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Newspaper
Morning Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 19, 1793
Page
2
A correspondent notes that a Gers for Favour appeared before J H and that the paper will answer inquiries in Tuesday's issue. The piece defends regular delivery to Bedfordshire, stating inquiries show deliveries have been made through Post Offices.
London reports detail a Windsor to St James's Levee from 1 to 2 pm with many officials and envoys present. A Whitehall Cabinet Council met and relayed results to the King at St James's. Updates include naval and military dispatches, court changes, and the Royal Family's move from Windsor to Kew and back with forthcoming Levee and Drawing Room dates.
The Duke of York’s army fate warns of difficulty forming a junction as large French forces advance to the Frontiers. Reports claim a Paris insurrection after Toulon’s surrender, with fear for the Queen and Davenins. Carteaux marches to retake Toulon, Republicans enraged. An Exeter riot is cited, militia officers respected, but leaders jailed and mobs threatening.
Intelligence from Mrs Sinv23 indicates the regiments that faltered last week have joined the Duke of York's Army, which allegedly received 2000 Austrian reinforcements. Plans point to an attack on Courtrai with rapid moves from Furnes, suggesting a broader push by General Hovenanp against the Allied Army. Bruges braces as inhabitants evacuate valuables. Prince Frederick of Orange is wounded at Bruges and Ostend stores are sent to the Duke at Thoroute.
A deputation in Paris demands immediate bread relief as shortages grow. Chaumette urges action, the Convention pledges to fix life’s basics, and the council orders flour brought to the hall. Measures cap shop hours five pounds per loaf with a mark and arrest former officials guarding by sans culottes.
The Austrian army plans to attack the entrenched French near Maubeuge with the Duke of York’s siege targets at Maubeuge and Cambrai. Rumor says Prince of Saxe Cosourc moves to support, while Englishman Rover was murdered by a sentry after Paris. Critics fault Allied help and naval provisioning, noting delayed Dunkirk action and Lord Howe’s fleet missteps.
A caustic 18th century verse critique surveys a long epic poem praising war and royal power. It satirizes reviewers as wasps and Irish rebels, ending with a defense of the Lion’s martial glory and contempt for pacifist readers and dissenters. It notes battles around Martinique and Lille and cites lines praising the God of War.
A lengthy critique discusses Canto V with references to Casar Camp, the Lion figure, and the taking of French East Indiamen. It notes Dryden’s triplets, explains a rabbit catcher’s note about borough rabbits, and describes the Lion in the campaign scene feeding on a bullock’s liver as part of the epic satire.
The text reviews the Sardinian Treaty as a voluntary array of pledges tied to pension support and a Mediterranean fleet, then shifts to Canto VIII with Dundas and Pitt plotting political maneuvers to defend the nation. It describes sea warfare, Virgil and Homer imitations, and ends with notes on Nieuport and a Barbary armament under Aspatza near Algiers.
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