21 Oct 1793
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 21, 1793
Page
1
The decree decrees destruction of Lyons properties tied to the rich and counter revolutionists. Homes and monuments are to be erased, a name change to Ve(Villesbranche) joins the list, and a column will mark the city’s fall with a Liberty inscription. Commissioners will list confiscated properties for immediate action.
October 14 marks the Chevalier presidency as the trial of the queen proceeds. Proceedings focus on royal authority and governance questions amid political tension.
Marie Antoinette of Lorraine and Austria, widow of Louis XVI, faces charges by the French Revolutionary Tribunal. The accused defends her identity, denies plots against France, and testifies amid questions about finances, intrigues, and royal misdeeds. Witnesses recount October turmoil at Versailles and the role of Life Guards and public ministers.
The bulletin lists Bank Stock and India Stock prices at 1 o clock and notes lottery tickets. Dispatches arrive from Sir Morton Even at Vienna and Bruce at Brussels with headquarters near Montaine between Quenoy and Landrecy. Reports say Austrians and French fought 15th to 17th with heavy losses on both sides and French setbacks near CLAIRFAIT. The siege of Mauberse is raised and British troops did not engage.
Barrere reports Lyons and La Frandise measures restore the Patriotic Municipalities and a Military Commission. Four Aides-de-Camp to be executed on the 12th. a Vigilance Committee forms. Rebels flee to a wood where 6000 men gather. Pressy may be among those doomed. Reports of arrests and intrigues surface.
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