Renunciation and decree move in revolutionary France
An 1789 Paris session reports a priest renouncing pensions and declaring allegiance to Liberty. Barrere reads a Western army letter detailing victory over rebels at Croix de Vie while patriots requisition arms and demonstrate in Notre Dame’s planned temple shift to Reason and Truth.
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Resignations and reflections spill from Paris assembly
November II reports a bishop renouncing office to wed the mayor’s daughter, priests resigning to heed reason, and clergy salaries debated as the Central Committee seeks reduction. Perrin case triggers debate on army division, Thionville opposition, and Chaéor urges patience while Thuriot notes clergy livelihoods. Committee to report.
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Preposterous Court Notices and Bankruptcy Enrollments
London Gazette itemized notices record royal approvals for clerical appointments and mourning orders for the Duke of Würtemberg, plus a long list of bankruptcy enlargements and supersessions for various trades. Also includes dividends and certificates due by December and January across multiple towns.
Turun advance in Italy and junta actions in Provence
Turian forces report capture of Giletta art and heights after a hard engagement. Jacobin Society houses plundered. Duke d Agstr moves along Provence toward the sea with advanced guard seizing Desferres and Bojone near the Var. Sardinian detachments push from Brock and seize artillery. General pe Vin positions near Nice. Leonard holds Couregade. Rome notes potential 7000 foot and cavalry to join Toulon.
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Money and the Convention’s view of paper value
The speaker derides money as vile dross and questions why the National Convention hoards cash. They argue no business can be done without currency, note paper rags cannot circulate, and imply only force can drive circulation. The piece satirizes the Convention’s insistence on paper over gold.
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Prince of Wales returns and military dispatches stir London
Yesterday the Prince of Wales returned from Windsor Lodge and hosted a dinner for officers at the Star and Garter Pall Mall. Major arrives from Berlin with dispatches. another officer comes from Toulon with no news. Lord Hervys returns from Florence as France faces massacres blamed on sheltering rebels. Gen Baron de Laven blocks Fort Lexis with 4 to 5000 garrison. Sir William Woursy’s son ferries wealth to Gretna Green. Birmingham ware noted. Militia barracks planned on the Coast near Woolwich and Depford. Russia’s corn shipments persist. Liverpool received 1162 quarters of wheat and 680 of barley.
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Gretna Green
Birmingham
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Depiford
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