Publication plans and religious proposals announced
The document lists the Duff mission ship journal project with engravings and charts, notes a committee to prepare it, and warns against surreptitious fabrications. It cites Rev R Caddick proposing New Testament Hebrew pocket edition, Rev J Townsend printing sermons by subscription, and Rev D Simpson expanding Plea for Religion. Fel l and Hunter are said to be in a second edition.
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Duff
R. Caddick
Caddick Row
Whitehall
Oxford
Hutt and Robertson
J. Townsend
Rotherhithe
D. Simpson
Macclesfield
Fel
Hunter
Rome Revolutions Described Through Papal Praise and Critique
Foreign Mews and Journal recount early post fall of Rome revolutions as milder than feared. It contrasts rulers from Charles XI to Louis XVI, praises Pius VI's visible piety, and condemns the French agent Haller as Calvinist.
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O& Journal
Rome
God
France
Italy
Charles [XI of
Ranok
Louis XIV
Louis XV
John III
Gregory VII
Alex
Sirius IV
Paul HI
Satan
Louis XVI
Moore
Papal
Pius VI
Cardinal Beofchi
St. Peter’s Church
Peter
Haller
Fragmentary Religious Rhetoric on Popery and Prophecy
The extracted text presents a fragment of sermons debating Popery and prophecy. It notes the persecuting power of Antichrist, laments destruction of Babylonish sisters, and hints at prophecies about the Euphrates drying up to prepare for eastern kings, while choosing to focus on more immediate facts. It reads as a period religious reflection with uncertain future speculation.
French Envoys Complain at Rastadt Over Emigrant Deputies
Paris reports the French Envoys at Rastadt complain about emigrants used in a diplomatic role, targeting deputies of the Cardinal de Rohan and Knights of Malta. The Directory disapproves of excluding Helvetic Directors Bay and Peyster and refuses to restore them. The minister urges confiscation of English goods. Kosciousko arrived at Bayonne on the 25th.
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France
Paris
Rastadt
Cardinal de Rohan
Knights of Malta
Bay
Peyster
Cisalpine Directory
Kosciousco
Bayonne
French Toulon expedition sparks Russian pressure for force
Letters from Constantinople report a demand for explanation from the French Minister over Toulon. Russia warns the Divan and offers 60,000 troops to shield the Porte. Posen dispatches note the Black Sea fleet listing 15 ships of 74 guns, six of 50, plus frigates and smaller craft. A Russia Persia peace at Tiflis is signed while armies observe.
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Germany
Piennad
Constantinople
Toulon
Russia
Posen
Black Sea
Persia
Tifflis
Armistice Reported Between Sardinian and Ligurian Forces
Milan reports the Sardinian Generals have concluded an armistice with Ligurian troops and both Governments seek further mediation at the Directo. Loana is expected to be restored to Sardinia. Leghorn dispatches note English frigate Terpsichore with messages for Florence. Nelson’s fleet of 26 ships, including 14 line ships and six frigates, moves toward Malta and Naples. Buonaparte’s transports sailed from Malta on the 11th toward Alexandria.
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Italy
Milan
Fune
Directo
Loana
Sardinia
Leghorn
Terpsichore
Florence
Nelson
Naples
Malta
Buonaparte
Alexandria
Clergy Ordered to Ignore French Affairs in Pulpits
Madrid reports the clergy are ordered to take no notice in their pulpits of events in France. An ordinance calls for a voluntary contribution or interest free loan to be repaid in ten years.
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Spain
Madrid
France
Switzerland appoints new directors and reaffirmed French role
Bafle Fulyy Laharpe and Ochs chosen as Directors replacing Bay and Puffer. Rapi nat reappointed French Executive Commissioner. The Senate at Arau decrees the French army has earned the Helvetic nation’s gratitude and mutual harmony is restored.
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Switzerland
Bafle
Fulyy
Laharpe
Ochs
Bay and Puffer
Rapinat
Senate
Arau
French government backs revolution and trusts the Legislature
Hague July 7 The Batavian Directory informs the Consul that the French Government fully approves the late revolution and places full confidence in the Legislature.
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Hague
Conneils
Ambiguous note claims property of emigrants across Batavian lands
The French chargé d affaires at The Hague presented a note to the Batavian Government. It asserts the Executive Directory’s right under the 7th secret article of the Treaty of alliance and congress to seize property of French emigrants in the Batavian Republic and possessions tied to the Knights of Malta Gueldres Brabant Elector Palatine Bergen op Zoom Teutonic Order Bois le Duc ecclesiastical corporations in the former Austrian Netherlands.
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Hague
Bas
Allianay
Batavian Republic
Knights of Malta
Gueldres
Brabant
Elector Palatine
Bergen-op- Zoom
Bois-le-Duc
Netherlands
Assault and massacre at Coupong Dutch settlement
Historical dispatch recounts Capt Pakenham and the Bombay squadron forcing the Dutch at Coupong on Timor to surrender, a planned onshore massacre thwarted by Captain P's precautions, the Malay assault killing the surgeon and two Bombay sepoys, a heavy counterattack driving Malays from the bazaar, and the town’s destruction with about 200 slain.
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Madras
Pakenham
Bombay
Coupong
Timor
Amboyna
Frost
Bengal ship wreck survivors reach New Holland
Aug 14 1797 news from New Holland reports that 24 crew members split between a long boat and shore. Only three reached safety including the supercargo, a white sailor, and a Lascar. They endured rivers on rafts, and a coal mine was sighted the night before rescue. The colony still flourishes with rising flocks and promising crops.
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Bengal
Point Hicks
West Indies News Report 1798 Pirate Havoc in St Thomas
Kingston Jamaica April 10 1798 reports say a cutter from Admiral Harvey’s squadron learned the Chesterfield packet’s approach and that the squadron is returning to port after a failed search for the fleet that departed Spain. Adm Bligh may yet again intercept them. St Thomas’s now a pirate harbor for French and English rogues, plundering Americans of slaves and goods.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Harvey
Thequadron
Spain
Mona
Adm
Bligh
St. Thomas
Skve
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Holland
East Indies
New Holland
West Indies
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