Rumors of Paris Disturbance Supposed False
From Dover and Brussels reports no confirmation of Paris disturbances or barrier closures. Vienna expects more French sacrifices. Buonaparte remains optimistic. War preparations continue with uneasy peace hopes. Archduke Joseph leads Italian forces. treaty with Portugal unlikely to be ratified. British envoy Eden meeting Baron Tingut. Madrid reports cautious troop withdrawals. Venice arsenal evacuated. Terra Firma being vacated. Cape, Ceylon, and Trinidad held as likely restitutions. Duncan's fleet reinforced near Texel. Genoese vessels detained. Isle of France grain distress noted. East India Company ships active. Bengal and China sale prices up to 25 percent higher.
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France
Paris
Dover
Brussels
Uuina
Lisle
Vienna
Mantua
Buonaparte
Archduke Joseph
Italy
Lisbon
Portugal
Admiral Duncan
Texel
Bay of Bengal
Isle of France
East India Company
Indian Company
Bengal
China
Genoa Republic Not Acknowledged by Our Court
From the Brussels Papers our court continues to withhold recognition of the Genoa Republic. Ambassador Bonelli is recalled after arriving near Clagenfurth with orders to return. Imperial forces plan to raise the Italian army to 100,000 under Archduke Joseph as protracted leverage. General Terry to Vienna upon the Archduke’s HQ arrival.
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Genoa
Venice
M. Bonelli
Clagenfurth
Republic of
Adina
Italy
Archduke Joseph
Terry
Vienna
Uncertainty on Adina Negotiations and French Prisoners
Aug 18 report from Ley Bach notes continued delay in Adina talks due to unforeseen incidents. It mentions 300 French officers, prisoners, halted en route to Italy for exchange, and a 30,000 strong corps to encamp near the city. General Mack aims to ease the country people. Dalmata remains tranquil with good civilian-army relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Styria
Leybach
Adina
Mack
Meaures
Embargo Tensions as French Demand New Tax
In Cologne on August 32 the authorities report French insistence on a new import tax of 18, 09 livres. Magistrates warned inhabitants cannot bear the burden yet the French Commandant has quartered Gens d'Armes in all Burgomaster houses, prompting a cry of Vive la Liberte.
Jacobins fail at Worms fete with ill received Tree of Liberty
In Worms environs, German Jacobins attempted a August 6 fete and Tree of Liberty planting. Four fourths of locals opposed the act, while French patrols kept the crowd from broader agitation. Deputies of the Circle plan to petition France for reunion, but peaceful citizens oppose the move to avoid misrepresentation of public will.
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Worms
Rhine
France
National Guard Organized as French Troops Evacuate
Venice reports the National Guard fully organized and new line battalions formed. The rapid levies heighten youth fears of foreign service. General Maffena remains in the city as French troops evacuate Terra Firma towns, with Cisalpine divisions succeeding them.
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Terra Firma
Maffena
Cisalpines
Ships Building And Naval Movements In The Kingdom
The navy lists numerous ships under construction in royal and private yards including Hibernia 110 and Temeraire 98 guns along with 74 and 80 gun ships. Eleven prize vessels arrived to be sold with cargoes for captors. America builds twenty ships of war, 50 to 28 guns, for public service. Britannia 110 and St George 68 guns, with captured Spanish ships, expected soon. Troops from Cape of Good Hope report to England due to unhealthy climate. Portuguese relief planned.
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Kingdom
Hibernia
Caledonia
Europe
Ocean
Boyne
Dreadnought
Temeraine
Princess Amelia
Foudroyant
Augusta
Courageux
King’s Yards
Superb
Ajax
Milford
Northumberland
Kent
Achilles
Conqueror
Renown
Spencer
Dragon
Temeraire
Chatham Yard
America
Republic
Britannia
Marth
St. George
Peard
Earl St. Vincent
Cape of Good Hope
England
Portugal
Royal anniversary events in Weymouth and Gloucester Lodge
Yesterday marked Their Majesties wedding anniversary with a grand entertainment at Gloucester Lodge for the nobility and a ball at Glacies' Rooms. After breakfast the Royal Family visited Frampton to dine with Francis Browne, MP for Dorchester, then attended the Theatre to see The Citizen The Waterman and The Spoiled Child entertainment.
