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The New York Journal, And Daily Patriotic Register
New York, New York County, New York
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In Paris, discussions focus on the upcoming States General assembly planned for Tours, with ministers at Amboise and the royal family at Chanteloup. It may convene this year but delayed due to proposals to secularize monastic wealth for national finances, facing obstacles from religious and dependent families. Alternative site St. Germain en Laye is rumored, with inspections underway.
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Nothing is talked of but the approaching assembly of the States General being to be established in the city of Tours.-- The ministers will lodge at Amboise, and the king and royal family at Chanteloup.
It is at present said, that the national assembly will be convened this year, but, they add, not very soon, on account of the grand project formed for the secularization of all the Monks, and the appropriation of all their wealth towards making up the national deficiency. This supposition (if proposed) will, without doubt, meet a thousand obstacles, not only from the religious, but from the families who have established themselves round the convents, and are supported by them, and who, if they are deserted, will be ruined.
According to some, the states will assemble at St. Germain en Laye, and what seems to confirm it is, that the commissioners of the king's house have inspected what apartments there are for lodging a number of strangers.
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Primary Location
Tours
Event Date
March 20
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potential obstacles to secularization of monastic wealth; possible assembly sites inspected
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Talk in Paris centers on the approaching States General assembly to be held in Tours, with ministers lodging at Amboise and the royal family at Chanteloup. The national assembly may convene this year but not soon, due to plans for secularizing monks and appropriating their wealth for national needs, which will face opposition from religious orders and dependent families. Rumors suggest assembly at St. Germain en Laye, supported by inspections of lodging by king's commissioners.