Negotiations with France and the Directory Details
A lengthy report describes American negotiations with France seeking a treaty basis. Proposals include reparations, a loan to France, and disclosures of alleged depredations. The Directory demands written disavowals and a prior settlement. Talleyrand’s confidants present conditional offers, including a Dutch inscription loan, while American ministers press for full powers and restraint on captures.
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United States
Francey
Congress
England
America
France
M. Talleyrand
Gerry
M. Y
M.X
M. X
Barras
Iris
French Republic
M.Y
Directory
Mr. Gerry
Lord Malmesbury
Merlin
Holland
Sir Sydney Smits Leaves Town for Bath Indicates Move
Sir Sydney Smits departed on Monday to Bath. The Office of Mr. Secretary Downas is slated for removal at Midsummer to Sir Joan Epen's residence on Downing Street.
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Sydney Smits
Bath
Downas
Joan Epen
Downing-street
Bankrupts listed in the London Gazette May 1s
A Walker of Worksop Notts wine merchant. B Comberback Craven Street Strand money scrivener. John Fedst Sutton Isle of Ely carrier. Js Walton Halifax Yorks spirit merchant. Wm Philips Watcot Somersetshire carpenter.
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A. Walker
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
B.comberback
Craven-street
Strand
Money-scrivener
John Fedst
Sutton
Isle of Ely
Carrier
Js. Walton
Halifax
Yorkshire
Wm. Philips
Watcot
Somersetshire
Carpenter
Soldiers Muster and Emigrant Shifts Noted in Lewes Report
General orders from Major General Graham require all soldiers to be informed. South Hants and Bedford Regiments must return details of Sawyers, Carpenters, and Bricklayers and their employments. French emigrants are moving 19 miles from the sea. Progress on arming is slow. only Sir Jonathan Cope and C S Dickens noted. More qualified gentlemen expected after the Lieutenancy meeting on Wednesday.
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Graham
South Hants
Bedford
Jonathan Cope
Chailey
C.S. Dickens
Brighton
Mr. Dundas
Letters from Macclesfield and troop movements in Essex
A Macclesfield letter reports messengers from Buxton with Colonel Lum in custody en route to Dublin, escorted by Macclesfield Volunteer Cavalry via Chester. Essex sees three encampments at Harwich Danbury and Clacton, with Hertfordshire and Warwickshire militias, and others forming into regiments. Wat ham Abbey Fair saw few cattle and higher horse prices. 40 male convicts were moved from Newgate to Portsmouth and Botany Bay. one inmate cut his throat but survived. A coachman’s horses were stolen from Hanover Square after he slept.
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Macclesfield
Buxton
Lum
Dublin
Macclesfield Volunteer
Chester
Essex
Harwich
Danbury
Clacton
Hertfordshire
Warwickshire
West Essex
Lewes Barracks
Wattham Abbey
Newgate
Portsmouth
Botany Bay
George-street
Hanoverfquare
France News From Rome to London May Reports
A Rome letter notes General St Cyr ordered officers arrested for insubordination to Maffina and tranquility in Paris afterward. London letters say patriots communicate by signs due to government suppression. Other items include Buonaparte’s Toulon move, Egypt expedition shelved, Murcins flotilla clash, Sir Sydney Smith’s escape, and Swiss-British property seizures amid wartime upheaval.
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Rome
Redacour
L’infant de la Patrie
Merencourt
Dunkirk
Norway
Petersburgh
Pave F
Germany
Moscow
Wescorn
Turin
Buonaparte
Paris
Toulon
Egypt
Murcin
Cherbourg
Sydney Smith
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Parliament Dey
Intelligence
House OF Commons
Crim
Tierney
Maidstone
Hobhouse
Rue
London Gazette
Lewes
Council of Five Hundred
Colmessey
le Cercle
Zruguer
Spain
Rochefort
Cayenne
London
Manchester
Algiers
Jean Bon St. André
Smyrna
L’orient
Hercules
Brest
Bay of Audierie
Switzerland
Uri
Italy
St. Gothard
Milan
Ttaly
Great Britain
Canton of
Basle
Sxonexy Smiru
Pischney
Marsnail
Pisceney
Marshall
Buozagarte
Ireland
Cadiz
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