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Gloucester Lodge
Frampton
Francis Browne
Dorchester
Waterman
Court Martial at Sea Sends Seaman to Death
Portsea report details a court martial on the Resource where Daniel Keete, a seaman of the Bedford, struck Lieutenant Buccaner with an eighteen pound shot and was found guilty. He faces execution by hanging. Other notices include a Bulldog pay-off, animal attack in India, Horringer sheep fair prices, a fatal accident at Kennington brick-field, and a shoe leather theft case in Eastcheap.
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Resource
Daniel Keete
Bedford
Sir Thomas Byard
Roger Curtis
Berkeley
Appien
Knight
Thornborough
Drury
Krates
Mitchell
Larcom
Browell
Bagot
Draper
Ayre
M. Greetham
Buccaner
Admiralty
Marine Barracks
Maj
R Foster
Mjesty
Bulldog
Ryves
West Indies
Watllajahbad
East Indies
Chingleput
Shiveram Hill
Bury
Horringer
Ipswich
Kennington
Dean
Exeter-street
Strand
Norwood
Hertfordshire
Knox
Castle-alley
Whitechapel
Temple Bar
Cumberland Street
Worship-street
Shoreditch
Walthman
Eastcheap
Poultry Compter
Yeates
Navy
Shooter’s Hill
Special Jury Sits in Clerkenwell on Damages Case
Yesterday a Special Jury empanelled by the Sheriff of London heard a bold case of criminal seduction between a defendant and the plaintiff's wife, with damages set at fifty thousand pounds. Evidence showed the couple separated to Bath, then reconciled, while the defendant faced mitigation claims citing the lady's charm and inexperience. The jury returned verdicts awarding ten thousand pounds in damages.
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London
Erskine
Bath
Law
Burghall
Two Year Old Stakes at Egham Draws Heavy Betting
Sporting Intelligence reports the Two Year Old Stakes at Egham with Colts List. Lord Egremont’s Woodpecker filly and Weaver two year old, Pickpocket three, Durand’s Pickpocket the backer’s favorite after even money on the field against Lord Egremont. A severe race, with over 10,000 pounds wagered.
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Lord Egremont
Mr. Cookson
Durand
Mr. Broadhurst
B. c
Dungannon
Weaver
Rose
F. Evelyn
C. Bunbury
Harris
B. c. Squirrel
Ladbrook
Hermit
Wheat prices hold steady on fair weather outlook
Markets note wheat did not advance this morning and may fall if fair weather persists. Pick beans and grey peafe are higher in price, Boviling Peafe also dearer, with other articles unchanged from Monday.
Marriages and deaths from English notices
MARRIED. Thomas Wright Vaughan of West Molesey Surrey weds Wills Mutters daughter of John Mutters Colwickhall Nottingham. Leonard Aust Post Office Surveyor weds Miss Harries Butler Kingston Surrey. DIED. Rev John Brewer aged 64 at Mr Hippisley’s Shepton Mallet. John Windar attorney Inner Temple. Captain George M Gill Glasgow. Agnes Ogilvie widow of Robert Burt Barnes.
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St. James's Church
Joseph Phillimore
Thomas Wright Vaughan
West Molesey
Surrey
Wills Mutters
John Mutters
Colwickhall
Nottigham
Saxmundham
Leonard Aust
General Post Office
Harries Butler
Kingston
William Hippisley
Shepton Maller
John Brewer
Inner Temple
John Windar
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Madrid
Cadiz
Admpiral
Mazzeredo
Mentz
Affschaffenbourg
Ceylon
Trinidada
Ley Bach
Cologne
Mag
Weymou?h
Portsmouth
Spithead
Plymouth
Downs
Clerkenwell
Crim. Con
Boddington
Sporting Intelligence
Egham
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