British ships report captures of French privateers near Martinique
Admiral Harvey’s squadron details captures of privateers off Tortola and Martinique including l’Agitable and Le Regulus. Reports describe sloop Bittern under Lieut Kittoe and Tamér actions, plus multiple vessels detained under neutral colors. Also notes the Alexandrian schooner engagement with La Cocq and a list of bankrupts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty-Office
Opies
Lesters
Harvey
Leeward Islands
E. Nepeany
Prince of Wales
Fort Royal Bay
Martinique
Bittern
Edw
Kittoe
Tortola
Guadaloupe
Darling
Thave
C. Henary Harvey
Wseine Otober
Porto Rico
Barton
St. Christopher's
Shave
Henry Harvey
Gober
Mariagalante
Sarazine
S&men
Warren Fenc
Hewney Harvey
SN ‘ Petanee T
Tamér
Martin
Barbadoes
LePoint D’arcoll
le Renard
A . Roth
L’utille
Court of Admiralty
His Majesty
Henry Harveys
Ottoney
Decision
Cape Frangois
Schulhill
New York
Porto-Ricn
Philadelphia
Marseilles
St.Thomas
Copenhagen
Experiment
St. Thomas
Aden
Mary
Wilmington
Invincible
Telegraph
Bermuda
É&C
Bermudas
Lyon
Bourdeaux
Flores
Botton
Surinam
Matilda
Eneary
Rose
Demarara
Liverpool
L’aimable
Abbey
Demaram
Hle
France
Salem
Oober
Price of Wales
Wm. Wood Senhouse
la Cocq
Sentieuse
Harvey Alexander
Fort Royal
Princess of Wales visits, seamen officers inspect St Pauls
The Princess of Wales arrived in town and then left for Chatton. Earl Spencer’s Lord Duncan and Sir Andrew Svape HanMonp visited St Paul’s Cathedral to review arrangements for sailors attending tomorrow. A Treasury board Saturday met with Westminster tax collectors and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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Princess of
French Triumph in Campo Formio Peace Ceremony
Paris reports detail Buonaparte's reception and the Paris Directory celebrations after Campo Formio. It notes Buonaparte’s arrival, meetings with Barras, Rostadt visit, and the ratified treaty. The piece describes the oath, the new army realignments, and the Directory’s praise for national liberty against dissident forces.
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Batavian National Assembly
Diréct Ory
Berruizi
Army of
Italy
Tid
Campo Formio
Army of the Interior
Germany
Lower Rhine
Rhine
AnGereau
Mentz Hall
Rhlite
Harry
Mentz
Batavian Republic
Buonaparts
England
Campo- Formio
Desaix
P. Barras
Lagarde
Campo-Formio
Directory
Luxembourg
Buonaparte
Joubert
Andréoffy
Republic
Baonaparte
Europe
London
Pompey
Foubert
Voluntary War Contributions Discussed by Council
Villers announced citizen wishes to fund the war against England and urged a Finance Commission project to regulate contributions. The Directory said the Treaty of Peace ratification with the Emperor would be presented tomorrow and that further dispositions were made to satisfy true Republicans.
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Council OF Five Hundred
Villers
England
Marines officers promoted to lieutenant colonels in Army
Brevet Majors BK Hite A Burn and T Trotsore of the Marines are promoted to lieutenant colonels in the Army. Commissions dated 11 October.
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BK. Hite
A. Burn
T. Trotsore
Marines
Ocober
Paris Bapers Report on Basle Territory and Swiss Assembly
From Basle on November 28 reports say French troops will soon seize the territory of the Bishoprick of Basle, included in Helvetic neutrality. December 2 notes a major explosion within the confederacy of the Griffins, with its chiefs and Congress members displaced and guarded at Core. The General Assembly of the Communes, 150 members, will meet for 10 days and then dissolve, transferring powers to a 30 member Commission to address abuses and punish the guilty.
