Debates on Mutiny and Tax Bill in Parliament
The Exchequer Bills Bill was reported and ordered to be engrossed. A Petition concerning Christon walls was presented and a Bill ordered. The Mutiny Bill was read a third time and reported. Members debated oath provisions, with Pitt moving to omit the clause and Braggé arguing timing and debt concerns. Speakers including Carew Dundas Simeon Vansittart and the Solicitor-General discussed war costs, sinking fund uses, and debt funding strategies.
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Exchequer
Chritton
Nottingham
Mel Fitt
Committée of Ways and Means
House
Pite
Pitt
Braggé
Bristol
RP. Carew
Dundas
Imp
Dicken
Mr. Vansittart
Carysfort
H. Pitt
Haute
Carew
France
Debate Over Exchequer Fees In Parliament Adjourns
The House debated a clause to bar the Exchequer tellers from extra fees on large f arms. Mr Cobb contended the tellers would not gain beyond custom and parliamentary act guidance. Pirri objected to the wording as presented, and the House then resumed after adjournment.
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Pig
Praia I.ciptesiplwion
P.cobbtaid
London News: Admirals Depart for Commands and Lisbon Tensions
In London, Admiral Sir Alan Gardner leaves for Ireland command while Capt Fairfax is set to lead gun-boats on the Scotch station. Lacrois to command a Brest squadron. The Directory and Lisbon face shifting peace moves as Spain aligns with France and Portugal’s cabinet crisis deepens. A Jamaica dispatch reports brigands raiding harbor, exchanges of gunboats, and pursuit with casualties.
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Alan Gardner
Thequadron
Ireland
Fairfax
Hope
Lacrois
Brest
Fragmented Monarchical and Military Moves Mentioned
The fragmentary text discusses financial conjectures and distant influences on ending negotiations. It notes Finchard and Bennigeare supplied by the Directory with powers. It references Bonaparte traveling to Paris linked to a potential expedition against England and a division in the Directory. Count Metternich delays arrival while Bonaparte acts before Rastadt.
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Finchard
Bennigeare
Buonaparte
Paris
Engiand
Count Metternich
Rastadt
Milan Provisional Moves and Press Censorship Review
Milan reports from November 22 show the two councils examining war provisions for Mantua Perchiera and Ferrara, with a commission asked to ensure republic safety. The Directory saw a report on the state of the Republic, press freedom limits were censured as unconstitutional, and the Ligurian Constitution faces a December 2 public reading. Naples issues a religious edict urging clerical discipline and priest discipline, Venice appoints an eight-member magistracy under Serrurier until Austrian troops arrive.
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Mantua
Perchiera
Ferrara
Our Republic
Cisalpine
Papal
Rimini
Kilmaine
Buonaparte
Ligurian Republic
Naples
Venice
Serrurier
Military movements reported on Rhine right bank change
Manheim December 5 reports General Lafour arrived from Rattade on the 2d in the evening and General Mecerveld on the 3rd. It is currently said a great change will soon take place in the position of the armies on the right bank of the Rhine.
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Lafour
Fromm Rattade
Mecerveld
Rhine
Changes Stir Cantons In Broader French Reform Vision
The Gazettes say Magistrate Ochs revises the Basel Canton constitution in Basel to fit the age. Deputies from Bern return from Paris without presenting a mission. Buonaparte’s rapid Bern visit fuels talk of a new republic and territorial reshaping of the canton.
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Ochs
Paris
Basfe
Canton
Baffe
Berne
Buonaparte
Bern
RASTADT Dispatches and Diplomatic Exchanges
Count Cobenzel sends Prince Maurice of Lichtenstein to Vienna with ratifications as part of Campo Formio peace theory. Metternich’s retinue moves. Muralt and Golbert head to Paris for ratifications exchange. Fersen visits Austrian and French envoys. Parret arrives at Campo Formio. Rosenstal not yet, Parret studied at Jena and speaks German well. French plenipotentiaries’ progress pleases all. Consulation predicts six months of rents to cover house values in Rastadt if congress endures.
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Cobenzel
Maurice of Lichtenstein
Vienna
Campo Formio
Count Metternich
Muralt
Golbert
Baris
Count Fersen
Chrizen
Rosenstal
Citigen Parret
Campo
Formia
Jena
Rastadt
Proclamation Era Ane Thee Priests Condemned
General Angereau announces that two priests are condemned to transportation and must leave his region immediately. They are notably present near Aix-la-Chapelle where French commissioners influenced magistrates to swear fidelity to the French Republic. Further left bank Rhine areas like Ak Alzey report French planting trees and liberty symbols.
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Angereau
Ee Bt
Aix-las Chapele
Aix-la-Chapéle
Anenot
Ak Alzey
Ahd
Rhine
West Indies 7s Capture Details At Guadaloupe
A vessel named weKH 7s of 387 tons laden with cotton indigo and other goods was seized while on a voyage from Guadaloupe to Bourdeanca. Mr Thols Fa a Beha Maitd paid thirty six thousand pounds for ship and cargo. The capture was confirmed by First Lieutenant of La Contotle after the Weighval death of Captain ROWENS.
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Bader
Guadaloupe
Bourdeanca
Altena
Elbe
Thols Fa
Neves Oi French Troops Haunt Planters in Mountain Gorge
A historic report describes French trogs in the mountains raiding planters as a mobile group believed to inhabit the Black Rock area. Charles Fort and La Concorde frigate present in the roads, marines and militia patrol the hills while dogs hunt for the elusive bands. The terrain is described as a labyrinth of rocks, trees, and caverns aiding their retreat.
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Black
Royal indies voyage dispute aboard General Custer
In Fort Royal a voyage dispute on a captain Robets frigate General Cuyler's party faced hunger after quarrels with officers. Captain Roberts threatened courts martial while Col Dickens and General Cuyler navigated the fray, prompting memorials to the Duke of York and Admiralty about unfulfilled passages.
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Bartholomew Rtsares
Indies
Custer
Dickenfi
Cardcrep
Beisigna
Gsia Roberta
Colonth Dicken
Dickens
Cuyler Binself
Coyler
Roberts
Cuyler
Fort Royal
Dukes of York
Admiralty
Mali
N.B
Genecat
Isis
I Richer
Iain James
Henry Wools
Peter Linley
Jsaac Low
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London
United States of America
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Spain
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Thote
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Jolipt-Lewis
Prinsess Chate Totte
Jamaica
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York
Wight
la Republique
Milan
Manheim
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Frankfort
West Indies
Wekh
Neves
Mantinico
Sepe
Qbroskr
Kore
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Gieldtonpe
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