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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 13, 1793
Page
4
The convention discusses Rouen shortages with grain levies on the rich to import corn while seven million is raised for relief. Reports from Strasbourg and Laval cite measures against rebels and suspect patriotism, including penalties and new commissions to supply provisions and fortifications.
Lequinié and Laignelot report on cople at Rochefort asserting moral lessons after abjuration in the Temple of Truth. They note a future town church and Rights of an, rights deposits, a Tribunal to punish aristocrats, and denounce administrators of Lot and Brifat in a sweeping political action.
The report covers proceedings on imprisonment of suspected persons and calls for accountability of rebels. It notes Boulogne complaints of hunger, authorities arresting suspects near Rennes, requisitions at Avranches, and marches of La Manche forces against opponents. Debates reference generals Pepre and Rouléau, and petitions from women protesting Decree bans on gatherings.
Reports from Laval to Mayenne detail the Vendean fugitives shifting toward Domfront in Normandy amid urged mobilization. The Ardennes division burns and taxes enemy lands while locals arm themselves. fleets of loyal citizens seize Villages and force cannon to be abandoned. Wagons of funds and calls to arms echo across Caen Metz Savern as Republican forces rally to crush the uprising.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions paying troops and a taxation or imposition related to a 680 men force. Details are unclear but suggest fiscal actions or allowances for soldiers in a historical context.
Continuous recounting of revolutionary treason allegations against Dumourier Briffa and allied Girondists. Claims of plots to starve Paris, lay siege to the Convention, and shift power to the provinces with English aid. Describes arrests, executions, and the collapse of conspiratorial factions as the 1792-93 crisis unfolds.
Accounts from Meath report a gentleman who was a Justice of the Peace shot and murdered by unknown villains, along with the untimely death of the late Rev Mr Burcer. An attempt to destroy a Roscommon magistrate in a similar manner is said to have been made in recent days.
In Bath Easton a blaze destroyed the workshop of Mr Barnard inflow chandler and the adjoining dwelling. A fatal street altercation followed as Peter Cottel stabbed Francis Morly in Walcot Street. Morly died from a chest wound after Cottel was secured and the coroner’s jury returned a verdict of wilful murder.
Last Monday officers of Excise in Canterbury seized a5 halfankers and a stone bottle of géneva at a hide in Hearn Bay and lodged it in the Excise office. A boy about seven at a Dewsbury oil mill suffered severe arm injuries after being caught in machinery, now recovering. Lincoln fat-market reported abundant stock and diverse attendees. Leeds fair showed smaller show of horned cattle and well-fed horses, with inferior stock cheaper. Bridgenortl fair saw quick sales, cattle prices low and sheep fattening well. Early yesterday morning Capt. Broom’s house in Hatfield was broken into and robbed of plate. Beckrorn at Fonthill took a villa at Catry. undertaker never saw owner. Bedtetlas accuses voyage for 2501. Sunday evening Jaivers was robbed between Holloway and Crouch End by three footpads, losing dinner and watch. A French fraternity and the Carvagnols seek city equality under French rule.
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