Dublin Obituary and Irish Army Promotions Report
Ireland reports the death of John Bayly Deputy Clerk of the Pells and Paymaster to Widows of Officers. Parliament prorogued to August 28. Promotions in the Irish Army include Molesworth to Major General, Gabber to Captain, Downes to Ensign, Mitchell to Cornet, Ahmuty to Lieutenant, Treby to Lieutenant, Hallows to Ensign, Blomer to Adjutant, Don to Lieutenant, and Archibald Don to Lieutenant with other shifts in regiments. Newry’s Thomas Wray appointed Surveyor General of Ulster. Fletcher resigns.
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Esterday
John Bayly
Pells
Thomas Wray
Newry
Ulster
Philip Fletcher
James Davies Landwaiter
Afton’s Quay
Wray
Humphry Minchin
Davies
James Molesworth
Guife
Fowke
Richmond Webb
Col. Leighton
Gibraltar
Joseph Gabber, Esq
Thomas Murray
Philip Legent
Blakeney
Robert Elliot
John Treby
Col. Hacket
Edward Nightingale
D. John Hallows
Col. Boscawen
William Fitzhugh
William Cockcroft
John Blomer
Archibald Don
Earl of Home
Lewis Jones
William Kellet
Col. Adlercron
Francis Dennis
Debtor Prison Reform Urges Mercy Over Life Confinement
London voices argue against lifelong imprisonment for debt as unjust and harmful. The piece warns of widespread loss to trade, families starved, and native talent fleeing, urging Parliament to consider mercy, reform, and a register of Britain’s population to reduce imprisonments.
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Great Britain
Plague Bill Moves Through Houses and Naval Appointments
Reports include passage of a bill to prevent plague introduction from foreign parts, royal appointments in the Army and Navy such as Capt. Holmes and Lt. John Mather, and a new Somerset Man of War being commissioned for sea service. Also notes on church livings, revivals, and a royal hunt announced for Epping Forest.
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King
Dzarn
Salisbury
Whitehall
Marriott
St. Paul’s
Wilson
St. Catherine Gree
Ayertt
St. Andrew Wardrobe
Pickering
St. Bartholomew
Lot
Mary
Susannah
Bryan
Dublin
Bilboa
Richard Halcombe
Irvine
Regiment of Foot
John Mather
Halcombe
Board of Treasury
Dennison
Pool
Dorsetshire
Abercorn
Board of Admiralty
Somerset
Holmes
Chatham
Epping Forest
Chigwell Row
Whittington
Earl of Bute
Orford
Suffolk
Warburton
Gloucester
Templeman
Mirehouf
Peterborough
Wilford
Lincolnshire
Matthew Lamb
Lichfield
Coventry
St. Margaret’s Westminster
Westminster Infirmary
Sun Tavern
Kling Street
Foundling Hospital
Worcester
Hendel
George Dewar
Ely
Caroline Bertie
Duke of
Ancaster
Saville Street
Thomas Howard
Berwick Upon Tweed
Almanza
France
Ireland
Regiment of
Buffs
Stoke Damerell
Plymouth
William Barlow
Blackett
William Morice
Inquest Finds Murder in Maude Case Near Cleadon
Newcastle March 31 The Coroner's Inquest on William Maude returned a verdict of murder by unknown hands. Key details cited include a wound above the right eye a bruised right breast and a body found off the southwest road near Cleadon with the horse riderless nearby. The mystery deepens as Maude's clothes money and whip remained. Also reported is the new ship owned by Captain John Addison of Whitby that struck the Black Middens while entering the harbor on its maiden voyage and appears to have lost its stern post with rocks biting through the hull.
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Country News
Newcastle
William Maude
Cleadon
John Addison
Whitby