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Newspaper
Morning Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 20, 1793
Page
3
The French have now collected large forces on the frontiers of Alsace and Lorraine, estimated at over 250,000 men. A contingent from Hesse Cassel, including hussars, dragoons, and light infantry, remains with the army under General Wurnser.
intelligence reports that General Beaucier split his troops into two bodies crossed La Marque at Bouvin and Crufon and broke the enemy’s advance guard. right wing seized Afq then Anappes. left wing moved toward Lezme with heavy French fire. Hussars and light horse surrounded foes. garrison at Lifle launched a sortie. casualties include 46 French dead and 20 prisoners. Capt Nasvaty among the slain. Meantime General Kurer sent patrols from Cisoing toward Templeuve.
A Dartmouth privateer lugger named Mary Grass with 14 guns fought a French Bourdeaux privateer about three leagues southwest of Edyttone. The running engagement lasted from daylight to near seven in the morning. the French gave way, escaped, and may cause trouble unless captured. The Dartmouth ship, out six months, returned from an unsuccessful cruise with no prizes.
The passage portrays Machiavelli as a master of disguise in statecraft, detailing his crafty role in European cabinets. It notes his paradoxes as tools to misdirect public opinion, claiming he could pivot from liberty to opposing principles by leveraging his writings.
The piece critiques Allied support from the Empress of Russia and questions promises kept, noting 12,000 promised continental troops and a junction force remain absent. It laments Treasury mismanagement, questions leadership at Westminster, and predicts departures of key figures while reporting the London Corresponding Society’s growing ranks and a large parliamentary reform petition.
The decree condemns Toulon’s inhabitants for surrendering the port to the English and declares a national duty to eliminate traitors. It calls for swift punishment of the Toulon defenders and supporters, vows vengeance, and urges the southern departments to stand with the Republic against rebels seeking restoration of royalty.
Dionysius, the exiled king of Syracuse, sits with his student group as a Grammarian and Intromn of Youth. When a youth quotes lines praising kings as divine, Dionysius interrupts, declaring he is a living example to the contrary, noting the Fates have decreed otherwise for him.
The rourra sent to Dunkirk will be landed on the Tower to terrify the London Sans Culottes says Admiral M Bripe. The London Gazette is faulted for not publishing the Petiin from Glasgow nor advertising for a translator for Sir James Murray's Dispatches. Militia heroes at Brighton grow weary of campaigning and laurels. Admiral M Brape and the Duke of York dispute command choices in the Dunkirk siege. The piece mocks Port Arthur and comments on slaughtered soldiers and German princes. An Irish actor seeks help with Macbeth dagger scene. A Ludlow schoolmaster aims to master English grammar, and a Cockney notes a wine order asking for extra Madeira bottles.
Continuation of the review discusses Mr. Dunpas's House of Commons speech defending national debt, creditors, and credit while countering critics of war. It argues that bankruptcies signal political health, war trims commerce, and ignorance keeps soldiers. The Lion figure accompanies the poet as he extols constitutional eloquence.
In this scene a Lion leads to the Theatre at Bricuton as illustrious British heroes crowd the stage box. The piece introduces a protest against Knox and a vow by a band to wage war on peace advocates, followed by a sketched view of theatre decorations and machinery and a chorus of political appointments, carriage grit, and social unions.
The text presents a fragment of a poem or play in living speech, contrasting human passions with a comic Muse. It references British audiences and a grand tale of historic kings Richard Edward and Henry, a stern fight with France, and the pursuit of eternal glory. The passage ends with a cue that it will continue.
The passage warns against overoptimistic hopes for the war’s end, noting that many hopeful efforts have failed due to chance and accident. It cites history, including the defeat of Xerxes by a small force, to show that patriotism alone often alters large outcomes beyond human foresight.
A letter to the editor condemns the imbecility of human nature in allowing opinion to shape forceful actions across ages. It warns against enforcing sentiments against divine right or monarchic power and cites Polybius and Montesquieu to argue that liberty grows when coercion to suppress it is avoided and when the people’s will aligns with civil liberty.
A fragmented market page lists stock prices and bonds with figures such as India stock 2034, India bonds 156, Navy and VIE bills 10, and Lottery Tickets 141.6d. It notes controls values and ends with a street clock reference under high water at London Bridge with times morning and evening.
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