Peace rumors and military moves ripple through Paris and Brussels
Inside May 23 to May 24 dispatches, reports note partial peace signs delight at port towns, ongoing Venice political shifts, and Hoche’s 3,725,000 livre levy on conquered lands. Clergy support in Ghent grows. Public and private letters place Venice in Directory favor while Frankfort restrictions and Nidda Mein Rhine limits heighten tension. General Heche issues strict orders to block movement into Franckfort and protect lines of communication.
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Anus AL
Italy
Republic of Venice
Quiriné
Paris
Bruxelles
Hoche
Sieg
Rhines
Lahn
Nidda
Mein
the Sambre and
Mense
Heche
Werneck
Lower Rhine
Franckfort
Sambre
Meuse
Europe
Franckvort
Hocxe
French Revolutionary Council Debates Barrere and Elections
May 20 session opens with Lamarque presiding as Cantus records, Bertrand Barrere’s status triggered by transportation loss of citizen rights. Pichegru's presence draws respect, committees report on electoral verifications, and orders stall as Elders’ decision looms. May 21 notes Colonies’ distress and a proposed message to the Directory.
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Lamarque
Cholier
Cantus
Bertrand Carrere
Pichegru
Gorricourt
Upper Pyrenees
Choisen
Barrere
Bertrand Barrere
Madier
Justice
Bory A’ Auglas
Doulcet Pontécoulant
Council of Elders
Fekafériaux
Statement on St Domingo Relating to Religious Laws
Damolard urged forming a committee to align laws on religious exercise with the Constitution. He sought leave to present a true account of conditions at St Domingo and the despotic administration by Government Agents, to be entered on the record on the 29th instant.
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St. Domingo
de ’ Paublanc
Damolard
May 20 and 22 Sessions of the Council of Elders
The May 20 sitting confirmed committee reports and elected Bardé Marbois as president after approving a council election. On May 22 the council discussed messaging from the Council of Five Hundred and debate over Article 124 about informing each other of council formation, ultimately proceeding to the Order of the Day.
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Council OF Elders
Council of Five Hundred
Bardé Marbois
Cadiz May 4 Spanish Shipping and Blockade Report
Cadiz reports Admiral Jervistill blocking ports and allowing neutral vessels to depart only if freighted on neutral accounts. No entry for trade. British fleet gains two Cuban frigates loaded with gold and merchandise. one captured, one run ashore. Captain-General of Cuba escaped with valuable papers. Rumor of a Spanish vessel from the Havannah with five million piasters.
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Cadiz
Jervistill
Cuba
Havannah
Mutiny at Sheerness and Admiralty measures amid naval unrest
The issue details the renewal of Parliament, followed by reports from Sheerness where mutinous sailors impose strict controls on ships. Delegates govern crews with passes and punish dissent, while Admiralty officials aim to restore order. Troop deployments, fortifications, and potential actions against mutineers are described, with ongoing correspondence from Woolwich and Gravesend.
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Paris
Asth
Earl Spencer
Admiral Young
Lord Axpen
Mr. Magspen
Admiralty
Sheerness
The
Nore
Great
St. Fiorenze
Shéérness
Canterbury
Long Reach
Tilbury
Gravesend
Lancaster
Tilbury Fort
Lord Darrtey
Rochester
Sheernes
Woolwren
War Office
Marquis Cornwallis
7Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Greenwich
Woolwich
Croydon Barracks
East London Regiment of Militia
Greenwich Park
Corps of Artillery
Winchester
Portsmouth
Guards
Portsmouth riots over privates. naval dispatches emerge
A chaotic scene in Portsmouth followed the jailing of sailors accused of drunken offences including rape. Military forces dispersed a crowd gathered to berate prisoners seen from the garrison gates, as ships like the Diamond frigate and the Hind frigate moved in and out. News includes naval movements, prize captures, and officer retirements in Plymouth and nearby ports.
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Portsmouth
Joan Carried
Cowns
le ‘Uffe
Thur
Slidge
le Juite
Nantes
Peter Parker
Southampton
France
Cowes
Quebec
Loyal Regiment of Artillery
Yorxe
Stag
Boadicia
Camérian
Lecce
Yorke
Cambrian
St. Nicholas
Havannah
Hueux Seymour
Isle of Wight
Cronbergh
Calcutta
Copenhagen
Georgiana Packet
Cape of Good Hope
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Clichy
Noailles
Bournonvills
Barthélemy
Ghent
Philadelphia
America
Evening Mail
Postscript
London
Calais
Dover
England
Trms
Petersburg
Hammon
Dresden
Pirr
House of Commons
Lord Grenvibe
Prine
Wurtemberg
Harwich
Marquis Cornwaturs
HIP News
Plymouth
Hannah
L’espiegle
Cork
Falmouth
Countess of Leicester
Dopp
New York
Yarmouth
Duntan
Holland
Deal
Alfard
Hallifax
Montrose
Scotland
St. Botolph
Bishopsgate
James Barbet
Serjeants Inn
Coventry
Hor
Society of the Inner Temple
South Sea
Saffron Walden
Lord Howard de. Walden
Price
Syocks
Shore
India
J. Wintins
J. Wartze
Slackiriar
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