House of Commons report on taxes and inclosures
The Commons debated the new finance plan and potential tax measures. Pitt delayed proposals on afflected taxes while considering land tax options and possible revisions to Ways and Means. Parliament also addressed a faulty election return for Tewkesbury and ordered a new writ. Lord Belgrave presented a bill to amend the Treating AG.
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Southampton Church
Schmiding
Wegner
Solivet
Chedzoy
Elfred
House of Lords
House of Commons
Exchequer
Ways and Means
Lushington
African Company
Bragge
Crown
Tewkesbury
Martin
Master of the Rolls
Pur
Lord Belgrave
William
Paris Assembly Debates on Elections and Germinal
Nov 22 report from Paris notes ongoing agitation in the Assembly of Deputies over how the Legislative Body should be completed and whether Germinal elections are needed. It mentions shifts in foreign policy, Spain under Madrid’s French party, a potential passage for French troops into Portugal, and naval movements from Toulon.
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Assembly of Deputies
Pavillon de Flore
Thuilleries
Hamburgh
Prussia
Sardinia
Redafewr
Mallet-du-Pan
Turin
Buonaparte
Italy
Cisalpine Republic
France
Spain
Madrid
St. James’s
England
Portugal
Lisbon
Europe
Alencon
Dunkirk
Germany
Aix-la-Chapelle
French Republic
Proclamation by the Executive Directory to the French People
The proclamation denounces the Cabinet of St James's as the English government, urges a general peace while pressing for war on England, and calls Americans and Europeans to support France. It praises recent French victories and exhorts descent on England to restore liberty of the seas, with the directive to publish and read publicly across France.
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Iff Frimaire
Republic
Executive
Europe
St. Jamey’s
France
Franconia
Noric Alps
St. James's
England
St. Domingo
Holland
Toulon
Dunkirk
Quiberon
la Vendee
London
Pirit
Iquaih
Luxembourg
Wurmser
Mantua
Rhine
Fizean Sea
Interior
Marine
L.M. Revertiers-Leraux
Lacarghe
The French Republic Brings Italy Independence and Law
Citizens learn that the Peace with the Emperor establishes the Cisalpine Republic spanning Lombardy Modena Bologna Ferrara Bergamo Mantua and Verona with equal access to public offices. Tax reform education agriculture and commerce are promised under Buonaparte's tutelage as the nation gains a free and stable government.
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Cisalpine Republic
Lombardy
Mantuano
Bergamo
Bieflaso
Modena
Bologna
Ferrara
Romano
Maffa
Italy
Buonaparte
Seven French Prisoners Escape to France aboard Captured Sloop
Cherbourg dispatches report seven French prisoners escaped Porchester prison in England on the 17th instant. They seized a sloop, sailed toward France but met adverse wind and scarce provisions. In the Bay of Hantonne they boarded another sloop moored near a frigate, cut the cable, set sail, and reached our road yesterday evening with the trio crew aboard.
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Porchester
Eng
France
Bay of
Hantonne
Frontal Assault on Historic Tomb and French Debt Plan
The text notes the desecration of Admiral de Coligny's tomb in Maupertuis and the theft of its urn, a historic grievance amid reflections on France's past. It also discusses the Finance Commission's plan to liquidate the national debt by converting paper money to metallic coin and paying two thirds with bearer debentures, plus a note on Fayche Borel denying involvement with Pichegru and emigres in a conspiracy to restore monarchy.
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Admiral de Coligny
Paris
St. Bartholomew
Mau
Petuis
Commission of Finance
France
Fayche Borel
Printei-St Neufchatel
Pichegru
Prince de Cande
Parig
Pichégrug
Prince de Conde
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John Sinclair
Frank
CisaLepuy Rerouelle
Pearce
Cherbourg
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