Irish Parliament House of Commons considers army expansion and loans
In a Committee of Accounts, the Chancellor of the Exchequer outlined six month loan increases of 15.0601 on the military establishment and proposed a 3000‑man army increase with a military bill. Meddaxwell urged delaying militia measures. taxation and absentees tax discussed. adjournment agreed with Catholic question deferred.
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Mason
Ava
Meddaxwell
Cooke
Great Britain
Maxatell
Omedizha objeQing
Measures to relieve Roman Catholics in Ireland debate
Major Hobart moves to read the king's speech on Catholic relief. He proposes unlimited parliamentary suffrage for Catholics and repeals of several prohibitive laws. Support comes from Sir H Langrishe. opponents urge constitutional risk. The house grants leave to bring in a relief bill without a division.
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Major Milare
John Troy
Dublin
Ireland
Patrick Bellew
Hobart
Alu
George I
George II
Sinasmuch
A. ‘College
Reland
H. Langrifbe
Door Duignan
D. Browne
Dr. Duignan
Major Doyle
Lord Buckingham
Privy Council
Ogle
Great Britain
Stanley
Osborne
Maxwell
Tighe
Lord Kingsborough
Lord Hillsorough
War measures loom as Britain readies Letters of Marque
In London the Council plans urgent action against France with expected royal support. Reports mention possible ballot in the House of Commons and a forthcoming message from the King. News also describes naval orders, carrier dispatches, and warnings from Lloyds amid fighting abroad and colonial disturbances in Guadaloupe and St Lucia.
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Krne
Buckingham-house
House of Commons
Pitt
Admiralty
Flint
Lord Auckland
Hague
Dumourier
Hottanp
Madrid
Plymouth
Warren Hastings
Westminster Hall
Guadaloupe
Bourdeaux
Prussia
Baron de la Crosse
St. Kitt’s
Robert
Mary
Storey
Newhaven
Sunderland
Yarmouth
Seacorey
Declaration of War between France and Great Britain
The National Convention declared war on Friday February 1 as advices from France confirm. The French wage war against the English government while claiming to seek peace with the nation, seizing private merchantmen to pillage the British economy.
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France
Great Britain
Holland
National Convention
Republic of
North Sea privateers and channel patrol update
Report from Portsmouth notes a bright day on Friday as a French privateer chased by a sloop off North Foreland escaped. Wind shifts westward, suspected privateers in the North Sea, cruisers stationed to keep the Channel clear. Lizard man of war, 22 guns, arrived from Plymouth. Regulus, 44 guns, and Pluto fireship, 14 guns, sailed from Spithead.
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North
Dunkirk
North Sea
Portsmouth
Williams
Plymouth
Regulus
Pluto
Circuit court dates listed for March across regions
A timetable from CIRGUTS HOME records sessions for Hertfordshire Kent Sussex Surrey Oxford Berkshire Oxfordshire Worcestershire Salop Herefordshire Monmouthshire Gloucestershire and City Midlands Western circuits. Judges include Hon Justice Gould Baron Hotham Wilson Eyre Thomson Ashurst Heath and others with dates from March 1 to March 28 at multiple cities such as Hertford Chelmsford Maidstone East Grinstead Reading Oxford Shrewsbury Hereford Gloucester Northampton Oakham Lincoln Nottingham Derby Leicestershire Coventry Warwickshire Winchester Salisbury Dorchester Exeter Launceston Tawnton.
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Berkshire
Reading
Oxfordshire
Oxford
Worcestershire
City
Sturday
Staffershire
Stafford
Salop
Shrewsbury
Herefordshire
Hereford
Monmouthshire
Monmouth
Gloucestershire
Gloucester
Ship News Arrivals and Departures From Brisol and Downs
Arrivals and departures list ships and origins in February including the King B vid from the Straits, Mary Ann Isis Neptune Atterbury and Diana from London, Unity from Figuera, Hero from South Seas, James Nascy from Alicante, Apollo from Cadiz and more. Several vessels arrived for the river and several failed to sail, with wind conditions affecting departures and in Downs areas. More ships remained, including Iphigenia frigate Dispatch and Newry, while outward-bound ships altered course or returned to port.
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Brisol
Straits
Jamaica
Mary Ann
Isis
Neptune
Atterbury
Diana
Thompson
London
Teignmouth
Unity
Bowdon
Figuera
Downs
Folger
South Seas
James
Alicante
Deptford
Guernsey
Dartmouth
Apollo
Kennicot
Cadiz
Mermaid
Floud
Trepany
Frndeavour
Teed
Lisbon
Cumberland
Watson
Vize
Cork
Hory
Eliza
Quin
Dominica
Melfourne
Meare
Philadelphia
Falmoth
Fame
Aldridge
Almeétio
Clyde
Tivoli
Iphigenia
Allgator
Exeter
Barrington
Rodney
St. Heena
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Thame
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Madras
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16Th Regiment of Foot
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Alexander Stuart
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