France fights for a stable government amid civil unrest
The Directory pledges to quell civil war and protect property while avoiding false security. Carnot and Lacarpe sign the message urging frank sentiment and continued vigilance. Debates rise over constitutional boundaries, military movements beyond them, and accusations against generals. Reports detail legislative spats, troop movements toward Lisle and Brest, and diplomacy with Austria as Batavian and royalist agitation surfaces.
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France
Carnot
Lacarpe
Bailey
Lamarque
Falot
Talot
Jourdan de
la Haute-Vienne
Italy
Sambre and
Meuse
Fam
Hoche
Treaty of Peace with Portugal ratified by Executive Directory
The Executive Directory ratified a Treaty of Peace concluded yesterday with Portugal. Citizen Charles De la Croix and M. Caranjo signed for the French Republic and Portugal respectively, with powers granted by official arret and signed at the Palace of Queluz on June 16, 1797. An authentic copy of the powers is annexed for consideration. The document notes a peace move and related military implications.
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Rheims
Brest
Lisle
France
L’ S Clair
Marquis de Gallo
Udina
Vienna
Count Marveldt
Buonaparte
Clarke
Perlet
Thermidor
Portugal
Charles de la Croix
M. Caranjo
Quéluz
Citizen de la Croix
M. Daranjo
August 12 1793 Paris festival point of political anxieties
The article recalls past conspiracy scares and notes August 12 eventful in Paris. Despite fears, the Luxembourg celebration passed calmly with a speech by the Directory president, races, illuminations, and balls. Lisbon envoy d Aregado resumed peace talks in Paris, hoped to advance under a pacificator mediator.
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Ocober
Paris
Luxembourg
Mars
Champs Murees
Chevelier d’Aredjo
Lisbon
France
Portugal
Europe
London News Roundup Aug 17 page summary
Reports from Lisbon and Cadiz describe naval movements near Cadiz as Earl St. Vincent resumes fleet positions and a suspected royal conspiracy case unfolds in Lisbon. Lisbon letters note Prussian troop build up and a new alliance outline. Passenger list from Lisbon includes Hans Senegan and Moses White among others. Bedford agriculture, Drury Lane progress, Cheltenham springs, Richmond Hill band scenes, Centaur and Nautilus sail for sea, Jamaica fleet delays, and ongoing geodetic measurements by Williams and Mudge across Britain. Local entertainments and public notices include Dublin court martial plans and clergy appointments.
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Leeward Islands
Falmouth
Portland
Leonard
Lisbon
Earl St. Vincent
Cadiz
San Joseph
Salvador del Mundo
San Nocesia
Santa Ysidora
Segre
Africa
Prague
Saxony
London
Lisle
Messingers
iMalmsbury
Cheltenham
Richmond
Duke of Queensbury
Centaur
Markham
Greenhithe
Duncan
Texel
Gunter
Leith Roads
Admiral Duncan
Jamaica
Colonel Williams
Mudge
Royal Artillery
Board of Ordinance
Hounslow-heath
Mendip Hill
Dundry
Lansdown
Bath
Knight Henry Hayes Arrested and Ireland Conflicts Noted
Report covers the arrest of Sir Henry B. Hayes at Kinsdale betrayed by a servant and sent to Cork gaol. It notes Miss Pyke’s marriage to Mr. Wiley, and mentions Irish abuses including the Bleffington murder of a informer, a Dorsetshire case of parochial cruelty, a drowning in the Thames, and a Bromley boxing death.
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Dublin Barracks
Royal Irish Artillery
D.C. Lewis
Pembroke College
Oxford
Bislip
Middlesex
Francis Henry Egerton
Brighthelm
Stone
York-street
Westminster
Kinsdale
Zool
Miss Pyke
Cork
Wiley
Bow-street
Colville Referea
Ireland
Fgbu
Ryan
Carty
Jermyn
St. James’s Street
Bleffingtown
Wicklow
Dorsetshire
Long Critchell
John’ Matchem
Tarrant Monckton
Richard
Matchem
Long Critchill
Davidson
Thames
Dowgate
Bromley
Portvite laden Toduttey sails into harbour
The Toduttey, a trading vessel in port after arriving from Oporto, carries 326 pipes of Portvite. It departed with nearly 200 other ships heading toward Ireland, England, and Scotland.
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Toduttey
Oporto
Portvite
Sher
Ireland
England
Scotland
Eggington and Fanny Repel Dutch Privateer Off Firth of Forth
A Dutch brig privateer of 16 guns attacked the Eggington and Fanny and two Greenland ships from London off the Firth of Forth on Friday last. The privateer aimed to seize one ship but was repelled by spirited actions of the Eggington and Fanny captains and crews who fired broadsides and forced the privateer to withdraw, allowing the voyage to continue.
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Eggington
Fanny
Greenland
London
Firth of Forth
Haviraixes A new Play The Traliaz Monk review
Haviraixes and A new Play adaptation of The Italian presented for the first time on Tuesday evening. Mr Boaden’s The Traliaz Monk shows strong character depiction, with deviations from the romance to fit stage. performances by Palmer De Camp and Mrs Bland praised, house crowded early.
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Mr. Boaden
Boaden
Traliaz
Spalatro
Radcliffe
Nicola
Paluzzi
Ansaldo
Schedeni
Inquisition
Olivia
Palmer
Miss de Camp
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Council of Five Huwprep
Sambre
Meule
Prince of Wales Packet
Hans Senegan
W. Dixon
Navy
S. Barrita
Paumier
Royal Engineers
Richard Heathcock
Baron de Letronau
Royal Estranger
Gordon
Madeira
Cape. Butler
Light Horse
Valleroy
Moses White
Boston
W. Crouch
Edw. Martin
Molloy
Duke of Bedford
Wooburn
Drury Lane Theatre
Sir Henry B. Hayes
Sonim
Aagap
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