Moreau warns directory about Pichegru treason plot
A letter from General Moreau to Citizen Barthelemy reveals a covert scheme involving Pichegru and other figures to overthrow the Republic. The document, read to the council, details emigant conspirators, coded letters, and the plan to seize control at the campaign's start, urging vigilance and publicized warnings.
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Merlin and
Neuschatkau
Pee
Republic
Liberty
Moreau
Barthelemy
Council of Elders Court Session Recap
The sitting resumes at 1 pm with Marbot elected President. The hall’s inspectors commission faces renewal decisions as Brival and Breard push opposite motions on whether to extend or overhaul the existing commission.
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Marbot
Breard
Brival
Council approves resolution praising armies of September 4
The council received and approved a resolution passed yesterday praising all armies whose conduct and addresses contributed to the transactions of September 4, saying they deserved well of their country.
Naval and local news from London and Norfolk coast
Thursday dispatches report Doris frigate of 36 guns captured the French privateer Le Fabien off the Trith coast after a sharp attack. The Maria from Cork to Lisbon was taken by Pacevus privateer. New gun vessel Haughty launched at Lynn for the Norfolk coast. Melancholy gales at Ramsgate, many ships in distress and nineteen wrecks. Capt. Oakes of Sea-horse died, leaving a wife and three children. Captain Bowen, once of Stracombe, Devonshire, described their naval career and demise. Mr Beckford’s Gothic project at Fonthill proceeds with Wyatt, eight windows painted by Pearson after West’s cartoons.
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Admiralty
Kingsmill
Doris
Lord Ranelagh
Trith
le Fabin
Cork
Lisbon
Messrs. Brindley
Lynn
Norfolk
Ramsgate
Oakes
Cheltenham
Bowen
Fourdroyant
Sir John Jervis
Earl
West Indies
Terpsichore
Sir’ John Jervis
Mediterranean
la Malronica
Cadiz
Santa Cruz
Stracombe
Devonshire
Beckford
Fonthill
Wyatt
Pearson
West
Maria
de Costa
Ftsim Cork
Pacevus
Austrian troops encamp near Sweningen
Pate PAPERS reports Austrian thodps Castinueta quit their camp to encamp near Sweningen. Two Battalions of Lafcy aid Oe of Kintky, part of Mayencé garrison, march to the same place to be replaced by Strafaldo battalion and Latey third battalion occupying Gonfeinheim and Fiptheo. Imperial troops will encamp near Villingen on September 1. French troops near Oberthustein left on the 24th of this month.
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Thodps
Castinueta
Sweningen
Lafcy
Kintky
Kings visit in disguise amuses Dresden crowds
On Tuesday the Swedish monarch arrived incognito from Leipzig. He wore plain clothes to go unnoticed and mingled with citizens of all classes. He remarked that kings only see the truth when marked. Friday he visited M. Richter's garden but left quickly once his identity was spotted.
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Leipfic
Prine
M. Richter
Merlin
Orleans
Whylit
Dunner
Newgate
Foot Guards
Friction with Friesland Direction and Reform Talks Highlighted
The piece reports friction with the Friesland Direction over enforced declarations for emigrants, notes calls for convention respect, and mentions arrests and political figures. It lists a long, satirical ledger of gaming-house officers from 1731, and ends with a morbid anecdote about a beer cask yielding rats’ skeletons.
Republican Virtue and Monarchical Threats in Ancient Echoes
In a meditation on liberty and law, the author contrasts ancient republican virtue with modern despotism. Censorship and obedience to laws are weighed against crimes against the republic, noting the heavy yoke of republican governance and the temptations corrupting legislators and institutions.
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Ciifreigh
Republica
de la Pensee
Execution Follows Conviction of Seven Soldiers
In Cove of Cork on September 9 a garrison marched to Killadyhill to witness the execution of seven Bandon Camp soldiers convicted as United Irishmen. They had been under death sentence for weeks.
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Killady-hill
Bandon
Ships Arriving from Davis's Straits Reported Blubber Yields
The London Edmonds arrives with four fish and one fault producing blubber. Countess of Hopetop Beautyman brings three fif and two bears for 122 blubber butts. Elizabeth Father reports four fish and three bears producing 180 blubber butts. Sarah and Elizabeth R ose has three fish producing 125 blubber butts. Blengeim Maxwell sails with four fish producing 200 blubber butts. Flora and Crescent, from Archangel, captured by a brig privateer off Shetland and carried to Norway. News from Waterford recounts two young women Miss Murphy and Miss Power drowned after bathing at Newtown strand. a boy tried to save them, Miss Power saved, Miss Murphy perished. Miss Power survived after collapse and death of her companion.
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Davis's
Straits
London
Edmonds
Countess of
Hopetop
Beautyman
Elizabeth
Sarah
Maxwell
Goth
Daft
Flora and Crescent
Archangel
Shetland
Norway
Prince William
Waterford
Newtown Strand
Miss Murphy
Miss Power
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Fabre
Conacil Orderet
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Rhine
Kiinglin
Wilfersbach
Klioglia
Conde
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Enghein
Pichegru
Baptiste
Badouville
Coco
Baile
Louis,D’ors
Paris
Desaix
Reignier
Army
Gicad Poniot
Gioald
Hinty
Lacombe
Italy
Europe
Bon
Tiberty
Africa
Fruétidor
The
Council OF Elders
Pate
Dresden
Anjoft
Hague
Frefeland
Frieseland
Brenkelman
France
Mile* End
Hull
Charles
Swift
Westminsters
Bladon
Paternostet Row
Fauldet
New Brid-street
R. H. Weilley
Clemente Churcly
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