Arrived Three Englis Mails in The Dublin Journal
I T Faulkner prints notices from the London Gazette dated May 4 1779 listing numerous named officers and regiments of Foot and Grenadier Guards including battalion and corps mentions and various spellings observed in the sources. The page records military postings and identifications in a dense ledger style.
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London Gazette
MD ‘Toop
Horse Grenadier Guards
Peek
Thomas Dewell
Flas Ott
Oswald
Baga
Ath Regiment of Foot
Mac Lin
Fig
George Luton
Se O Foot
George Madden
Laiga
Em Foot
Thomas de la Main
Boign
Tieiatoa
Kinn
John Clarke
Kaliga
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Late May letters from Rome recount naval actions and trials
Reports describe dispatches from Portsmouth and Liverpool detailing French troop movements near Jersey, battles with admiralty ships, and preparations for expeditions. The trial of Sir Hugh Palliser occupies the court with defenses about flag signaling and strategic choices, while cargoes and privateers are seized near Brest and Marseilles.
Parliamentary Debate On Divorce Bill Sparks Opposition
In the House of Commons on Tuesday May, MPs argued the Second Reading of the Divorce Bill. Proponents urged its propriety to prevent adulterous marriages, while opponents led by Pax and others warned it would unintendedly trigger further breakdowns in marriage. The debate grew heated, with several speakers calling for the bill to be inverted or for penalties to be adjusted, before the vote ended in division.
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Lords
Lord Howe
Andrew Hammond
William Howe
Elaware
Jeffies
Lord North
Houf
Committee On American
Hugh Palliser
Robert Hoggart
Ksipmuan
Miser
Formidable
Hirt
Daniel Gurren
Hugh Pallifer
Aptain
Blue Division
Lfer
Rhodes
Robert Spence
George Ayton
Stirling Castle
Hille
Bers
Judge Advocate
Duliets
Adin
Aton
Ory
Murtering Sal
Admiralty
Amy Difanes
Bern
Csr
Beffey
Arion
Admire Keppel
Lund
Feiss
Asright
Milford
Wm. Burnaby
Alere
Admiral Keppel
War
Burnaby
Bree
Neve
Keppel
Frede- Mostagee
Adam Ferguson
N Beauchamp
Charles Pax
Pal
Wellminster Bridge
Wellininer Ein
British News Hurried Dispatches From Jersey and Jamaica
Sunday Evening Dispatches report Admiral Byron’s fleet failed to catch a French reinforcement to Martinico but watched a heavy convoy sail westward. Arbuthnot’s dispatch says a French force with fifty transports landed on Jersey shore, prompting a Jersey relief plan with ten ships of the line and troops, while Jersey's fortifications and militia brace for action.
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Rome
Pope
Portsmouth
Werner
Cverpsey
Wartin
Ditcher
Abuthnot
S¢en
Ratran
Thomas Pye
Seace
Arat
New York
Jersey
Sir Thomas
Cabot
Leith
Ardent
Raleigh
Admiralty
Conway
Jer
Nelen Beard
Sir Charles Hardy
Arithal
Pre Pring
Brett
Liverpool
Bellona
Te Lert
Pat
Freather
Berre Ville
d'Amintor
Cape i
Calmar Wappen
Havufman
London
Falmouth
la Flora
Tarriei
Cagliari
de Goede Vrietwton
Killmar
Herfor Leghart
Vrichdahl
Halburgh
Baltic
Dunkirk
Hon Thurfay
Addington
Yin Kent
William Parry
O George Gertain
West Indies
Bysun
Count 'D'Fitaiga
Martinico
St. Jucia
Byron
Admral Rowley
France
Mons
de Grafle
John Webb
Carleton
Bridal
Leghim
Gibraltar
Jung
Buenos Ayres
South America
North America
Yillerday
Nou
Wight
America
Sir Henry Clinton
Adlinc
Seafurth
Garrilon
St. Helier
St . Vallics
Qezabeth
Guernsey
Arbuthnot
Gomst Matocs
Goffort
Jutland
Raleigh Frye
Javermuent
Adnoral Arbuthnar
Vacinta Hall
Apeotia
Lele Matia
Gen. Vaughan
Fay
Parliamentary Proceedings on May 3 Deliberations Continue
Fragmentary OCR reports debate in the House of Commons about military policy and wartime measures. References to Colonel Barrecomy Linch, Cornwallis, and calls for examination of Payor subject matter appear amid complaints of procedural delays and heated comment.
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House of Cumaions
Alurday
Barrecomy
Cornwallis
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