France News Brief from Paris and Environs
From the French Gazettes letters report French Princes army reach Stenaa with no interruption. Prussians allegedly burned villages near Sedan and sabotaged bridges. General Ferrier notes pacific aims and a Canton of Basle seeks good relations with France. Paris mayor election closes. Petion wins. Garat becomes Justice Minister. Deputies denounce Paris Commons and demand accountability for massacres and confiscations.
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Giver
Stenaa
Longwi
Sedan
Ferrier
Baffle
Haffengen
Bourgred
Wifg
Viatequiou
Geneva
Wifs
Basle
Iriery
France
Perestrai
Duvonier
Paris
Petion
M. Garat
Minster
Deputies Des Bouches du Rhone
Mumr
Deprat
Avignon
Rodersierre
Jzarat
Commons
Ommons
Dberspierre
Commons of
Court of Justice
Committee of Umillance
Kolend
Rance
National Convention Reports on War Plans and Internal Decrees
The Interior Minister announces success in foreign markets and dispatches on Kellermann near Verdun with Dillon's advance at Sivry while Brunswick's force resists. The War Committee orders courts for war crimes and outlines a decree on confiscations and accountability. Marat attacks Minister Roland over estate seizures as La Hague, Dillon, and Valence operations unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menister
Interior Department
Britain
the United
General Kellermann
Verdun
Gene Dillon
Sivi
Brunswick
Prusians
Miheroth
Commons
Marat
Roland
Madame
Landcrave
Linpav
France
Dillon
Errain
M. Phillippeaux
Etain
Committee of General Safety
Executive Council
Kellerman
Gth
Yeprun
Cambon
Lille
Strasbourg Prisoners Liberated Amid Jacobin Celebration
Three hundred prisoners from the Palatinate arrived to cheers in Strasbourg led by generals, advance guards, and regimental bands. Jacobins welcomed them with music as papers on deserters were distributed in French and German. Reports say residents of Spire and Mayence welcomed the procession. Gen Biron ordered the destruction of defenses within a quarter hour after a brief delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palatinate
Spire
Mayence
Royal Court Gossip and 18th Century Public Warnings
Yesterday in Windsor Forest the king hunted with the Earl of Sanowich and equerries then dined at the Lodge. Lord Turstow and Mrs SuHeripAN met the Prince of Wales at Carlton House before he headed to Brighton. Discussions hint at a forthcoming Reform as a major political shift, with comparisons to Charles I and Cromwell. French unrest and Dutch measures loom large while French births and population figures are tabulated. Bread weights and a bakers’ drill by the Ward of Farringdon fight price pressures.
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Windsor Forest
Earl of Sanowich
Lord ‘Turstow
Suheripan
Prince of Wates
Carlton House
Brighton
Charles
Oliver Cromwell
Naples
Holland
Normandy
Rouen
Lyons
France
Convention
Hainault
Francé
Army
Fry
Farringdon
Alderman Clark
Herring Fisheries and a Fire Off Cramond Island
A report notes a large shoal of herrings near Gottenburgh boosting the Swedish method for curing and oil production, with potential for Scottish and Shetland fisheries. It also records a Friday blaze at a coal laden sloop off Cramond island, crew saved as the vessel burnt to the waterline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Frith
Gottenburgh
Shetland
Leith
Cramond Island
Grand Boat Harbour Plan Drawn For Royal Canal Walls
MABLIN October 16 reports a ground traced space between Industry House and Constitution Hill for a grand canal harbour about six hundred feet long and over one hundred fifty feet wide. A change to the Parliament House wall is hinted with a possible balustrade replacing the old fortification like screen. Lord Viscount Southwell returns to Ireland and may reside here. A lamp-lighter robbed a house on Great Ship Street, stealing plate while the family dined. A Royal Exchange gathering failed to resolve as protesters clashed over aiding persecuted French clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mablin
Royal Canal
New House of Industry
Constitution-hill
Grand
Parliament House
Europe
Viscount Southwell
France
Harvest and crime report from August in Shetland and London
In Shetland harvest began August 16 with favorable weather and a successful fishery. At Standish Hall Lincolnbhirs a vine yielded gold and Tokay grapes. On Finchley Common three highwaymen robbed Messrs Killerby and Swain of a watch and cash. Thieves stole from Rev. Crofts in Spring-Gardens. A postboy carrying letters from Collon to Drogheda was robbed two miles from the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shetland
Standish Hall
Lincolnbhirs
Killerby and
Swain
Moorfields
Finchley Common
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National Convention
Qctobemey
Hitter
United Armies
Dombille
Sivpy
Xellentiag
Fetonneitre
Regret
Saint Glorieux
Mount Saint Michel
Ethin
Heffe Caffel
Lindau
Vouzieres
Valence
Herman
Buzancy
Dumourier
Hussars
Elben
General Dillon
Hesse Cassel
Lieut
Strasbourg
Defeast
Biron
Hell
Scotland
Ireland
Royal Exchange
England
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