Paris Convention Council Threatens Expulsion of Emigrants
The Council of Five Hundred debates empowering the Executive Directory to order domiciliary visits to arrest English agents, emigrants, priests transported, and rebels in Paris. A motion seeks a directory message on law sufficiency, with resolutions allowing monthlong searches and annual reporting on enforcement actions.
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Paris
Directory
Republic
Briot
Decointe
Chabert
Porte
Quirot
Messaze
Lecointe
Anta
England
Direcory Mall
Negotiations Progress Amid Loud Disputes at Seizure Conference
From Seltz on January 29 reports that Count Cobex… no, Count Cobextrel arrived on the 25th and conferences began that day. The disputes grew so loud the guard was moved to silence the noise. Yesterday’s conference was said decisive with plenipotentiaries near agreement on principal articles of negotiation. Two couriers were sent to Paris and Vienna and upon their return the conferences are expected to conclude.
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Paris
Vienna
New York politics and maritime battles reported
Joan Jax reelected Governor of New York by 2380 votes. Captain Quinton of the brig Prudent captured by a French privateer with orders to show no quarter to American resistance. Algerine sailors arrive in New York for a new frigate funded by the United States for the Dey of Algiers. The Earl of Mansfield, escorting a convoy bound for Quebec, engaged a 18-gun French privateer. casualties reported and prisoners sent to Newfoundland.
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Joan Jax
New-York
Quinton
Prudent
St. John’s
Algerines
New- York
United States
Algiers
Halifax
Earl of Mansfield
Newfoundland
Ship News: Vessels Lost and Warships Arrive at Yarmouth
A gale causes several vessels to founder including the John and Mary Wilson from Berwick to Goth, and others from Dartmouth and Ireland to Newfoundland. at Yarmouth several warships arrive for repairs. The America and Glatton from the North fleet dock to refit, while a convoy to Hamburg proceeds with eight royal horses aboard. Wind W.W.
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John and Mary Wilson
Berwick
Goth
Marstrand
Woodend
St. Vincent's
Virginia
Cape Hatnats
Dartmouth
Ireland
Newfoundland
Cock and Hen Club Brought to Bow Street Lockup
Yesterday 27 men mostly Irish labourers and 8 women were brought to Bow Street Public Office on a search warrant from the Golden Bart public house in Parker's Lane St. Giles. They were found assembled for an improper purpose and discharged except two who resisted officers and attempted to escape.
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Bowstreet
Parker’s-lane
St. Giles’s
Salt fraud case before Lord Kenyon and special jury
In Guildhall London the case of Copeland and others versus Wystein and others centers on Ginger a bankrupt and a salt sale. The plaintiffs allege broker Farlane cheated Ginger’s creditors and defendants by delivering a smaller salt quantity while taking bills and advances. Lord Kenyon rules on the equity of the 1st James I and 19 Geo II statutes guarding payers unaware of bankruptcies. The jury returns one shilling verdict subject to the court’s ruling on whether the acts align with the statutes and bankruptcy law.
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Ginger
M‘farlans
Farlane
M*farlane
Stein’ and Co
Sait
Stein and Co
Oober
A&i
A's
A&s
A@s
Lord Kenvown
Liord Coke
John Barnard
Ersenne
Court of King’s Bench
Trial over a Paris drawn promissory note in 1792 case
Counsel for the plaintiff details a bill of exchange drawn in Paris February 14 1792 payable in seven days at Paris Dover Union Bank or Herries London house. The note valued 1200 Livres Tournois with 3 percent interest. Herries contends the question lies with the jury and presents defenses about presentation date and liability.
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Ersine
Kydd
Robert Herries
Paris
Union Bank
Dover
Sir R. Herries
Unig
R. Herries
London
Sir Robert. Herries
Rate of the Livre Tournois and note value dispute
A court dispute centers on how to value the Livre Tournois for a February 1792 note. Arguments consider rate at contract date, wartime exchange, or the rate when the note became due, with opposing views on basing value as one twenty-fourth of a Louis d Or. Lord Kenyon referees, suggesting arbitration, while Sir Henry Oxenden seeks deposit recovery on a Kent estate sale. Verdict for defendants.
