Helvetic Republic moves amid Swiss turmoil
A letter reports chaos in several cantons including St Gallen Appenzell and Lucerne with armed peasants overrunning towns and executions of French sympathizers. Proclamations by General Schauenberg bar contact between cantons and levy 15 million livres on aristocratic regimes, while Lucerne abbeys face taxes. Citizen Mengaud signals possible constitutional changes favored by Swiss people. On April 12 the Helvetic Legislature convened with Citizen Ochs elected President and the republic proclaimed.
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Roschach
Herifau
St.Gall
Toggenburg
Appenzel
Bregentz
Lin- Be
Schauenberg
Lucerne
St. Urbain
Einviedel
Mengaud
Ochs
Dutch Primary Assemblies Accept New Constitution Quietly
Hague April 24 The Primary Assemblies debating acceptance of the new Constitution met yesterday with total calm. Voter numbers were small not exceeding 30 per assembly yet they accepted the Constitution unanimously or by strong majesty. Patavian garrison also unanimous. Amsterdam Rotterdam results not yet known. A portion of the national guard barred from voting has laid down arms. Ministers Dedemand Buys depart for Paris. All estates of the late Stadtholder declared national property again.
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Holland
Hague
Patavian Garrison
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
National Guard
Directory
Dedemand Buys
Paris
FRELAND ANXIETY AND IRELAND NEWS SUMMARY
Dublin April 23 protests and proclamations across Wexford pursue order amid unrest. In Dublin, Burnsides and Gordon acquitted in the King’s Bench for lack of prosecution. A man jailed for waking pikes is freed. House of Commons reports a debenture loan plan totaling 1,570,000? with 1,046,000 expected to Treasury. An Irish committee was seized at a public house with papers.
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Dublin
Wexford
King’s Bench
Meff
Burnsides
Gordon
Ireland
Barret
Sesterday
House of Commons
Plan of co operation with the French amid invasion fears
In Ireland plans of cooperation with the French are said to be lodged in the old custom-house now bar racks. A neighbour’s house was attacked but anticipated with a military party, three killed, several wounded, and thirteen prisoners taken. At Drogheda a dispute between Fermanagh militia and fencibles left three militia dead and seven fencibles wounded, traced to intemperance. regiments then separated.
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Drogheda
Fermanagh
Sabbath-education push noted amid treason arrests in Scotland
In Edinburgh on a May Friday night 16 men were detained at a public house on treason suspicions but released after checks showed the charge unfounded. The piece highlights rising Sabbath school efforts across Scotland and a Perth society promoting free instruction for the young and illiterate amid concerns over growing infidelity among the lower orders.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Perth
Accidents and Losses Reported Across Counties
In Wrestle Essex Thomas Lark a brewery servant suffocated while cleansing a large recently emptied cask. Mr Ridgway an excise officer died attempting to save him. Cambridge University proposes provisional residence pay for students serving in military corps. Whitehaven Workington fatal accident: labourer D Fisher dies after a fall, leaving a widow and four children.
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Wrestle
Essex
Thomas Lark
Cambridge
Whitehaven
Workington
D. Fisher
John Pit
Brown versus Turner at Kine's Bench May 2
Law report notes Brown sues Turner on a bill of exchange. Pritchard, a stock broker, testifies he served the defendant about three years, arranging contracts totaling at least 300,0001 with no transfers, only time bargains, and paid 25641 in differences, with losses 5 to 7 percent, to support the bill's acceptance.
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Kine’s Bench
Brown
Turner
Pritchard
Garrow
Legal opinions on bills and insurance in early court cases
The report summarizes rulings by Lord Kenyon on recoverability of a bill after due date in a gambling context, and a maintenance and debts case Parker versus Slow. It notes a verdict for the defendant, and discusses a May 5 decision on an insurance policy tied to the ship Argonaut and Treaty implications with the United States. Lord Kenyon emphasizes protection for holders of valuable consideration and cautions on postdue bills.
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Erskine
Turner
Pritchard
Lord Kenyon
Parker
Slow
Wilson
Marriot
Argonaut
America
Bourdeaux
Madeira
East Indies
Elphinstone
Cape_of Good Hope
United States of America
Gibson
Rouson
British Parliament May 1 House of Commons proceedings
In the May 1 session Mr Burdon moved a standing order for patent petitions requiring three notices in the London Gazette and Edinburgh papers for Scotland. A letter cited by Mr Tierney referenced Judge Finucane. General Walpoe sought an enquiry into Jamaica Maroons relocation. Dundas said they were humane and the matter not fit for the House. The May 2 report noted Mr Pitt detailing Redemption of Land Tax clauses allowing 18 years purchase with stocks at 50, while third parties would provide twenty years.
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House OF Commons
Burdon
House
London
Edinburgh
Scotland
Tierney
Roger O’connor
Finucane
Walpoe
Jamaica
Nova Scotia
Dundas
Wepmsday
Pitt
Pite
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