Ministers Maintained as Bruguet and Others Dimissed
The Directory faced pressure from Commission of Finance members seeking ministerial dismissals over lapses in ministerial responsibilities. Bruguet Lacroix Merlin and Ramel were promised dismissal, but later the Directory yielded to pressures, keeping the ministers in office. Reports from Lisle caricature Ple witke and notes on other exiled figures. General Buonaparte is reportedly watching Imperial moves as hostilities resume with Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmott
Perlety
Marae
Commission of Finance
Bruguet
Luxembourg
Rendel
Ple Witke
le Fourneur
Devant Duke
Mopena
Fleet under Admiral Mulkein reaches Gravelines roads
Havre reports the fleet from Dunkirk arrived at Gravelines last evening after bad weather. The privateer L Hydre of Nantes seized an English prize loaded with tobacco and timber. The Confiance and Le Cheris of Nantes entered with a 16 gun copper-bottomed English letter of marque from Liverpool bound for Barbadoes, having retaken a vessel from Bourdeaux.
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Havre
Mulkein
Dunkirk
Gravelines
L’hydre
Nantz
Confiance
Naples News Sparks Fear of French-Rupture and Arrests
Reports from Naples claim a rupture with the French Republic looms as Minister Canciaux seeks permission to seek the King. The administration opposes, Patriots’ liberation is reportedly refused, and a revolution is considered likely if war breaks out. Five strangers are detained with papers and national cockades.
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Canciaux
Dover retakes large Brazilian ship from French capture
A large Portuguese vessel from the Brazils, valued at 1,000,001, was retaken by the Dover armed Transport after a 23 day possession by a French frigate. Two post packets, the Prince of Wales and Diana, are sent from Yarmouth to Dover for continent communications during negotiations at Lille. Lord Hotland marries Miss Vassar. Holland House is prepared as a fixed residence. Signora Storace plans to leave England with Bralam after a romantic tangle. Kit Porter, once MP for Colchester, travels incognito to Chantilly where he runs a porcelain factory earning about six thousand a year. The palace stables are now the porcelain manufactory.
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Brazils
Dover
Prince of Wales
Surton
Diana
Osborne
Yarmouth
Litle
Lord Hotland
Vassar
Geofrey Weyster
Holland House
Brompton
Signora Storace
England
Bralam
Kit Porter
Colchester
Prince of Coxpt
Chantilly
Mutiny trial at Spithead yields severe sentences for four
The court martial at Spithead sentences six prisoners after a mutiny inquiry. Browne receives hanging by the neck aboard a ship directed by the Lords of the Admiralty. Hayes is jailed in Marshalsea for two years. Nail for one year. Gray to receive 200 lashes. Needi W acquitted. Daniel Foley gets one month of solitary confinement. Statements suggest a strong mutiny faction on the Phoenix.
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Spithead
Fiapay
Ag Exper
Taradjournament
Phenia
Swundeny
Halfead
Fofer
Ward
Carpenter
Marft
Lords of the Admiralty
Hayes
Marshalsea
OS Nail
Gray
Daniel Foley
Contelpt
Milford Haven
Harsreap
Browne
Royal William
Cumberland
Lord Berpoort
St. Helen’s
Mutiny Trial At Greenhithe For British Officers
The court convened at Greenhithe as mutiny trial unfolds with prisoners-elect addressing the bar. Carty defends actions aboard the Sandwich and Pylades, seeking mercy, while Gregory argues for moderation and justice, others offer no defense as evidence proceeds and more witnesses are called.
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Carty
Alley
Forbes
Flatt
Holding
Swanson
Dobson
Sandwich
Surrage
Iris
Parker
Pylades
Ladmir
M'Donald
Admiral Buckner
Aspardon
Betty
Brilliant
Gregory
Appleyard
Whittle
Stephen Reat
A | Fohn Aberdeen
Bucxcher
M‘carty
MrCarty
George Taylor
Josiph Hughes
Thomas Brady
George Gainer
John Davis
Law report items from a London court case and public notices
Fragmented extracts describe a defamation suit where a café owner claims damages for character loss after being accused of theft by a ship master. The summary then shifts to a separate case about a wreck’s lights and another stray commentary on public figures, theatres, and American post roads with figures on turnout and mail mileage.
Unclear Text Fragment On Defendant Support
Fragmentary note alleges a defendant faced nuisances and a claim about a new afion and ground ip. The readable parts reference Lord Kanyon iid and a presumed case involving Bsadon. No coherent facts or names clarify the action, parties, or jurisdiction.
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Kanyon Iid
C S
Bsadon
India
Libel Trial Over Pardons Case At Westminster
At Westminster Lord Chief Justice Eyre presided in a libel suit against the proprietor of a Morning Post. Mrs Serjeant Shepherd opened for the plaintiff, a foreign servant of the Duke of Portland, alleging the paper claimed he took money for obtaining pardons for convicts. Laurelt Knowles, recently convicted for that offence, was named as a duped agent. The Morning Post published the January 16 paragraph. The judge’s summing up urged indulgence for editors yet warned against overstatement. The jury awarded the plaintiff 200 pounds in damages.
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Westminster
Morning Post
Shepherd
C.f
Portland
Launelt ‘Knowles
O. d Bailey
Serj Rjedint Lidal
Lord Cater Justice
Pedfic
Public Office Bow Street examines multiple theft and robbery cases
On Saturday John Maices and J Foln Brose were brought for further examination on charges of breaking into Mes Stracfian's house on the Strand and stealing property. Elizabeth Seabon, tied to Haines's sister, proposed robbing her lodgings and aided the entry. she was committed for further examination. Other suspects include Brown, Ware, Fries Bond, and Francis Turland, with various robberies and a failed identification at Waltham Abbey and Bishopsgate areas. several were committed for further examination. Lane One.
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Fohn Maices
J. Foln
Brown
Haines
Denmark-court
Burleigh Street
Strand
Union Crescent
Union-street
Kingsland-road
Curling
Bishopstate-street
Ware
Waltham Abbey
Fries Bond
London
Tottenham Court Raad
Francis Turland
Fry
Lenham
Kent
Fawmes Luck
Lane
Spilsbury Antiscorbutic Medicine Ad
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Spilsbury
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Journal Des Hommes Libres
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Frioul
Istria
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Turin
Susa
Aosta
Bergamo
Perdet
Naples
Greenhithe
LAW Report
Court of King's Bench
Lord Benyon
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Garrow
Clarkson
Thames
Evtine
Verdi
Cole VU. Brace
River Thames
TaYor
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Tommy T
Castrioto
Barnes
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Leiceser
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Offich
Bow Street
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