French Revolutionary Debates and Military Dispatches
The council debates the terror era effects on noble estates while petitions seek restitution to Duchess of Oxteans and Prince of Conti. Reports note a carriage accident injuring Citizen Le Kiernent, and treasury officers clash with military fund allocations to Italy and other fronts. Circle Constitutionel convenes with restricted admittance to discuss public finances and national power amid evolving Italian liberty rumors. Officers gain liberty and reach Paris as negotiations with Britain loom.
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Council of Elders
Oxteans
Conti
Italy
Treasty
Toulon
Alps
Rhine
Sambre
Aialdsiieninis
Paris
Marine
Totllon
Circle Constitutionel
Directory
National Estates
Patis
Repub. Frantais
Emigrants Parents Defended by Council Report
The Council of Five Hundred sat June 30 with Emery detailing a report on the parents and kin of emigrants. He urged reinstating these families in their estates, condemning decrees that punished parents and urging justice while discussion adjourned for distribution of printed copies.
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Council OF Five Hundred
Emery
Tecome
Lord Malmessury Arrives in Calais with Passport for Peace Talks
The arrival of Lord Malmessury and his suite in Calais is noted with a passport from the Minister of Foreign Affairs granting permission to travel to Lille to negotiate and sign a definitive peace treaty between the French Republic and England with full powers.
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Calais
Fuly
Lord Malmessury
Parliamentary Intelligence in Lords on July Adjournment
The House of Lords discussed the Roman Catholic Supplementary Militia Bill the Slave Carrying Bills and several Private Bills. All items were brought up from the Commons and read a first time before adjournment.
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Wednesda
Ship Owners Relief Bill Debated in House of Commons
Colonel Gascoigne moved to take the Report of the Ship Owners Relief Bill into consideration on Friday. The Master of the Rolls proposed printing at the parties’ expense and resuming on Monday. Debate arose over timing and the late-session pressures. Gascoigne withdrew his motion amid concerns for shipping interests.
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Gascoigue
Gascoigne
Disrather
Wm. Milner
Feffrey
Debates on Readings and Bills in Parliament Adjourned
Proceedings detail readings and amendments to bills including election law extending to Scotland, excise voting, and various duties. Committee of Ways and Means outlines lottery funding of 646,250 and 3,200,000 on Exchequer Bills. Debates touch ship deck height for African slave trade and bills on foreign ships, courts in India, and housing duties. Adjourned.
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Sinclair
Fularton
Scotland
W. Smith
Col. Gacoigne
4. Smith
Ansiruther
India
Alderman Curtis
Aniruther
Antruther
Mutiny rumors denied as Bripport fleet waters at Torbay
London dispatch reports mutiny stories about Bripport's fleet exaggerated. Mars and Saturn had minor discontent over weights and water shortage. both ships returned home. Lord Kerry to command in Channel fleet per rank, while captains in courts martial ensure ships have leadership.
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Bripport
Torbay
Mars
Saturn
Lord Briprest
Lord Kerry
Plymouth
Channel Fleet
Board of Aominatry
Parys Papers Report on Emigrants and French Affairs
The excerpt notes no major news but highlights a report on emigrant families, Papal brief favoring submission to the French government, proposed French ministers, Genoa’s ban on ex-nobles returning within 48 hours, and local guard measures. Lord Maumessury’s Calais landing and royal movements in Windsor and Buckingham Palace are also described with brief dispatches.
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Parys
France
Talleyranp Pericorn
Le-Hou
Berlin
Des Meuniers
Genoa
Maumessury
Calais
Silver Lion Inn
Lifle
Mornig
Ross
Royal Windsor Levee and Naval News From 18th Century Dispatch
An abbreviated report describes a low attendance levee at Windsor attended by Lord of the Bed-Chamber and Groom in Waiting, presentations to Admiral Buexner and others, and audiences after the Council. It notes moves to reinforce Admiral Duncan, disturb Spanish plans, and references Grattan’s Dublin letter and forged Madrid reply. It closes with ships ordered to the Nore, a new 98-gun ship Europe planned, and Crosley’s pillory scene.
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Wittoususype Broxe
Pirr
Duke of Portrand
Lord Grenville
Earl Sepencer
Windsor
Duke of Portlawn
Roya
Weymouth
Duncan
Ireland
Cuxhaven
Cadiz
Nelson
Cape St. Vincent's
Lord St. Vincent’s
Grattan
Dublin
Dugcin
Commons
Pertenon
Madrid
Cape St. Vincent’s
Perrenon
Nore
Agincourt
Lancaster
Lyon
Warren
Brutus
Lonspare
Rewson
Carnor
King’s
Chatham
Europe
Crosley
Westminster Hall Gate
Palace-yara
Indorsement Upheld in King's Bench Promissory Note Case
In a July session before Lord Kenyon, Elliot and Call sued Penny on a promissory note for beer. Mrs Fluke, managing her ill husband’s business, indorsed the note to the plaintiffs without informing him, but Lord Kenyon ruled the indorsement valid as Mrs Fluke acted as her husband’s agent during his illness. The verdict favored the plaintiffs.
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Court of King's Bench
Lord Kenyon
Elliot and Call
Penny
Allon
Fluke
Prostitution Defense Fails Overboard and Lodging Claim
In a suit against a Sailor for board and lodging of a woman he introduced as his wife, the defense claimed the couple’s nonmarital status at the time. Lord Kenyon ruled that introducing her as wife obligates payment, while bringing her for prostitution, if known, bars recovery.
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Lord Kenyon
Privateer captures and ransom amid Atlantic voyage and trials
Reports from New York and Boston detail the Betsey captain Van Reéenfellaer’s capture by the French privateer La Voltiffeur in lat 26.00, long 58. The privateer seized papers and clothing, releasing the crew after sending prize masters to Curacao, with the Industry aiding transfer to Jacquemel. Boston notes condemnations of ships at Malaga and Alicant, while Philadelphia reports Francis Billato’s arrest for entering a French privateer and treason against the United States.
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New York
Batfey
Cape Nicholas Mole
van Reéenfellaer
Thomas White
Betsey
Wilmington
North Carolina
Martinique
la. Voltiffeur
Lomsbaf
Curacoa
V. Renfellaer
Lovell
Charlston
Jaquemel
Lombar
W. Renfellaer
Jaquenel
Boston
Lyon
Felt
Malaga
Samuel
Ellery
Carthagena
Fett
Mediterranean
Brooks
Minot
Philadelphia
Francis Billato
United States
Dutk& Judge
Oxford Theatre marks Founders and Benefactors honour list
On Wednesday a university ceremony admitted several notable figures to honorary degrees, including Earl of Macclesfield and Joan Fane. Brighton is set as the Civilian Headquarters during city hostilities, while army engineers map fortifications. A poet’s era note laments fashion among ladies in Pope’s days.
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University of Oxford
Earl of Macctesrreny
Joan Fane
D.C.L
Cuarnes Custwyne
Earl Tartar
Christ Church
Francis GopoLruin Ostorne
Duke of Lee
Life Army
Jen
Conant
Pope
Ald
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