French fleet captures Montferrat after St. Christopher's seizure
Paris telegram reports a division led by Count de Barras sailing to Montferrat after taking St. Christopher's and Nevis. The capitulation mirrors prior terms, with two cannon pieces and six howitzers found. Marquis de Bouille cites Count de Kerfaint taking Demerary Essequibo and Berbices from Martinique on March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Christopher’s
Nevis
Count de Barras
Count de Flechin
Montferrat
Marquis de Bouille
Martinico
Count de Kerfaint
Demerary
Essequibo
Berbices
House of Commons Sees Army Grant and Pension Debate
In Friday's session the Marines and Winchester election bill was read first, then a Committee of Supply approved up to 3,436,399 pounds 6 shillings 0 pence for extraordinary army expenses Feb 1781 to Feb 1782. A pension dispute over Lord North and Mr Robinson followed, with Lord North defending it as a reward for service and noting his own positions. Mr Fox cited precedent while Mr Bradshaw and others discussed cabinet changes and ministerial pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Lord North
Robinson
Alderman Sawbridge
Cinque Ports
Earl of Holderneffe
Duke of Dorset
Fox
Bradshaw
Duke of Grafton
Lord Surrey
Lords Reopen Newton Divorce Clause and Navy Dispatches
London reports the divorce bill restores a provision for Mrs Newton granting fifty pounds per year for life despite her status. Admirals Pigot and Rodney shifts are noted along with Greville’s appointment to command a sloop. Dispatches from Clinton and Digby describe New York loyalty and restored civil government with no military actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mrs. Newton
Ann
Rodney
Admiralty
Greville
Foudroyant
American Department
Sir Henry Clinton
Digby
New York
Sandwich
Dillon
Falmouth
New-York
Henry Clinton
Vermont Commissioners Offer to Trade for a Separate Colony
Dispatches report Loyal Refugees vow to defend the garrison if attacked while Vermont commissioners meet General Haldimand's envoys. Terms include creating a distinct colony, governorship by the Crown, neuter status in the current war, two British‑paid battalions, free trade to Canada, and protection. Rodney pursues a French convoy sailing from Brest to Martinique as Admiral Hood escorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Henry
Rhode Island
Boston
Leslie
Georgia
Greene
Edisto
Dorchester
Charletown
Charles Town
Vermont
Haldimand
Crown of
Great Britain
Canada
West Indies
St. Lucia
Admiral Rodney
Brest
Mons. de Guichen
Cadiz
Martinico
Rodney
Swift
Vaudreuil
Tortola
Hood
Drake
France
Dominica
London
Admiral Hood
Jervis
House of Commons
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Foreign Affairs
Paris
Hindon
Lloyd Kenyon
Sir John Lade
Whatmore
Steevens
Reynolds
St. John’s College
Oxford
Beffelsleigh Road
Bottley
Mr. Reynolds
Adelphi
Glocester
Richard Eynon
Wiggins
Schmoll, Beeckman and Co
Corn-Street
Exchange
Bristol
Worces
All -M
Rivers’s
Differvent
Fenchchurch-street
Southern
St. James's
Cockins
Pripter
Beifel
Crottwell
Bath
England
Ohn Morgan
St. Thomas Street
Bristol-Hotwells
Eorge Foreman
G. Foreman
Bristol Hotwells
Moxway
James Barton
Great-Britain
Angel-Inn
Westgatee Street
Rath
St. Peter-street
Dolphin Street
William Lupton
Antes
Maudlin Lane
Cornhill
DusLin
Ornsby and Co
Aldgate
York-street
Covent Garden
Seel
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