Paris Corn Supply Improves as Bread Becomes Available
Reports describe vigorous measures to feed Paris with corn havé and bread from bakers without delays. The Executive Council moves large army forces toward Lyons to blockade the city and cut provisions to the Lyonnais. Prisoners increase with eight wagons arriving from La Somme and La Vendée. The Revolutionary Tribunal prosecutes the Duke of Bethune Carosot. Pere Duchesne is condemned by the Jacobin Club. The fate of the Queen and Convention members is being studied with delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Toulon
Executive Council
Lyons
Carigeaux
la Somme
la Vendée
E¢arrze
Marseilles
Convention
War talk and political upheaval across Europe and Britain
A London column laments debt from war and mocks claims of religious necessity. It notes Hanoverian losses near Dunkirk, mentions Hessian enlistees, and records political jibes about press freedom, reform, and national virtue. It covers riots, charity efforts, militia reviews, and billeting grievances at inns.
Arrears of King's duty eyed for quick collection
Dublin readers note an arrear of 156,000 due by several merchants for the King's duty, ordered by the Government to be collected at the Custom-house. The piece criticizes recent Toulon cuts in prints and mentions Sheriff Jenkins's new chariot motto PEACE AND PLENTY, with a brief remark on a new small phaleton drawn by Lord A’s young son near Merrion Square.
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Duke of Clarence
Board of Agriculture
Pons Sinclaix
Royal Hightess
Scotland
Senate
Burke
Prince of Hesse
Jack Bannister
Duke of Richmann
Montesquieu
Germany
Italy
England
France
Reeves
Lisbon
Inquisition
Duke of York
Dunkirk
Prince Augustus
India
Toulon
London
Merrion-square
Anecdote of Prior at the Paris Opera
An anecdote recounts Prior at a Paris Opera with a nobleman from the Levant court. During a principal singer’s performance the chorus swelled, drowning the singer’s voice. Prior denounced the Italian singer while the Marquis argued the man had a fine voice the Marquis could not hear over the crowd.
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Prior
Opera
Paris
France
Epitaph on General Custine Headless Leader Remembered
Humorous verse recalling General Custine with a missing head and forgotten orders. The satire notes his hair styling and feigns that Decrees once papered his hair, linking it to alleged charges against Cas in a critical lampoon from a historical period.
Political Character and the Prince’s Crafty Maneuvers
A historical critique portrays a prince as craftily manipulating politics through underhand deals and private bribes. The passage cites a council errand where large sums were discussed, remarking that many deemed James a fool in major matters while clever in minor ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
James
Aldermen debate gallery in New Council-room plan
A citizen urges Aldermen to erect a gallery in the New Council-room for Court days to allow citizens below the Bar to attend. The proposal, supported as liberality and economy, argues it would boost attendance, reduce delays, and cost nothing, while critics warn of expense and loss of uniformity. The writer appeals to the Corporation to adopt the plan, claiming it would bring honor and improve proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proktr
House of Lords
Public Office and Burglary Charges Across Lincolnshire
Public office and police reports recount Richard Denny charged before the sitting Magistrate for burglariously entering a dwelling in Fairsfax Johnson and seizing jewelry and funds. Committed for re examination. Also, John Fores and William Day held in Moorfields for suspected highway robberies with pistol and lock pick weapons found. Robert Dellamath charged with tearing boots. John and Fane Percival charged with stealing lead. Committed for reexamination.
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Richard Denny
Fairsfax
Johnson
Spalding
Lincolnshire
Plato
Heacher’s
Longacre
Kennedy
John Fores
William Day
Fiie
Moorfields
M’manus
Thomas Durant
John Aimworth
Summers Town
Shellard
Police Records Highlighting Theft and Assault Cases
Police officers at Union Hall report multiple cases in Lambeth and Surry. Elizabeth Edwards stands accused of stealing a silver spoon. Hugh Haydon and John Campbell charged with forcibly taking six pigs. Richard Horner re-examined for a starch note forgery. Richard Askew accused of attempting to commit an unnatural crime on a seven year old boy. the suspect fully committed for trial.
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Elizabeth Edwards
William Handcock
Loughborough House
Surry
Lambeth
Hugh Haydon
John Campbell
John Hall
Richard Horner
Joseph Wation
Joseph Stannard
Robert Shaw
Stanhope-street
Richard Askew
John Westley
Fracas and oddities stir London society notes
A chaotic mix from Privy Gardens to Bird-Cage Walk describes ducal entrances, guards in new dress, and a crowd observing muffled regimental routines. Reports recount stolen graves at Newington Bulls, a bishop bench preoccupancy with translations, a nurse’s grieving widow marrying, and a Suffolk murder inquest linked to James Ward.
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Ricu
Mona
Pitt
Privy Garedens
Foot Guards
New South Wales
Botany Bay
London
England
Newington Bulls
Ros. Harvey
Jens
Catton
Harvey
Monmouth
William Jones
Hereford
Canteen Watkins
Nicholas
Nathan
John Nichols
Faham
Suffolk
Ipswich
Capel Loft
James Ward
Sarah III
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Revolutionary Tribunal
Béthune
Hesert
Jacobin Club
Perrin
Department of Aube
Dunpas
Count de Serent
Tarteton
Lord Broome
Marquis of
Cornwalllis
Norwich
Bristol
Pricefield
Valentine Morris
Jeffertys
Edinburgh
Worthy Corporation
Big Ben
New Theatre
Covent Garden
Spa
Letce
Laxe
Bristow
Lincelles
Europe
Poland
Marquis‘ Townsend
Dublin
Sheriff Jenkins
James the First
Public Office
Bowstreer
Union Hall
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