Adverse Privateer Action in Vigo Bay Reported
From the London Gazette January 11 1800 an officer’s letter details a dawn attack on Vigo Bay by four Spanish privateers including two schooners a brig and a lugger. After a brief running fight the Brillaint was sighted and engaged but blew up near the privateer. Only eight crew saved. Also includes a report on Lieutenant Bainbridge’s brave actions near Cabrera Point and a brief note on sugar prices and bankruptcies with several names and addresses.
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Viana
Vigo Bay
Chace
N.W
Brillaint
Ramo de Castillo
Mediterranean
Evan Nepean
Queen Charlotte
Gibraltar
Bainbridge
Cabrera Point
Emerald
Puncher
Algeziras
Lord Cochrane
C. Keith
Royal Family Attends Divine Service at Windsor Morning
Yesterday morning the Royal Family attended divine service at St George's Chapel Windsor. The sermon was preached by Rev Dr Winsey. The Duke of York met a long conference with the King at Windsor. Government reportedly learned the Combined French and Spanish fleets were ready to sail. Two Admiralty Messengers were sent to Torbay and Portsmouth to hasten our squadron. The King hunted with the stag hounds on Saturday, attended by several nobles. A large bag of bills was found at Wigan Post Office door. The Aberdeen Packet wrecked in the Firth of Forth with many perishing. The Mail from Edinburgh to Aberdeen now travels by horseback. In Montrose and surrounding towns men lie in vast numbers due to ongoing strife. The drowned lad’s body, found near Windsor Bridge, was identified by his Marlow parents.
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St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Winsey
Samspugy
Royal
Duke of York
Admiralty
Torbay
Portsmouth
Duke of Cumberland
Lord Maumessoury
Sirlleray Gort
Wigan
Chorley
Aberdeen Packet
Tirth
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Montrose
Kilross
Dundee
Perth
Abroath
Queensferry
Thames
Windsor Bridge
Marlow
French unrest abroad and domestic plunder protests
The letter from Paris blames English cabinet actions for widespread robbery and misery in Western departments. It notes armistice breaches by Chouans, arrests of French nobles and Jewish plutocrats, and Turkish treaty shifts affecting the Crimea. It cites brigands in rural cantons, paganized levy pressures, and priests accused of recruiting families into conflict while Loyalists seek peace as rumors fly of a Bretton naval move and possible intervention in Ireland or Egypt.
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Brett
West Indies
Ireland
Mediterranean
Naples
Malta
Egypt
Britz
Lacrofé
Bret
la Sarthe
Rohic
Kleber
Dardanelles
Crimea
Chersonesus
Black Sea
The Chouans and Armistice at Anjou Dispatch
Angers reports the Commander in Chief suspended arms with the Chouans to seal a peace, but royalist forces exploit the truce while Republicans observe it unevenly. Royalists travel freely, and charges of favoritism in enforcing the armistice arise amid rising Chouan boldness and depictions of unreliable safeguards. The dispatch from Nantes details debarkations, reinforcements, and fear for patriots as hopes for lasting peace waver.
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Angers
Anvers
Fedouville
Hedowaille
Paris
Morbihan
Nantz
Ancennis
Delief
Breccy
Tribune Deliberations On Co operation Law Proposals
January 5 session of the Tribunate discusses the Commission report on cooperation in law making. Mathieu backs the project citing constitutional analogy. Duchaine opposes to guard against Tsibunate evasion. Benjamin Constant attacks government latitude and speaker inequities. Amendments propose longer deliberation, urgent laws list, and limited adjournment powers. Session adjourned as Riouffe is asked to speak.
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Mathieu
Lons
Duchgfne
Cheucetin
Gillet
de Volfe
Benjamin Constant
Strassburg Reports Northern European Political Maneuvers
From Paris papers a Ten‑member Commission is named by Helvetian councils to coordinate safety measures with the Directory. Arrests of Za Harpe, Oberlin, and Secretan are noted. Malta is claimed surrendered to Lord Nelson with expected confirmation. Reports from Venice and Vienna describe French withdrawals, Swiss occupation shifts, and Austrian military diplomacy ahead of winter quarters. The Imperial commissioner Lehrbach arrives amid debate over peace talks and French hostility.
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Strasburgh
Lan
Helvetia
Baile
Za Harpe
Oberlin
Secretan
Ficegru
Kingéin
Venice
Malta
Lord Nelson
Prince of Conde
Lintz
Upper Austria
Bregentz
Upper Switzerland
Rhine
Aar
Alsace
Vienna
Count de Lehrbach
Augsbourg
Suabia
de Fugger
Friends of France
French Republic
M. de Lehriach
Speech in Assembly on Government, Reform Project
Toray defends the project as favored by a confident legislature, denouncing insinuations against the Government. A proposal to bar personal names in debate is adopted. In the Tribunate fifty four of eighty votes support the project, twenty six vote against, and the session adjourns.
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Faaions
Deberty
Chiet
Ginge
National Convention
Camille Definbuding
Biz
Annés
Clement
Ricuffe
Benjamin Comfant
Desmeuniers
Atd
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London Gazette
Admaralty
Robert Hofer
the Revenue
Exan Nepean
Abraham Mendes Pervira
Hermenegidd Castellain
Old Kehler
Oana
Foy Wallard
Mancheser
Fitomus Shivers
Nicholas Ighe
John Pully Edwards
Wiliam Purl
Red Lyon-street
Southwark
Cornatters
William Preston Graham
Bread-freet
Cheapside
E. Haworth
MUL Hs
Lancaster
J. Haworth
Hampstead
Jonahin Haworth
Ardwich
Manchester
Calico-Printers
S. Moses
Rosemary-lane
Filesman
J. Sphery
Fultian
J. Brooke
Aiton
Warwick
Dealer
W. Farmer
Shrewsbury
Miercer
J. Higgs
Hay
Brecon
C. Ibberson
Fen
High Holborn
London
France
Jay
Homse
Portale
Cuives
de Ruais
Hind
Luverne
Trafly
Tinchebray
Vire
Sourdeva
Mortain
St. Hilaire
Republic
Europe
THE
Council OF State
Senate
Tribunate
Riouffe
Paris Papers
Auocsegurg
Saabia
Baten de Helftenfheit
Milan
Hokexzollerns
Novi
Sth
Vatrin
Gavi
Melaz
Vietrna
Genoa
Vintimille
Jurin
Sanpinia
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