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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 04, 1790
Page
4
The discussion defends civil society as beneficence with liberty tied to convention not natural rights. It notes rights to live, work, educate, and general welfare, but denies a direct original right to governance. A vivid 1789 Paris scene follows, describing the King and Queen's peril, flight, and the brutal early stages of the French Revolution.
Fragment describes Royal Captives moved through Paris amid screams and atrocities. Women subjected to torture during a six hour march over twelve miles, guarded by soldiers who earlier conducted them in triumph, then housed in a palace repurposed as a Bastille for kings. To be continued.
Postscript notes a sudden influx of about 4000 ill-dressed deserters marching toward Paris from Brabant after a mutinous mood among troops. It reports disturbances at Montauban, guards attacked from rooftops, and royal concern over wintering en masse in the capital.
The document notes mourning for Duke of Cumberland and Prince Henry of Prussia, with court movements from Yorkhouse to Newmarket. Dispatches from Jamaica indicate merchant ships near full load, planning to sail by mid October, as France reports a record woodcock flight signaling a hard winter.
Vienna reports a camp forming at Custrin on the Polish frontier. Potemkin is believed to consider a major strike before peace with the Turks, should Ottoman resistance wane. Imperial and Neapolitan moves alter plans as the Emperor is expected on the 27th.
The article notes that England’s demands are fully met by Spain, amid anticipation of the Signed Convention from Madrid. It reports the late concession by Madrid, upcoming conferences to finalize terms, and continued naval and military mobilization until ratification.
Yesterday and this evening at Covent Garden a slate of plays is listed. Performances include Know your own Mind with The Spoil'd Child and The Haunted Tower with Don Juan. Also advertised are The Orphan with The Fugitive and The Female Pursuit with The Death of Captain Cook.
Deal Nov 4 ships arrived and cleared for the River the London Bastabrook from Bombay Three Brothers Breman from Barbadoes Mentor Lucas from the South Sea and Queen of Portugal Lott from Oporto Remain in the Downs his Majestys ships laff and Charlotte Dargon for St Abes Tyson Skelton for St Kitts Liberty Griffith for Dublin and Truelove Edwards for Kinsale Wind W N W 7 Gravesend Nov 4 Passed by Judith Goble from Waterford Margaret Nicolson from Bilboa Hope Lipper from Belfast Septima Reed from Gijon Eagle Lady from Rotterdam Ceres Sturgeon from ofton
Mr Méllor advertises finished twisted barrel guns and short cocking guns. They are bored to order and tested in an open field near his manufactory by Whitechapel Turnpike. Barrels are bores for two guineas with recoil reduction. Postage payment required for letters.
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