Lords Address Thanks Excellency Harcourt Ireland Speech
The Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament present their grateful address to Simon Earl Harcourt Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland and thank him for his Throne speech and governance. They pledge cooperation to promote prosperity in commerce manufactures and agriculture and express happiness at his three year residence. His Excellency returns thanks and vows to advocate loyalty and Irish prosperity before the Majesty.
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Hoofigy Burgh
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Captain Jephson
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Yelverton
Liberty
Address Debate Over American Rebellion and Irish Loyalty
The House of Commons debated the Address regarding America. Members argued whether the proclamation and colonial resistance amounted to rebellion or loyalty to the Crown. The debate touched on Ireland’s stance, ministerial measures, and the fate of Dissenters voting rights amid broader imperial tensions.
Soldier Ends Life After Refusal to Return to Duty
In Ramsgate a Royal Regiment dragoon soldier, after a harsh rebuke from a Quartermaster, shot himself in a public house. Nearby Leicester reports a woman with two children received tincture of laudanum by mistake from an apothecary, giving it to her children who suffered severe poisoning with one child dying hours later.
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Prince of Wales’s Regiment of Dragoons
Ramsgate
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Leicester
Merchant ships listed at various ports in a 18th century notice
A fragmentary shipping item records numerous vessels and captains arriving at ports such as Portsmouth Dublin and Waterford. It names ships including Atalanta Amphitrite Vigilant and Italian Mercharit with crews or owners cited alongside destinations like London Harwich and Jamaica, reflecting a broad port clearance or trade notice.
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Amphitrite
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Harmony
Crawford
Philadelphia
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Southampton Addresses King and Harveys Promotion
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Philadelphia
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