Élisabeth of France (1764–1794) to the spirit of equality proclaimed by the Republic [...] representing to the General Council of the Commune the absurdity of keeping three persons in the Temple Tower, who caused extra service and excessive expense", and Hébert insisted on her execution. Although Robespierre himself wished to avoid such a "useless cruelty", the political climate was such that he "hid his thought of reprieve under words of insult. He dared not claim that innocent woman from the ferocious impatience of Hebert without insulting the victim he desired to save. He called her the 'despicable sister of Capet'." On 9 May 1794,
Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794) This time the transport vessels the British government hired were mostly "country ships", vessels registered in ports of British India such as Bombay and Calcutta. In addition, it also hired a small number of EIC vessels that had already arrived at Madras or Calcutta. Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794) In 1794, after the onset of the French Revolutionary Wars the British government contemplated an invasion of Île de France (Mauritius). To that end it detained at Portsmouth a large number of East Indiamen sailing for the British East India Company (EIC). The government