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Monsieur Sandes
Germany
Ocean
Hussars
Rhine
England
Blanchard
Telorier
Council of Five Hundred
Republic
Paris
London
Redadeur
Direcory
Bacher
Basle
France
Buonaparte
Berthier
Championnet
Barras
Zafeyrand
Directory
Luxemburgh
Rastadt
de Ferfen
Stockholm
Congress
Cork disturbances and Cork district seditious actions noted
In Dublin the Privy Council discusses seditious incidents in Barrymore Cork and a murder suspect Scott jailed. Lord Lieutenant's report mentions Bishoprick of Killalay vacancy and Rev Dr Stocx as replacement. A Gorey letter notes Ballaghkeen barony declared out of the King's peace. Portumna Castle mourns Marquis of Clanrickard death and extinction of the earldom, passing to Major-General De Burcu.
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Barrymiore
Cork
Psillam
England
Léstre
Killalay
Porter
Clogher
Stocx
Kwire
Scott
Trial in Dublin over oath and United Irishmen links
On December 12 Joseph Davis and four others faced trial for unlawful oaths at Temple Bar. Davis was found guilty after two hours, while the other four were acquitted. On December 13 Patrick Madden stood trial for United Irishmen affiliations and aiding the group, with testimonies detailing plans to seize prisoners and approach the Lord Lieutenant, leading to Madden being found guilty.
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Demarara
Manwaring
Barbadoes
L'Epicharis
Guadaloupe
Shave
Shave, &c. W.W. Senouse, Bankrupts. W. Warren, Rickinghall Superior
Suffolk
Js. Forrest
New Lifle Street
Wis
Wire
King-street
Westminster
Taylor
J. Mansfon
Berkeley-square
Sadler
Bowers
Arvi Arthur Reid
Bedford-street
Taylors
Edward M.dermot
Antrim
M‘dermot
Dennis M‘cauley
Dermot
Marriages and aged wedding tale from Dunderrow Church
The report notes marriages including William Yarmington to Miss Ingoldsby and Charles Colling to Miss Jane Forman, with John Creighton and Miss Weldon also wed. At Dunderrow Church, 84 year old Robert Hutchinson wed Widow Hunter, aged 22 5, the groom’s line of descendants celebrated with a lively dance featuring a great grandchild ten years old.
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William Yarmington
Swaffham
Ingoldsby
Bouchery
Charles Colling
Lincoln’s Inn
Jane Forman
Richard Forman
John Creighton
Weldon
Dunderrow Church
Innishannon
Robert Hutchinson
Dromore
Hunter
Obituaries Notice Broad Range of Deaths in Coventry and England
A series of obituaries notes the deaths of William Elliott of Coventry, Miss Burdetts sister to Sir Francis Burdett, Mrs Carden of Knowlescourt aged 82, Hon Lieutenant General Thomas Bruce of Exeter, Mrs Steers of Bloomsbury aged 79, Rev Peter Peckard master of Magdalen College Cambridge, and Mr Charles Woollam of North Wales after lingering illnesses. The notices reference family ties, positions held, and years of service in academia and the military, reflecting a broad cross section of Victorian society.
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William Elliott
Coventry
Miss Burdetts
Francis Burdett, Bart
Foremarky
Derbyshire
Carden
James Carden
Knowlescouirt
Doctors Commons
Exeter
Geeral Thomas Bruce
William Earl of
Bloomsbury
Steers
Peter Peckard
Magdalen College
Univerity
Cambridge
Peterborough
Southwell
Fietton
Abbot's Ripton
Huntingdonshire
Oxford
Brazennose College
Barton Wallop
North Wales
Charles Woollam
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Frour
Thomas Muir
Thames
Seine
Scotland
Ireland
Reda
le Defenseur de la Verité Des Principes
le Portefeuille
Aeys
Bernadotte
Dunkirk
Cisalpine
Diretory
Dublin
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