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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 23, 1799
Page
1
To the editor contrasts anger and envy, arguing anger is abrupt and blunt while envy pursues hidden motives. It cites prophecy like oracles and mischief, noting envy hides and builds a patient, destructive narrative. The text ends with a biblical admonition to lay aside malice and envy.
A fragment from 1799 recalls a Laplon parish clerk who insists he knows the New Birth, claiming he will be born again after death. A visitor with Mr Woodgate suspects the clerk’s view is shallow, highlighting religious misunderstanding from a long ago exchange.
Fragment from 1799 dispatches shows the French Directory urging generals to harshly punish brigands and expel pillagers amid ongoing Italian coalition pressures. It condemns extortion and calls for severe exemplars to restore peace and republican authority. Names Reveillière and La Garde feature in the signatures.
France. Paris Jan 13 The Council of 500 orders Emigrants recently shipwrecked at Calais confined until peace and their fate pronounced by the Legislative Body. Escape to be punished as Emigrants in arms. Grandmaison urges report on marine prize money delays. Executive Directory cites English fomenting disorders in Western Departments and plans swift laws to dissolve robber bands and curb royalist influence.
An aide to General Toussaint Louverture reports to French merchants that his commander proves loyalty to France and the Republic, rebuking English-backed independence rumors as false. A Marine Ministry notice urges ports to inform merchants and maritime districts to prepare expeditions to Saint Domingo, with the government offering facilitation and support.
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