Armistice Prolonged and Royal Movements Reported
Postscript notes the Austrian French armistice extended to the 22nd and details cabinet debates. It reports the King’s Windsor departure, possible Greenwich or Chatham route, and Admiral Duncan’s victory with a public thanksgiving. It compares Admiral Story’s and De Winter’s reports, noting Dutch ships Liberty and Equality, and Dutch reactions after the battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Pight
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Story
de Winter
Barrere
Armistice Prolonged As Austrian War Preparations Continue
Vienna dispatches report that after a retreat by General Ferry’s forces, headquarters moved to Leybach on October 2. Couriers informed London and Archduke Charles that the armistice has been extended to October 2, with a three week extension if the definitive treaty remains unsigned. The Vienna area is busy with barrack expansions and heavy artillery shipments to Italy and Dalmatia as engineers bolster Dalmatian front fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fouie
Adina
Ferry
Leyback
Moritz Dietrichtein
Vienna
Terry
Dietrichstein
Witenhvolf
London
Archduke Charles
Leoben
Italy
Dalmatia
Zata
Zeuz
Arui
Court Gazette reports Austrian troop movements and Metternich envoy appointment
Dispatches from Gortz dated September twenty sixth state Austrian troops halted near Carniola and Friuli on the 28th and have since returned. Headquarters moved from Gortz to Leybach. The Gazette notes Emperor appoints Count Metternich Winneburgh as Envoy Plenipotentiary to the Empire's Peace Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gortz
Carniola
Friuli
Leybach
Germany
Metternich Winneburgh
Armistice Prolonged and Plenipotentiaries Confer in UDINA
Count Meerfeldt arrived from Vienna and met with Buonaparte while Austrian plenipotentiaries held talks. An armistice with the Austrian General was extended for three weeks. Palma Nuova’s trees and villages remain intact despite orders to demolish, costing the French 100 ducats daily. General Clarke heads to Paris, with Connat Cobenzel expected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Meerfeldt
Vienna
Buonaparte
Paris
Palma Nuova
Calvin
General Clarke
Connat Cobenzel
Marching orders and naval praise amid European affairs
Field-Marshal Lieutenant Baron Kerpen advances with about 8,000 troops from Tyrol to Paisano while General Deemer moves from Alla toward Verona. The English Navy earns praise for rescuing ship crews after the Delft’s sinking, and Mirabeau’s legacy is questioned by a Bouille anecdote about a 600,000 livre bribe and a projected dissolution of the National Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Kerpen
Tyrol
Mack
Leybach
Paisano
Deemer
Alla
Verona
Roveredo
Gregory
Delft
Mirabeau
Marquis de Bouille
Mirabéau
Compigne
Fontainbieau
Opposition Writers Split Over Duncan Victory Outcome
The article notes conflicting views on Admiral Duncan's triumph, with some lamenting the victory could hinder peace and others arguing it might renew negotiations. It also reports on court and municipal notices, ship actions, privateer captures, and local accidents including a fatal firing incident and a suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Cuxhaven
Prussia
Lushington
Court of Aldermen
Stephen Langston
Bread-street
Cadell
Gelykheild
Curtis
Quebec
4Th Regiment of Infantry
Montreall
Shome
Gazely
Chetham
Dale
Williamson
Oliver
Kingston
Morrison
London
Gibraltar
Ia Hoche
L’orient
Anne
Kelly
Glasgow
Hambro
Fhior
Berwick
Public Office at Bow Street Indicts Three for Fires
At Bow Street Office Isaac Talent and his wife Sarah were charged with willful arson of their Dyat Street homes and committed for trial. In Glasgow, John M Millan, watchman, faced charges of murdering Alexander Moody in September 1791 after a prior unprovoked wounding incident. He is ordered sent to Glasgow for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac ,Talent
Sarah
W. Addington
Bow-street
Dyat-street
St. Giles’s
John M’millan
St. Martin’s Parish
Alexander. Moody
Glasgow
Johnson
Duke’s Court
Bond
Moody
The Prize The Play at Theatre ys
An overflow crowd praised the patriotic performance blending English and Dutch scenes amid a fashionable audience. Proprietors are lauded for supporting national efforts and merchants at Lloyds are thanked as public entertainment aids. Separately, notices report deaths of Jonathan Stonard in Lambeth and Queen Bath aged 84, along with other academic church officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forge
BeneGtof
Gad Widigite
aGian
Lloyd’s
Lambeth
Jonathan, Stonard
Queén
Bath
Revi Cooke
King’s College
Camb
Denham, Bucksy
Old Bailey Intelligence Trial Report at London Old Bailey
Fifteen prisoners were tried at the Old Bailey. Thomas Wiley a boy about thirteen was convicted of secreting a letter with banknotes and bills. James Lewis Samuel Fry and George Singer were convicted of thefts. William Proctor alias Burridge was convicted of obtaining woollen cloth by false pretences. Nine were acquitted and eleven were discharged. Several received death sentences nine transported seven years or imprisonment with various punishments. Court adjourned to December sixth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bailey
Thomas Wiley
General Post Office
London
Williams and Co
James Lewis
Seddon and Co
Samuel Fry
James Howe
George Singer
Waliam Stables
William Proctor
Burridge
Wn. Anderson
Mary Hodges
Susannah, Robinson
Willeny Morris
William Ranton
William Goldsmith
Richard Simmonds
Charles Mastip
John Glover
Henry Boxer
Johns Asquith
Ann Saomen
William Coleman
Alias Middleton
William Giland
Thomas. Wiley
House of Correction
Clerkenwell
Newgate
Racing notes and purses at the Caledonian Hunt week
Sporting intelligence records purses of fifty guineas and smaller prizes run for by Scotch bred horses. Winners include Colonel Bairds ch h Mrs Robert Sir Alexander and Newbyth. Reports detail heats, entries by Pitch, Chuckishead, Rothiker, Farewell and other owners, plus weather and flooding delaying events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Colonel Baird
Ch. H
Robert
Alexander
Don
Seaforty &c
Newbyth Sn
Hay
Maxwell
Hamilton
Kincaid
Watlton
Lost dog in Essex seeks return for reward
A small black and white terrier named Pincher, with a collar marked Col Rigby Upper Grosvenor, has vanished from Brentwood Essex. Anyone delivering the dog to White Hosts Brept woods or Mittley Hall will receive a guinea reward. the dog is thought to have followed a greyhound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brentwood
Essex
Pincher
Rigby
Grosvenor
Brept Woods
Mittley Hall
Lyndon
Parcns of Stocns this Day ar Twelt 3 per cent
Consolg 49 ee sConsols. Account.¢9.2-8thi? Ditto Serif 50.3:8shaar:halé Loyalty 15 1-4th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolg
eesConsols
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Postscript
Leobén
Baron Thygat
Count Cobenzel
Windsor
Greenwich
Chatham
Medway
Nore
Mr. Pitt
Mr. Dundas
Trinity
Dover
Earl Spencer
Admiralty
Town
Endymion
Thomas Williams
States General
Admiral Story
C. Bc
Texel
Admiral de Winter
Rotterdam
Court Gazette
Udina
Trent
Derby
Charles
Hutchins
Melbourn
Bilis Compton
Darley
Humphrey Bruister
Wrentham Hall
Suffolk
Dean Street
Soho
Surgeon Foot
Public Office
OLD Bailey Intelligence
Keeso
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