Tax proposals and illegal oaths bill advance in session
The session debated a moderate tax plan on male servants and horses to cover a revenue shortfall from abandoning Inland Navigation. Amounts were proposed per class and linked to existing duties, with exemptions for the poor. Also discussed was a bill to curb unlawful oaths, with authorities proposing heavier penalties and faster trials. The Dog Tax and Game Certificates accounts were set for committee consideration and adjournment planned for Monday.
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Tion
Geuthen
Nicholl
Sefton
Commiitee of Supply
Dents
Dent
Lottery Prizes Delayed Until August and Other London Notices
Notices from London report lottery prizes delayed to August 27 and an insurance policy offering 2 guineas per cent on 100 if France makes peace within five weeks. Paris hints at dismissals of ministers, while a forged French proclamation misled priests. Names such as Laurine, Grescarré, and Buonararre appear. US commissioners to Paris named. Earl of Carlisle purchases Sir Warry Vane Tempest’s Piccadilly home. A Royal Williams trial disruption and Captain Packenham absence noted. The Three Sisters submarine voyage ends with sixteen survivors reaching Shetland after shipwreck and survival efforts.
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Stock Exchange
France
Great-Britain
Paris
Cartes Lacroix
Louver
Pers
Laurine and
Grescarré
Sreves
Joseph Buonararre
Europe
St. Mark
Venice
Grey
Boston
Pre
United States
Dana
Massachusetts
J. Maxswar
Virginia
Pinckney
Hague
América
Earl of Cuatuam
Warry Vane Tempest
Piccadilly
Packenham
Royal Williams
la Fule
Coal Exchange
Nazby
Liverpool
Shetland
Beac
Galatea Captures French Privateer Near Cape Clear and Scilly
From the London Gazette July 8 1797 a report states HMS Galatea brought in the French privateer Argonaute 14 days from Granville. Captain Byng notes the privateer was new and had not yet taken prizes. chased then captured between Cape Clear and Scilly after earlier engagement near the Lizard. Additional letters recounts from Mr Mumings and Mr Adams about other privateers Tyger and Les Graces, plus sugar price averages and bankruptcy notices and dividends.
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Admiralty Office
Kinigsmill
Corky
Evan Nepean
Cork Harbour
Admiralty
Granville
Byng
Cape Clear
Scilly
Lizard
Bas
fMumigs
Orfordness
Chace
Tyger
Lewis Augustin Euen Chatening
Colchester
Osténd
Tam
C. G
Harwich
Clackton
Les Graces
Denkirk
Coillaume Gaspard Malo
Robert Adams
Kerry MP Crespis Dies in Horse Fall
In Dublin, July, Mr Crespis, Member of Parliament for County Kerry, was killed when he fell from his horse. The accident shocks national figures and political circles as details emerge about his sudden death.
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Dublin
Crespis
Kerry
Seditious Practices Sweep Belfast and Ulster Chapels
A Belfast report notes 16 townsfolk held in the Artillery guard-room for sedition over three days. Carrickfergus residents, 15 in number, were jailed at the Castle after a Saturday gathering. Colonel Barber ordered two men sent to the County Gaol. A Tiratharan report says Orange men forced the downing of a chapel, with Killiman chapel in Tyrone similarly destroyed by evening.
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Belfast
Carrickfergus
Barber
Hugh Kirk
Dawson
Gagh
Tartarahan
Orange-smen
Killiman
Liberty Oboe: The Earl of Vermeath moves for Gilbert pardon
The Earl of Vermeath presents William Gilbert's petition seeking remission for a libelous publication. The motion to discharge Gilbert from prison on paying the fine is agreed. The Chancellor dissents on personal resentment and notes the libel’s severity while defending judicial honor. The Archbishop and Lords respond as Parliament proceeds to royal assent and new Acts.
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LORDS
Earl of Vermeath
William Gilbert
Incere
Lord Didon
Lord Westmeath
Cafrel Tard
Lord Aldborough
Lesp Lisuressant
Hours of Commons
Parliamiet
Marty
Proclamation Praises Unity and Preparedness for Peace
The speech thanks the House for extraordinary supplies and urges continued national resolve. It highlights support from Britain for loans, urges loyalty, praises militia reform, sinking fund plans, and measures to curb insurrection. It urges further vigilance and cooperation across counties to defend liberty and prosperity of Great Britain and Ireland. The Parliament is prorogued to August 10.
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Ireland
House of Mons
Clemenay
Parton
Becn
Dutriét
Great Britain
Jensen
Clock and Watch Duty Bill Enacted Details
The printed bill imposes per annum duties on every clock or timepiece used in dwellings and buildings. It covers gold enameled watches as gold watches, requires occupiers to declare possessed clocks or watches, and imposes penalties for noncompliance. Exemptions include royal family, foreign ministers, hospitals, and clockmakers must obtain a licence from the Commissioner of Stamps.
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Perann
Come Missioners
World voyage ship Lideavour and Bengal incident
The wook Lideavour, famed for Ciprian Cocx’s round world voyage, broke near Chaundpaul Ghaut, Bengal. Friday evening a group of Deserters confined in the Savoy tried to flee. nine escaped, two were captured, one with a fractured skull from a fall and another with a torn side from iron pikes.
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Ciprian Cocx
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Hackney
We Jones
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