Napper Tandy and four French officers claim status
An amnesty style dispatch argues Napper Tandy born aboard a French ship is a French citizen and should be reclaimed along with three companions. It warns that four Hamburg captains could be seized in France if Britain refuses. It also reports on executions and orders from Buonaparte related to Egypt and the tri colored flag rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napper Tandy
Napper
Andy
Great Britain
France
Egypt
Nile
Boula
Rosetta
Damietta
Cairo
Buonaparte
Council of Five Hundred December 28 Session
A petition from manufacturers opposed foreign imports due to wartime pressure. The naval program to establish engineers and sub engineers for naval architecture was ordered for printing. Reports of Royalist murders in La Sarthe and emigrant return, with Estquetin demanding action to be sent to the Executive Directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council OF Five Hundred
India
T of
Rollin
Mediterranean
Department of
la Sarthe
Barden Benguetin
LaSerthe
Estquetin
Neapolitan Entry Sparks Rome Turmoil and Persecution
Rome reports a chaotic entry by Neapolitans including three cardinals. The escort tormented Jews allied with the Revolution and wounded Rome’s elite in a National Guard detachment. A French parallel mocks revolutionary bravado and social fashions draw scorn from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Kingdom of
Naples
Albani
Sacred College
Braychi
Pius VI
Berghese
Santa Croce
The Emigrant Poem of Loss and Longing on the Coast
A reflective lyric portraits a forlorn youth among western shores, mourning a vanished beloved Elmira, imagining return by the waves while fearing oppression. The speaker recalls happy vales, music, and kindness of a homeland, then seeks refuge in a humble coast where pity and friendship promise solace at life's end.
Visit to condemned prisoners at Cold Bath Fields Prison
Sir F Burpert visited the condemned at Cold Bath Fields Prison and distributed money among them. The piece notes restricted access to the prison without official orders and questions Habeas Corpus Suspension enforcement amid recent transitions. It also recounts local weather and various accidents, including naval officer Captain R’s suicide at the Three Cups Inn, Harwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Burpert
Mctinxeers
Cold Bathefields
Lord Essex
Levant
Spitalfields
Essex
Laxe
Tillingham
Lieut
Seaver
Bradwell
Tate
Farrier
Sompting
Sussex
Goring
Three Cups Inn
Harwich
Martin
Law Report on Bankruptcy Petitions and Cross Bills
The Lord Chancellor dismisses a petition to prove a debt in bankruptcy due to a promissory note signed while the debtor was not in good circumstances. Discussion covers cross bills, their true commercial cost, and calls for parliamentary remedy. Commissioners determine setoff issues and whether Porter acted as trustee. the Lord Chancellor allows the debt to be proved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toore
Holder
the Common Pleas
Court of Common Pleas
A&t
Coancellor
London
House of Lively, Hargrave, and Co
Manchester Bank
House of Lively and Co
Smith
Lord Coancelror
Porter
Berwick and Grosvenior
Bankrupt Petition and Government Contracts Questioned
A Bankruptcy petition argued that the bankrupt, once employed at the Gun Wharf Portsmouth, was not a trader under the statutes. The Lord Chancellor noted contracts with government entities and a profit motive, and left the door open for a self-initiated challenge, while confirming the bankruptcy as standing. Also covered are creditors’ actions in a separate debt case, and remarks on Italian singers, French postwar turmoil, and public interest in parliamentary debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
His Majesty’s Gun Wharf
Portsmouth
Cuanceltor
Cook
Porter
Berwick
Grosvenor
Martindale
Buonaparte
Mis Jan
Marcher
Europe
Warbler
Milan
Paris
Lyons
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
Rouen
France
Geneflieux
Council of Five Hundred
Patsy
Lonesome
Dorking
Ainsley Southern
Gurat
Paris Lady Dies Abroad In Turbulent Times
The excerpt recalls Paris in a perilous era with mentions of Turbulence, a gentleman in English dress, and France facing alarms yet holding head high. References to Surprirs, promises, witches, and directorial elves hint at political strife following Bonaparte’s absence and shifting power dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Hente
World In
Bonaparte
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Alexandria
Eoward
Seconn
Painter Stanners Company
Flemorin
Rand
Gallia
Joy
Elmira
Ife
LAW Report
Lincoln’s Inn Hall
Lincoln's Inn Hall
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