Dispatches from Lisle Bring Paris Crisis to Dover
A King's Messenger from Lisle bearing Lord Malmesbury's dispatches arrives at Dover via flag of truce. The reports detail Paris' violent moves supporting the Directory, a bloodless victory for the victors, and a banishment decree against sixty five Representatives. European powers move as Buonaparte and Moreau influence the evolving situation.
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Mr. Shaw
Lisle
Lord Malmesbury
Dover
Mr. Boyd
Kerr
Calais
Paris
Shaw
Directory
Bailleul
Europe
Moreau
Pichegru
Lifle
Triumph of the Directory in Paris upheaval
From the Paris papers, the Directory faces a crackdown with arrests of Deputies, Directors, Ministers, and other alleged conspirators banished. Bridges guarded by armed forces, artillery staged, and gates guard major routes to the Palace. Journalists loyal to royalty are silenced. The Commune remains calm as quays and public spaces stay occupied by detachments. attention centers on actions issued by the Directory and the two Councils.
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Lyons
Paris
Marquis de Bouille
Dumourier
Gazette National de France
Paris Executives Issue Arrest Warrant for Journal Editors
The Executive Directory orders La Force jail to receive thirty-two Paris journal editors and printers amid accusations of conspiracy against the Republic. The decree, citing the 14gth article and Germinal law, enjoins public force to enforce arrests and place the notice in the Bulletin of Laws and in Paris.
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Executive Directory
la Force
Paris
le Messager Au Soir
L’eclair
Perlet
Quotidtenne
Adejeuner
Adirrier
Scc.1
Republic
SITTING OF SEPTEMBER 4 IN THE COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED
The September 4 sitting opened at dawn with an alarm cannon and the generale beat by order of the Directory. Troops surrounded council halls as grenadiers joined the Directory. By eleven the quays and bridges were filled with soldiers. Lamarque presided as an Extraordinary Public Safety Committee was formed, and the councils adjourned at six. The Directory’s reply to a prior message was read. copies were printed for every member. Boulay spoke of wartime measures and the need for strong mediations. A proclamation to the French public was ordered printed. The council adopted a motion praising citizens acting as soldiers and the legislative body for their country on September 9. Two resolutions from the Council of Elders were read, and a message inviting measures against Royalist journals was noted. A millard of Livres was pledged for the Defenders, with a Special Committee to report on its use and a monument. The assembly adjourned for the evening.
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Directory
Legislative Bodirs
Odeon
Lamarque
Chazal
Hardy
Boulay
Poulain
Grandpre
Sieyes
Imbert Colones
Louis XVIII
Committee of Public Safety
Council of Elders
Paris
Bailleul
Conspiracy Arrests and Banishments Debated in Council
The Council heard Villers present a plan to void electoral acts and banish listed deputies for conspiracy. Names such as Pichegru and Carnot appear among the banished, with later alterations erasing some from the list. The Journals come under police control as clubs are restricted and royal expulsion laws confirmed. The Directory gains siege powers and National Guard law repeal, adjournment follows amid calls to reassure public confidence. Poulain Grandpre urged dual replacements for Carnot and Barthelemy. The arm forces address plan was read, respected, and ordered printed.
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Villers
Aubry
T. Aime
Boifly d’Anglas
Barnes
Cadroi
Couchery
Bailly
Bourdon de
Moreau de Merfau
Madier
Maillard
Council of Elders
Council of Five Hundred
Noailles
Andre
Marcuttin
Pichegru
Poliffirt
Simeon
Dumas
Ferrant Vaillant
Lafond Ladebar
L’homont
Moraire
Marinais
Paradis
Perfonne
Portalis
Mail
Richoux
Réverre
Troucon du Coudrai
Thyrion
Compris
Bovis
Maliger
Taber
Paile
Doulet
Pourticoulant
Thibaudeau
Domergne
Raillaut
Mennzois
Carnot
Barthelemy
Dauchy
Normand
Deplus
Brottier
Blin
Vermanteau
Or Clermonteau
Qualtremer
Quinc
House of Orleans
Directory
National Guard
Evening Sitting of the Th Direction Demands Finance Plan
General Jourdan urged a three day committee to craft an Address to the French People and Armies. A Directory message blamed finances for the state's wounds and urged firm action to restore public confidence and revive the finances. The sitting noted two vacancies to fill within ten days, per the Constitution.
Council of Elders Adopts Resolution for Public Tranquillity
In a formal session Bruden on behalf of a Committee moved to approve a Resolution authorizing the Directory to take measures to secure public tranquillity. Poultier moved to declare the sittings permanent. Bernard Saint Aftigue presided as the council awaited the Five Hundred’s Resolution. On September 3 the above Resolution was approved unanimously.
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Brudén
Poultier
Bernard Saint Aftigue
Tos
Council
Port South Coast Dispatch Entries and Confessions
Port South, Sept. 19. Arrival of His Majesty's ship from Martinique with little intelligence. The Boadicea frigate sails for Spithead. Michaelmas approaches without opposition to the City Chair rotation. Alderman Ham met in turn. The City Patriots show a dominant stance after the late Sheriff election. Burton Wood and William Harling confess to multiple robberies and implicate others in murders. letters disclose their confessions. A toy-shop servant succumbs after a carriage accident in Oxford Street to St Bartholomew's Hospital.
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Benjasmin Hammet
Burton Wood
William Harling
Kennington Common
Clinchard Mackey
Fryer
Clington Fields
Harling
Gray
Waltham, Abbey
Harold
Upham
Richard Carpenter Smith
Oxford-street
High Holborn
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Births Marriages and Deaths Notice Fragment
Births and marriages reported for Lady Charlotte Lenox and Miss Francis Mary Stert. Died notes: Dr. Farmer in Cambridge, Mr. Fox at Marlow, Mr. Ingelo, a surveyor, at Stanwell. Obits include Mrs. Godwin and Mrs. Wooldtencroft of Somers Town. John Blydefiyn, wine-merchant, of Harplane, Tower-street.
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Richnend House
Dry Gardens
Charlotte Lenox
J. May
Francis Mary Stert
Clutord-ithet
Pond-street
Cambridge
Farmer
Marlow
Fox
Academy
Stanwell
Middlesex
Ingelo
Somers Town
Godwin
Wooldtencroft
John Blydefiyn
Harplane
Tower-street
Prices of Stocks This Day at Teuclve Chock
Bank stock closed down a percentage. Annuities quoted at 74 3 4. Consols closed at 3 percent. Consols reduced closed 3 1 8. Bank long annuities closed, short ditto closed. Imperial 3 percent at 49.
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Teuclve Chock
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