Sufferings of French Clergy Refugees Stir English Charity
A Sept 20, 1792 Freemasons Tavern meeting chaired by John Wilmot MP pledges continued subscriptions to aid French clergy refugees in England. Committee named including Buckingham, Fitzwilliam, Onslow, Wilberforce, Thornton, Astle, Burke, and others to seek government use of public buildings, assess numbers, and ensure relief while many refugees remain in Jersey and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freemason’s Tavern
France
England
John Wilmot
Thas
Sjersey
Marquis of
Buckingham
Earl Fitzwilliam
Lord Onslow Ohn Wilmot
Hilip Metcalfe
William Wilberforce
Henry Fhornton
Thomas Astle
Keper
Dr. Damier
Rochester
George Baker
Hawkins Browne
William Baker
Edmund Burke
Doéter Cooke
University of Oxord
William Scott
His Majesty
Doctor Jackson
St. Paul’s
William Morton Pitt
Culling Smith
T. Burgess
Kent hop grower rant challenges landlord tithe claims
A Kent hop grower disputes a critic’s figure of one guinea per acre and argues that rents and tithes are misrepresented. He notes some parishes near Canterbury pay up to one guinea per acre while Maidstone district figures reach twelve to fourteen and questions the feasibility of high lettings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
Maidstone
Friends of universal Peace claim in Stockport exposed
A letter to the conductor debunks a local society calling itself The Friends of universal Peace and the Rights of Man. The writer alleges the group is small, unrespectable, and led by a pauper and a factory worker, with no evident local support among dissenters or tradesmen.
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Friends of Universal Peace
Man
N. Hibbert
John Andrew
Stockport
Hibbert
Andrew
Mr. Paine
Paine
Sam
France under Jacobin rule sparks worldwide horror
The article indicts the French Constituted Authority for bloodshed amid the Paris upheaval. It claims Marseilles and Brest leaders acted with Petion Manuel and Roland, supported by the National Assembly, and notes officials were seen receiving salaries from the Municipality after the September events. The king’s guard and troops were dismissed or redeployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Rolano
Petion
Fressette
Fouron
Bextoyer
Ou Montet
Senegal
Department of Lyons
Central Club
Brissor
National Assembly
Europe
Paris
Natal
Facobin
Marseilles
Bref
Petron
Manual
Roperspre Bre
Roland
National Guard
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Kent
Geners
James Tylney
Ailesbury
Bart. Long
Lord
Kerry
O'Leary
Earl
Radnor
John Tempest
Lord Eardley
Philip Metcalf
Earl of
Won, Pepperell
Bart
Puyat
Wingheld
H. Browne
Charles Builer
Wim
Fulien
Hn Puget
Ralph Addison
Bra
Scott
Randall
Ravenage
Wilbraham Ford
Smith
Everard Arundel
Adair
Arundeil
Miss Adair
Richard Porter
Ackson
George Keate
Walker King
Cate
J George Musgrave
Meffis
G Fling
Fleettreet
Meffis, Hankey and Co
Fenchurch-fird
Melts
Ransom, Moreland
Hammersley and Co
Pullall
Moirs
Wright and Co
Henrietta-street
Covent-garden
Matt
Lyons
London
Rheims
Cbampagne
Pacobins
Apres
Beauvais
Sarntess
Pericueux
Lodh
de la Rocue Fraucautp
Rouen
Count Laxzy
East Indies
Prieta
Ostend
Quillebaux
Eau-De- Mer
le Mayon de Ss
Dieppe
Givet
Austrian Netherlands
Rhine
Conde
St. Anand
Maude
Roxey
Neuwville
Lille
Verdun
M. Chazor
M. Chiazor
Dumourier
M. Cons
Vexentaup
Champagne
Duke of Brungwick
Chalons
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