Peace prospects and political unrest in Paris and abroad
The article notes cautious hope for peace in France while warning threats may recur without prudent measures. It reports ill treatment of Council members at a Directory event, indicts conspirators jailed or banished, and cites Malta letters on leaders condemned to perpetual imprisonment and seventy conspirators in custody.
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Ares
Paris
Couneil
Dred
Directory
Thermidor
Laurent
Guerno Inn
Malta
Emperor of Russia offers to back French Army
A Russian Emperor envoy promises to press Vienna and London for continued aid to the French Army. He pledges to grant laurels of rank and pay from top to bottom, and to secure hereditary concessions for the officers. The discourse shifts through political reflections on republican governance and military discipline, noting conflicting orders and strategic maneuvers around Paris and Vienna.
Citizens petition to place Chatons-for-Saone under Saone and Loire
In the July 29 session of the Council of Five Hundred the inhabitants petitioned to set Chatons-for-Saone under the department of Saone and Loire. A member argued Terrorism threatened Macon as central. another feared Macon was not central. The matter was referred to a committee. The suspended sale of Colleges was referred to the Committee of Instruction.
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Chatons-for-Saone
Department of
Saone
Loire
I Is H
Macon
Committee of Instruction
Public Finances Report Amid Military Pay Assurance
Dufresne St Leon presented a July 30 sitting update on public finances responding to the Directory. He attacked the previous message and claimed troops in 96 Interior departments are paid, army pay in four million in recent levies, and overall Army of Italy is in good shape with 33 million in specie. He stated the Treasury can meet expenses and prisons and hospitals will not suffer. The remainder of Pichegru’s project on National Guard organization was adopted.
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Ily
Russia
France
Vienna
London
Ar‘rangeriensts
Downy
Rufia
Thermidor
Inepe
Hague
Jak
Guate
Conalael
Buonararre
Traly
Paris
Council of Five
Pompey
Quiltérium
Argund
Itiis
Frangeis de Neufchateau
Benexech
Benexec
Rhine
Sambre
Meuse
Italy
Thail
Directory
Palais Royal
Lyceum of Arts
Rhine and
Moselle
Alps
North
Iit Meffidor
Pichegru
National ‘Guard
A. Maritime
Brestor
Delahaye
Willet
Iby
Soiffons
Chartres
Guillemardet
Doulcet- Poutécoulart
Wilot
Borzes
Eulegium
Umu'mars
Guillemarde
Borne
Turbulent Toulouse Elections Debate Prompts Printing
July 31 sitting heard Saladin report on Toulouse elections. He warned of tyrannical rule and Jacobin threats with assassinations and pillage. Babeuf conspiracy cited. He urged new elections and the assembly ordered printing and adjournment. Willer sought to speak on a motion of order as the commission considered Havinie’s two reform projects.
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Saladin
Toulouse
Babeuf
Willer
Havinie
Turbulent French Assembly Debates Troop Movements
Members of the Directory era discuss suspected troop concentrations and orders to march toward Paris. They demand official information on who issued the orders, accuse conspirators, and consider summoning the Commission of Inspectors to report.
Debates on National Domains Purchases and Parsonage Houses
The record describes political contention over the sale of parsonage houses as national property, with calls to nullify disposals since 25 Brumaire and to keep domain sales under commission control. It notes accusations of fraud in the Euro department and demands priority for discussing patronage properties.
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Fabre
National
France
Department of Euro
French Troops Ordered to Reoccupy Ancient Frontiers
From Paris papers dated July 48 a mixed column including cavalry 22 battalions of fedeurs grenadiers fusileers with artillery detachments moved from Dunkirk on General Hoche orders. The force reportedly altered course to approach Paris and now is to reoccupy Namur Charleroy and the ancient frontiers of the Republic.
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Dunkirk
Hoche
Pasris
Bys Namur
Charleroy
Republic
Spanish port defences during the Cadiz siege
Journal notes ongoing bombardment by English ships and Spanish replies at Cadiz. Vessels from Seville and Carthagena patrol the bay, magazines convert to refuges, and death penalties promise discipline. Rewards offered for seamen, a Spanish squadron readies 36-pounders and hot balls while preparing to sea.
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Garz
Juitin
Seville
Carthagena
Cadig
Maffaredo
Geeneral Maffaredo
Aransiver
Courier Front
Gatliz
Nelson
Cadiz
Ourquadron
Remarkable feats of speed by cavalry and horse
Capt. G R of the Navy aimed to attend a cricket match and rode from London to Norwich, 168 miles, in twelve and a half hours. The Captain’s praise focuses on nature’s capacity for endurance. Mr M. Bune of Cambridge reportedly drove his old horse to 44 miles in 5 hours, a feat seen as more creditable to the animal’s power than the owner’s humanity.
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London
Norwich
M. Bune
Cambridge
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