Mariners Report From Portsmouth Wartime Fever and Trials
A Portsmouth letter describes a malignant fever outbreak aboard the Gorgon and Botany Bay Rangers with efforts by a Custom-house cutter to halt communication with inhabitants. Court news includes Lady Waltham versus Mr Olmius over a will and excommunication sentences in Newcastle. A famed tennis figure Madam Maffon is noted with Col Tarleton. A new settlement near Cape Meaurada in Africa by New Jerusalem Church members seeks a free, self governed community under British protection.
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Portsmouthh
Botany Bay Rangers
Madam Maffon
Col. Tarleton
Bin
Cape Meaurada
Africa
New Jerusalem
Sweden
Prasia
America
Great Britain
Javea
Dublin House Proceedings Mark New Trial For Sherborne Case
In Dublin on Tuesday March 16 the hearing of Counsel on the appeal of Lord Sherborne and Naper continued. It was ordered that he be sent back for a new trial. Bills read a second time and postponed include Insolvent, Kilkenny Road, and Education. Toland Navigation Bill and Bankrupt Bill read third time and malted. The House resolved into committees on Royal Canal, temporary Statute, Courts of Justice, and widening Streets, then adjourned to the next day.
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Royal Canal
Courts of Justice
Trench Rose
Tard
Hegas
Earl
St. ‘Ihomias
St. Mary
Rutland Square
Gardiner's Row
Great George's Street
Upper Dorset
Eccles
Temple Streets
Mountjoy'square
Fcnte
Bath
Henri
Commissoniers of Impress
Clements
Bruen
Alexander
D. B. Daly
Neville
Forward
Butler
Annesley Stewart
Irench
Lords
Kilkenny
Clonmet
House of Peers
Commons
Longfeld
Royal Assent Granted To Multiple Bills In Historic Session
On Wednesday March 17 the House, after hearing Counsel in Power vs Bennie, saw the Lord Lieutenant enter in royal robes. The Speaker and Commons then attended. Royal assent was given to major measures including the Great Money bill the Malt bill the Coffee bill the Stamp Duty bill the Carriage Duty bill and others for advancing trade and charitable funds. Additional acts covered piracy taxation and cathedral affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennie
Commons
Louse of Commons
Billa
Po Office
Paws Cathedral
Petition for Hospital Chapel and local district care
Mr Trench moves to refer petitions from the Lying-in Hospital asking for more beds and to establish a new chapel serve a north east city district, with a plan to convert space for five more beds and allocate governance under local residents. The hospital has funds and public rooms approved, with completion aimed next year.
Lords hearing on executors and interest duty
The House of Lords heard an appeal on executors misusing funds from wills with the Lord Chancellor promising to compel payment of interest on sums improperly withheld. A duel near Rathmines ended amicably after pistols misfired. Rioters attacked Ballymack and Ballyhoran farms wounding a farmer. Thomas Walsh was seized.
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House of Lords
Vitor
Rathmines
D—I
J—n H—1
Kilkenny
John Halioran
Ballymack
Patrick Whelan
Thomas Walth
Stamp changes for cards and papers announced in 1790 notice
The Dublin Custom-House notice declares new Revenue Stamps for Cards and Paper, allowing two months to surrender old stamped items in Dublin Cork and Limerick. Card-makers, shopkeepers, and retailers may face seizure and penalties if old stamps remain in use. New stamps to be provided free of duty for surrendered items.
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Dublin Gazette
Fteo
Carda
Dublin
Cork
Limerick
H. Langrishe
G. P. Bushe
R. Annesley
Corry
Proclamation Report From Ireland on Mullagh Dawn Attack
Information from Westmorland and Armagh describes a January 21 incident at Mullagh Dawn where unknown residents opened a doorway to a house, gathering a large armed mob that assaulted William Duncan and his brothers and sister. The attackers punched, stabbed, and clubbed victims, causing injuries and damage as they fled.
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Westmorland
Hareas
William Duncan
Mullagh
Upper Ormer
Armagh
Alice
Thomas Duncan
Bresherof
Wiliam Duncan
Proclamation Offering Rewards for Outrage and Felony
A Dublin council declares severe measures against a riot and felony case, offering two hundred pounds for information leading to conviction. It names baronial families and officials soliciting public aid to apprehend culprits and urges Justices, sheriffs, and peers to enforce the edict. The document dates to July 70 in the Council Chamber of Dublin.
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John Mullin
Aid Consty
Treland
Feet Betton
Bengyall
Pyeigny
Iscoverin
Fareuch
Avery
Rharifany
R. Werd
Majesly
Matt
Paidan
Perce
Dublin
A Fitz- Gibbon
Waterford
Charlémont
Bé'lamont
Gliidore Ca Cathel Valeming
L. O'Brien
Jbliquiers
W.brovinlow
Hebro King
Corey
James Cutt
Pitt
D. Latouche
J.manck Maloun
R. Habart
Burglary Reward Proclaimed in Galway Case 1790
Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland publish rewards for apprehension of Hynes and associates in a Galway burglary and assault on James Blaquiere. Offer one hundred pounds for each of first three apprehended and fifty pounds for discoverers, with orders to magistrates to pursue and convict all involved. Date noted as January 1790.
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Westmorland
James Blaquiere
Glanbrack
Galway
James Biaiere
Glambrack
Afoe
Hynes
Roger Hynes
Patrick Hynes
Uilson
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Chelmsford
Nifi Penn
Lady Waltham
Olmius
Olmiie
Lord Waltham
High Court of Delegates
A. Bowes
Contamacy
Mary Elinor Bowes
Strathore
St. Nicholas
Newcastle
Kool
Trish Parliament
Dewarrint
Abraham Stewart
Pax Iick
Fincky
John Kennedy
James Lynch
John Kenny
David Brennan
Anne Hinch
Dreicls Bolen
Dresed
John Mithy
Lehenagh
Murphy
Countess of Westmoreland
CRISH
Landau
London
Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland
Hyeutenant
Gouncit
Ibbon
Chane Cathe Wa Bestamont Glardore
Caryier
George Tale
Amir
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