations to the Queen mirrored the previous day with additions of Lady Cozzer and Lady Wenster. General Huss and several officers on promotions were noted. the Marchioness of Batu was named Mistress of the Robes.
The writer reports Kray and Orro routing 3000 Carmagnols at Marchiennes after a dawn assault. Prisoners number about 2000 in misery while a Dragoons detachment remains well equipped. Troops show disaffection, and the author notes a shift toward bold measures and terror as strategy.
At Camphin on November 7 the Duke of York’s HQ remains fixed and winter quarters loom as the army nears Marchiennes. A tragic incident across a French cottage saw three dragoons seize money, leading to a court martial and death sentence for the seducer. The Duke granted a pardon, arriving as the execution occurred.
From Ostend dated November 4, reports that transports carrying four regiments were recalled as aid was no longer needed. Sir Charles Grey has departed after guiding fortifications at Nieuport, praised as vital to maritime Flanders. The writer credits Colonel Wurmé and the 53rd and Hessian Regiments for defending Nieuport, safeguarding Ostend and Britain.
From Gibraltar comes word of a one year truce among the Regency of Algiers Portugal and the Dutch. Frigates xebecs and brigs are said to have sailed from Algiers toward the ocean. The report warns Americans face increased pirate risk cutting navigation to Portugal and this country as flour prices surge. Last night a cabinet meeting was held at Whitehall with all ministers in attendance.
A motion was made for adjudication of the cause based on preparatory examinations and ship papers. Dr Lawrence representing claimants opposed, plans to submit Madrid papers dated March 26 1793 and April 18 1793. Sir James Marriot postponed further proceedings to the court's second session.
Edwards sued his wife for a mental separation alleging adultery with James Marshall. Evidence showed marriage in 1785, five children, a 1792 Dublin relocation request, and the wife’s alleged affair with a former servant. Judgment granted separation from bed and board after defense failed. court adjourned after minor postures.
William Cartwright charged William Chappell James Fones and Thomas Morris Nicheljaz with stealing 351 and seven guineas in bank post bills. They lured the prosecutor to a pub near Aldersgate Street then Shoreditch with sham notes, betting on a chalking trick as officers arrived to arrest them.
A severe blaze in Narrow Wine Street Bristol on a Saturday evening consumed a house within hours and damaged two adjacent homes. A poor elderly woman died trying to save belongings, another woman fell from a window breaking a leg and later died, and a third woman suffering a thigh fracture remained in hospital.
A fragmented market listing shows prices for stocks and bonds including 3 percent red stock at 73 1 8 to 1 4, 3 percent Confederation around 74 1 8, 4 percent Confederate near 89 to 88, ½ percent annuities around 106 3 8, Innis Stock 206, Navy loans 7-Sths Exchequer Bills, lottery tickets, and Bank for the Account at 170.
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