National Convention Debates Emigres and Public Safety Decrees
The Convention debated measures against emigrants and suspicious agents. Commissioners reported famine risks in Paris, while tribunals were set to judge émigrés and halt emigration. A commission was formed to draft a red code and to curb commerce with England under a ban on British goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sables
Aed
Bourderine
Buriet
Lear
Committee of Public Safety
le Roux
Seine
le Tourney
Moselle
Louis VII
Convention
Rhine
Republic
Executive Council
France
Andre Dumont
Amiens
Picardy
Aliyiv
Dumont
Popular Society
Merlit
Douay
Bourton
Oife
Bourdon
Chabor—o
Imove
Chebet
Merlin
Duhem
le Bon
Echaf
Ae Lourban
Versailles farmer proposal to join army service
The text reports Lecointre of Versailles proposing in the Committee of Nine to exempt young farmers cultivating enough land to plough from immediate military service while allowing them to continue rural work. It notes everchon’s letter on the Lyons garrison, warnings of pacification by the Murcadins, and arrests of revolutionists amid Jacobin activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecointre
Versailles
Committee of Nine
Everchon
Lyons
Valennes
Murcadins
St. Etienne
Jacobin Club
Royal Audience Attended by Nobility and Court Reach
The Queen and Princesses arrive from Kew to St James's for a Drawing Room with Dukes Clarence and Gloucester and Prince William of Gloucester, followed by audiences with ministers and nobles. The Duke of Richmont resumes Brighton Camp command as cabinet shifts loom. York and York-related affairs, clerical appointments, and international concerns loom in a bustling London week.
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Royal
Augusta
Eliza Beau
Kew Palace
St. James's
Ernc
Augustus and
Avournus
Dukes of
Clarence
Gloucester
Prince William of
Duke of Richmont
Lord Amhherst
Countess of Buckinghamshire
E. Foster
Robert Liston
Porte
Giluertz Evuror
Privy Council
Fawke- Ner
Apolopuus
Admiralty Office
Charingcross
Duchess of York
Ewart
Oatlands
James Murray
Prince Copoure
Duke of York
Brighton
Duke of Leros
England
Duchess of
Light Infantry
Rupcrey
M. Craviere
Bank of London
Ayrand
Smith
Autun
Aiguillon
Lameth
Bank of England
Ausgsia
Preferit
Foreign Correspondence From Lausanne on Fronts and Rebellions
Dispatches from Lausanne report Mice county evacuated on August 25, with King of Sarpyxia near Nice on October 3 and General Gorpor at Monomelvin. Besançon shows insurrection while Besancon and Lyon diaries note military reverses and blockades. Piedmontese advance threatens lines between Lyons and Arles.
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Lausanne
Mice
Sarpyxia
Nice
Gorpor
Monomelvin
Tovnton
Roufilor
Barcelona
Ricardos
Perpignan
Basir
Switzerland
Belangon
Besancon
Geneva
Dubois Crance
Lyons
la Pape
Levergue
le Norets
Languedoc
Févares
Nicolas
Auvergne
Zyous
M. Neckar
Caper
Quisnoy
Landrecis
Prince de Cosoura
Flanders
Lille
Cafel
Houenarp
Cochon
Ci-Devant
Valenciennes
Dunkirk
Paris
Dutch Council Meeting Dispatch From Holland
The Dispatch reports His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince attending the States General Council. A message explains troop losses were smaller than feared and notes plans to visit the camp to assess conditions and losses. The Prince sends regards to Your Highnesses and prays for blessing on the country. Signed W. Prince of Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pronce Sraptholbveerr
Council of the States General
Tragedy on Stage Delivers a Monarch’s Icy Demeanor
An 18th century play scene depicts Louis XVI enacted on stage with a fated guillotine. A performer’s composed death provokes audience sympathy while a pinch of snuff signals cool resolve. Queen and son scenes heighten pathos amid royal turmoil.
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Louis
Vernix
France
Favon
Berwick Man of War Distressed After Missing
A letter from the Bersetch on board reports the Berwick Man of War missing for a time. After leaving Spithead on May 23 they cruised the Channel for two weeks, captured three prizes, then went to Gibraltar arriving on June 76. The squadron under Admirals Crefy Goovall and Gei joined, and they sailed to Toulon arriving July 17. They then patrolled near the harbour, encountered a gale that damaged the bow sprit and foremast, left the fleet, drifted toward Barbary, and reached Gibraltar on August 2 after two deaths and twenty wounded.
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Bersetch
Wlynex
Spithead
Gibraltar
Jung
Crefy
Goovall
Gei
Toulon
Fielh
Youlon
Carthagent
Berwick
Agth
Barbary
Port-Mahon
Gory
Carthagena
Ship Cafar Mendill Stranded Near Kirkwall
The Cafar Mendill sailing from Petersburg to Liverpool is stranded near Kirkwall. A great part of her cargo is expected to be saved.
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Mendill
Petersburg
Liverpool
Kirkwall
Heroine Arrives With News Of 130 Sail Confed Fleet
Late last night the Heroine 32 guns capt Garn Ner arrived from St Kitts at the Sound. Nearby were 130 merchantmen in convoy under Duke 99 guns and other ships, with the Vengeance, Culloden and more. A fleet passed up the Channel this morning. yesterday several vessels from Liverpool to Ostend arrived, one losing a fore-topmast.
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Lymouth
Heroine
Garnner
St. Kitt’s
Gardner Duke
Murray
Thompson Culloden
AY Miller
Ulysses
Morice Andromed
Salisbury
West Indies
Duke
Martinico
Liverpool
Naval movements from Flymouth on September 23
Yesterday failed his Majesty's ship Druid of 32 guns under Capt Kinison and Verrett of 16 guns for Torbay. Also sailed Heroine of 32 guns under Capt Garponer for the West Indies. Impregnable, 68 guns, commissioned for Rear-Admiral Carpowect. Hebe, 36 guns, Capt Hoop, in convoy of Pristol and Liverpool merchantmen.
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Flymouth Dock
Druid
Kinison
Verrett
Nowet
Torbay
Garponer
West Indies
Westroort
Carpwect
Pristol
Liverpool
Hebe
A. Hoop
English vessel retaken by English crews in English Channel
The Charlotte Yeatman sailing Bristol to Cork and Newfoundland, captured by the French frigate Le Blond near La La 539 30 Long 22 W, was seized with five men aboard and Captain Yeatman taken prisoner. On the 26th month the two Englishmen retook the vessel and brought her to Falmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Yeatman
Bristol
Cork
Newfoundland
le Lond
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National Convention
Eriday
London
Holland
Hague, Sept
W. Prince OF Grange
Atx-La-Chapelle
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