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Newspaper

Evening Mail

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 04, 1793

Page

3

Condemnation Demanded in Crown Case at Terme Term

The prosecutor urged full condemnation for the Crown against the captors. The judge noted the weight of the case and reserved judgment to the first day of next Terme.

Excise Office London Moves Permits In 1793 Notice

London excise notice dated October 4 1793 states the permit office for removing spirits shifts from No 22 near Craig’s Court Charing Cross to No 5 Law Charing Cross with other offices at Old Cavendish Street Oxford Street Holborn Hill and 124 Blackfriars Street. Applicants attend Sundays from ten o clock in the morning to receive permits. The ad promotes Henderson as new proprietor of Fluting Stones offering water purification by stones and lists locations and contacts for permits and sales.

London Craig’s Court Cavendish-street Oxford-street Holhorn-hill Blackigan-stres Borigh Caerecourt Hender Bedford-tres Greg Fiam Bersons Hederson Haberdathery Berkley-fiert Nest Bav- Hui My. Rich Lystics Holbornelal Mir Hart Perfumes West End Picesdilly Eyder Henderson Bedford

High Court of Admiralty El Navarro Spanish Prize

A lengthy report on the High Court of Admiralty case El Navarro, a Spanish prize. The vessel sailed from New Orleans January 19 for Bordeaux with indigo and other Spanish colonial goods, captured by an English frigate in April. Questions arose about subject status after Franco-Spanish war and whether the ship carried French or Spanish property. Sir James Marriott notes risks of inciting Anglo Spanish tensions and outlines four key legal issues.

Muhif Appi Spain Paris Sir William Scott New Orleans France Thetlantic Rance Bourdeaux Annglish Pasengers Cmne Fondrin England James Marriot

Active court debate on ship capture and interrogatories

The article describes a July 7 ship capture case with ownership tied to two Philadelphia houses. Sir William Scott seeks a court order for the matter to answer all remaining interrogatories, while Dr Swapey and Sir James Marriott argue for reading all depositions before further action. The Master is urged to answer all interrogatories to avoid re examination or additional questions.

Active Philadelphia Sir William Scott Swapey Lee James Marriott

Danish slip case in court over demurrage

A Danish slip laden with oil from Genoa to Port4davre was brought to Portsmouth where it was restored. The court considered the motion for demurrage due to the master and decreed that no demurrage was due.

LA Feunt Genoa Portsmouth

General Vanuth Demurrage Plea in Wheat Laden Ship Case

Dr Nicrot petitions the court for demurrage over the ship General Vanuth laden with wheat from Hamburg to Marseilles. Captured March 5 and restored April 7, cargo tied to Ivy Chapeau force at Yamburgh and Sir James Marriott. Court notes seizure of suspicious goods, civic captors return, no demurrage granted due to wartime trade difficulties and neutral ship costs.

Vanuth Nicrot Hamburgh Marseilles Yamburgh James Marriott

Paris Cockade Furore and Loyalist Roundup

France reports Paris unrest over the National Cockade with market disruptions and cap and hair tearing among fair sex as the Convention enforces badge wear. Eight waggons convey prisoners to Conciergerie, many Loyalists from Lyons and Marseilles among them. Adventurer Charon Bethune poised for Revolutionary Tribunal trial famed for vowing to die on a throne or scaffold.

Paris Dames de la Halle Lyons Marseilles Charon Bethune Revolutionary Tribunal

National Convention Sets French Republican Calendar

At a Friday session the National Convention approves a new calendar starting from the Republic’s founding date September 22, 1792 and abolishes the common era. It divides the year into twelve 30 day months plus five extra days and renames months and days to reflect liberty, equality, and revolutionary themes.

Committee of Public Instruction

Royalist losses and French naval policy debated at Convention

Dispatches recount decisive royalist defeats at Doué and Pont-a-Cé with hundreds killed and cannon lost. D' douff reports shifting HQ to St Jean to aid Perpignan while vowing to defend the Republic. Barrere argues for a September 21 1793 Liberty of the Seas Act to curb British naval power and port control, linking naval policy to wartime survival.

Barrere Committee of Public Welfare Doué Thouars Doud Santerrey Pont-a-Cé D' Douff Perpignan St. Jean St. Andre Havre-de- Grace Lacroix Levendres Louchet Barres

Turmoil in Argenton and Paris as Revolution tightens grip

Officials report famine threats in Argenton and disorder in the Western Pyrenees aimed at stopping requisitions. The Convention imposes eight day imprisonments for non cockade wearers and harsher measures for tearing cockades. Brest residents condemn treachery as naval mobilization accelerates.

Agricultural gloom as harvests strain economy and prices

The letter notes wheat and barley yields varying by region with high prices for malting barley and beans oats disappointing in many areas. It cites poor seas ons, dry summers reducing clover and grass, and fears of a hard winter driving dry fodder prices up. Hog prices steady, beef well priced in some districts, but overall livestock markets pressured by scarce feed and scarce winter fodder.

Housig Norfolk Suffolk Larnham Surry Smit Heikyn

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