French Revolution debate and naval exploits noted
A letter defends the French Revolution while condemning violent faction, praising British liberty yet noting England's strength. It recounts Admiral Suffrein’s duel with the Monmouth, Alms’s bravery, and losses at Havana, then reports on French revolutionary proclamations, the National Assembly, royal prerogatives, and the nation’s resolve to preserve liberty against despotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Friends of the Constitution
National Assembly
Freshwater from Salt Water by Simple Filter Percolation
A Mr Ailen of New Haven reports a method to extract freshwater from seawater using a hogshead with a false bottom and a flannel filter. Sea water is poured into a tube and pressed through fine sand to the top, leaving saline particles behind. The process is simple and potentially highly useful.
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Ailen
Newhaven
America
Sketch of the Life of Capt. Ames Alms of the Royal Navy
A sketch details the career of Capt Ames Alms a Royal Navy officer born in Gosport Southampton. From aiding Captain Watson in the Mathews and Lesteck engagement to serving aboard the Namur and surviving its wreck near the Coromandel coast he rose through ranks. He later commanded the Hardwicke and fought at the Ceriah attack and the Mars victory under Sir Edward Hawke before handling the Alarm frigate in the West Indies and actions around Martinique.
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Havannah
Alvis
Alms
Chichester
Monmouth
Johnstone
East Indies
Monmonith
Port Prya Bay
Mont. Suffrein
India
Madras
Sir Edward Hughes
Suffrein
France
St. George
Richard King
Ames Alms
Royal Navy
Chicheser
Faure
Gosport
Southampton
Watson
Mathews
Lesteck
Namur
East India
Lord Anson
Ocober
Boscawen
Coromandel
Providence
Syren
Eest Indies
Hardwicke
Charles Watson
Great Britain
Mrr. Ives
E. Hawke
Conflans
West Indies
Martinico
Ireland News Roundup From Phenix Park to Waterford
In an amicable settlement after a meeting at Phenix Park regarding a Newry Bridge dispute, a tragedy occurred near Waterford where William Dean was dragged to death by a horse and cart. A Ballygunner farmer's wife, Donovan, hanged herself in her home, found by a neighbor.
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G. H—g
W. F—g. Esquires
Phenix Park
Newry Bridge
Wicklow
Passage
Waterford
Wm. Dean
Donovan
Ballygunner
Cork Notes of Disputes and Tragedies in June
In Cork on June 26, five horses on Barracarin lands and one at Laccabane near Donoughmore had ears cut off. A priest was allegedly hosted by owners amid dues disputes. Mr Horneybrook of Bandon died after head pain from heat. A woman drowned near Dowman's mills. her parents also drowned at the same spot. A fire aboard a Bristol-bound vessel at Cove damaged baggage after a pipesmoke accident.
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Barracarin
Laccabane
Donoughmore
Horneybrook
Bandon
Dowman’s Mills
Jaft
Bristol
Cove
Arrival of Assistance Man of War Returns South
Admiralty orders have directed the Assistance man of war to return southward within a day or two. The ships there will likely fail. meanwhile the men recently impressed at the harbor are being put aboard.
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Enin Burg
Admiralty
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Matt
Baitssa Corres
NaTional Assembly of
Tures
National Constituent Assembly
Paris
Louis XVI
Tts
Ireland
Dustin
Fuse
Cork
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