Rochdale Intended Canal Meeting in Rochdale 1791
A May 3 1791 meeting of the Committee for the intended canal from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge held at the Roe Buck Inn Rochdale appointed new committee members and a clerk, set subscription rules, and adjourned to May 26 in Manchester with over 69,000 subscribed locally.
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Manchester
Sowerby Bridge
Thomas Marriott
Roe Buck Inn
Rochdale
Duke of Bridgewater
Sir Watts Horton
William Horton
George Hamer
James Hamer
Elgis
Fehs Hamer
Richard Holt
Saul
Shaw
Bull’s Head
Archery Society Meets Behind Gower Street in London
The Toxophilite Society, oldest in London, used Leicester House garden and now fences the pew ground behind Gower Street for practice. About 130 members shoot Mondays and Fridays, with prize days three times yearly. Rounds are at four targets a hundred yards distant. ladies do not belong but visitors arrive in numbers. A Blackheath gathering will see nearer societies attend in person and distant ones by deputation for skill trials, with a daily conqueror named Captain General of Archers in Britain.
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Toxophobte Society
Gowerstreet
Leicesterhouse
London
Blackheath
Ech
el God
Great Britain
Sierra Leona incident ends in palace fire and fighting
The Pomona frigate of 28 guns under Capt. H Savage reached Sierra Leona on the Malaqueta coast in Upper Guinea. A failed attempt at accommodation led to a fire after a sailor fired a pistol. Marines and a second boat aided, natives shot from cover, killing a midshipman and wounding others amid chaos and panic.
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Pomona
H Savage
Europe
Sierra Leona
Malaqueta
Upper Guinea
Savage
Fragment from a maritime incident in a historical dispatch
The text recalls a party escaping to boats after wounded comrades were left to a barbarous set of wages. The Sovereign ordered the factory to depart within days, enforcing compensation for injuries sustained by his people.
Irish Parliament Prorogation Speech At Westmoreland's Return
The Earl of Westmoreland delivers the royal message to the Irish Lords and Commons on prorogation. He thanks MPs for supplies, lauds measures aiding shipping and national credit, urges enforcement of health and morals laws, and closes the session until July. Also reports a street quarrel near the House of Industry with injuries, a fatal stabbing, and a fever epidemic in Galway.
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Earl of
West- Moreland
House of Peers
Russia
Porte
Ireland
House of Commons
Ady Loensaid
Ireland Trial of Peter Murphy for barbarous mutilation
Peter Murphy of Forkhill, linked with the Defenderz, was tried before Baron Power on twelve capital indictments. He was found guilty on all counts. Eyewitnesses described brutal assaults, including throat cutting and finger removals, against Berkley and his wife, who died later. Several other witnesses and soldiers corroborated, and a gun and watch were found at Murphy's home. The jury sentenced him to death by hanging at Forkhill, with a public gibbet. A rescue boat saved three men from a wreck off Port St Ann, and Captain Hood was praised by a House resolution. A sloop from New Providence and a slave-ship voyage to Montego Bay were noted.
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Peter Murphy
Forkhill
Baron Power
Alexander Berkley
Doolmeter
Nathaniel Thompson
Rence Burns
Burns
Dundalk
Berkley
Hts
Duan
Richard Johnston
William Bees
76Th Regiment of Foot
Forkhil
Hood
Fullerton
Bryan Edwards
Samuel Hoad
Iris
St. Ann
Samuel Hood
Ilis
Alert
Durdon
New Providence
Eliza, Brown
Liverpool
Montego Bay
Africa
Difficult Assembly Vote on Capt Hoad Harmony
From Kingston February 26, reports state it is unclear if the assembly’s vote regarding Capt Hoad of His Majesty’s ship Juno reflects greater honor on the assembly or the officer. The incident follows a hurricane at sea when a raft appeared from the Juno’s masthead near Saint Ann’s Harbour at a distant location.
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Tuestay Laf
Hoad
Juno
Honsey
Se. Ann’s
Catholic Bill Read Second Time and India Debate
In the English Parliament Lords move to read the Catholic Bill a second time on Monday the 23rd. News from India prompts questions whether ministers will lay new communications on the table. Lord Fitzquillam urges caution over the Russia war and stresses the importance of UK import and export trade, especially raw materials, while warning against interference.
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Rasta
India
Potchester
Lord Grenville
Lord Grenzelle
Lord Portchrier
Lord Fitzquillam
England
Rusha
Russia
Great Britain
Rufia
Rufsia
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Paine
Chester
Samuel Jackson
George Travis
RA. Shuttleworth
Irish Parliament
Galway
Armagh
The
Jastatca Royal Gazette
Kincston
House OF Lords
May
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