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Tournois
France
Gréés
Fle
M. G
Keuyew
Gibbs
R. Herries
Bath
R.H
R. H
Worthington
Lord Kenyon
Henry Oxenden
Kent
Simmons
Sweepstakes and Handicap Entries For 2 and 3 Year Olds
Sporting intelligence lists 2 yr old and 3 yr old race entries with bets and names. Mr Turner's bred colt Vivaldi candids, Lord Clermont's Card, Duke of Queensberry’s horse, and Combatant feature amid even bets and odds from four to one to seven to one on various runners.
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Turner
Br.c
R. Heathcote
Vivaldi
W. Afton
B.c
Queen James
Lord Clerrmont
Duke of Grafton
Duke of Queensberry
Mr. Perren
Combatant
Astonishing Banx Srocx gains and Irish unrest described
The report notes Banx Srocx rising about 8 percent in three weeks and 4 percent this week, with Four and Five per Cents advancing. It describes Irish rebellion gains, a flour wagon found loaded with gunpowder and bullets, and a Ludlow Races incident where a horse was whipped and injured. Robbery at Mr Harrison’s Haberdasher shop in Luton is also recorded.
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Harold's Cross Bridge
Hiaunen
Wexford
Ireland
Ludlow
Hemimine
Doricles
Tim
Harrison
Haberdather
Luton
Bedfordshire
Jras
Rebels Routed in Wicklow After Four-Mmile Advance
Reports from Wicklow detail a final rebel route described by official accounts. Estimates of rebel fatalities vary from zero to near twenty as their force stretched four miles along a broad road and spread into surrounding fields. General Sage led four generals and dragoons from Dublin to Wicklow, with ammunition convoys following. A yeomanry instrument offered one month of service to police barricades, while other corps hesitated. Four countrywomen were captured in Wicklow, and Mecrd, a noted offender, was arrested at the National Bank for attempted fare-note exchange after the Dawson Street bank robbery.
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Htaredad
Baron Conway
Dle
Artuurk Wéara
Lott Kui
Sage
Wicklow
Gth Dragoons
Beresford and Attorniés
Mecrd
National Bank
Dawson-street
James
French Emigrant Charged with Sedition in Public Office
Auguste Dés Ufets, a French emigrant living in Pimlico, was arrested early yesterday at Belgrave Place for sedition against the king and government. Officers seized his books and papers before he was ordered to the Secretary of State. he earned a living making straw hats and supported several women, claiming to own considerable property in Martinique.
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Auguste Dés Ufets
Belgrave Place
Pimlico
William Apuixeroy
Ele
Martinique
Public Office at Worship Street Inquiry into Note Forgery
Yesterday Yoke Collins a Copper-plate Engraver was examined before Joan Fuoro and William Browne on a charge of offering bank notes. John Armstrong stated that when he apprehended the prisoner at a house in Chequer Alley St Luke's he believed he had left the press. All apparatus for forging bank notes and stamps for the Hat Duty were seized with a completed note ready for circulation. The prisoner underwent a long private examination and is to be brought up again on Wednesday next.
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Yoke Collins
Joan Fuoro
William Browne
John Armstrong
Exemption ruling on Erpee Brethren and Alien duties at Chelmsford
At the Chelmsford Quarter Session a question on appeal ruled the Erpee Brethren of the Trinity House cannot be exempt from Overseer duties. Capt. Corton of Laytantiue in Essex is confirmed as Overseer. The session outlines that aliens and foreign servants face declarations under a new Act, with several exemptions, and notes new import duties affecting vessels and various goods.
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Chelmsford
Erpee
Trinity House
Charles I
James II
Capt
Corton
Laytantiue
Essex
Allens
A&s
Janatyj
Geneva
E. F
Portugal
Fragmented financial item with mixed prices and percents
A damaged OCR fragment lists various price and interest rate references such as 27, 3 percent, 4 per cent, 613.63, 63 per cent, and 14ew 5 per cent. It mentions bonds or securities with percent terms and values but lacks coherent nouns or dates to form a full item.
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Contol
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Pollard
Herries
Oxenden V. Skinner
Sporting Intelligence
Newmarket
Erelane
Dublin
Juby
Bow-Street
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