Silver Candlesticks Replaced With Slate At Top Crosses
Fragmentary report notes candlesticks replaced by slate at church tops. Mentions national flags and crosses placed atop, with unclear sequence and venues.
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 11, 1793
Page
4
Fragmentary report notes candlesticks replaced by slate at church tops. Mentions national flags and crosses placed atop, with unclear sequence and venues.
In November 2 Brutus Valaze is noted for a suicide at the scene and the discovery of numerous cutlasses in the Conciergerie. A petition to the Convention requested that all criminals before the Revolutionary Tribunal have their hands tied to deter self harm or harm to others. The motion passed.
The narrative accuses Brissot and allies of collusion with royalist factions to undermine the Convention and Republic. It details libel networks, manipulation of public opinion, and calls to arms by figures like Roland, Buzot, Petion, and Vergniaud. It chronicles covert plots to surround the Convention, incite civil war, and protect Louis XVI while denouncing Patriots and the Revolution.
Yesterday updates from Petersburg and Brussels report French overtures to the Prince de Saxe Cobourg for a cessation of hostilities. The Paris papers claim a breakout of events as Jourmain reinforces Alsace, while Britain and the States General seek a united effort for an honourable, solid peace and indemnification for allied costs.
The Court of Exchequer in Westminster held a session for nominating sheriffs for the coming year with attendance by the Lords and Privy Counsellors. A long list of named sheriffs or nominees was recorded by county, including Berkshire William Stephenson Farley Hill and George Elwes Mercham, Cumberland William Henry Milbourne Artaithwaite Castle, and many others across Devonshire Derbyshire Gloucestershire Hertfordshire and more.
Representatives of the People and city authorities weigh allegations of calumny as Dumourier is accused of treason and plotted against Paris. Proposals claim conspirators spread depictions of Paris as corrupt, with threats and marches against the city amid revolutionary strife.
The document records a French declaration of war in France against Genoa. Notable signatories include Ronespierrt the younger and Ricarp Raspaun, with the proclamation issued from Nice on Oct. 13. The text accuses Genoa of harboring English agents and calls for just punishment of perceived crimes against French Republicans.
The sum raised at Edinburgh for army waistcoats and related items led to shipments on Friday last from Leith totaling 5000 items and 2009 rocks. Simon Bulver and Hamilton Rowan arrived in Edinburgh recently with Rowan being detained briefly, then bailed with Col Macleap as security. On Friday Hon Guy Cameron died after a long nervous fever with intermittent delirium, his recovery hopes faded as exhaustion persisted.
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