Ireland Distress Motion Backed in Commons Debate
The Commons debated methods to gauge Ireland's distress to aid Parliament in relief. North and Pelham supported a motion to investigate the roots of Ireland's suffering, while Luttrell and Meredith questioned governance and pensions. Connolly warned of fiscal strain and looming borrowing, urging decisive action as volunteers in Ireland poised to support England. Yonge endorsed the motion, and the house approved it without opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham
Lord North
Ireland
James Luttrel
Treasury
Commons
William Meredith
North
Connolly
England
George Yonge
Forte London Evening Part Defence of the Vice Admiral of the Blue
A Plain Dealer continues a vigorous attack against the Court Martial acquittal of the Vice Admiral of the Blue. The writer condemns the defense as imposter fraud and rail against perceived government interference and alleged treachery within the fleet. The piece argues the Vice Admiral’s actions endangered the Formidable and Navy, urging accountability and warning of further dissections to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goffer
Admiralty Board
Figet
Leeward
Hace
Jeeward
Hector Hector
France
Ealing
Bazely
Plymouth
Court of Honour
Portraits of MPs and allies in the Opposition
A compiled roster reviews Richard Oliver and Aldermen Bull Sawdridge Hayley and others, listing MPs and nobles by loyalty to Opposition or Ministry. It notes Lord Townshend’s mixed aims, Scudamore’sTies to Duke Graf ton, Castlereagh heirs, and various votes in Parliament across Norfolk Thetford Castlereagh Northamptonshire and Castlerising boroughs, ending with a note “To be continued.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of London
Richard Oliver
Alderman Bull
Wilkes
Alderman Sawdridge
Alderman Hayley
Charles Townshend
Ireland
Lord North
Col. Barre
Edmund Burke
Fox
Townshend
Richard Walpole
London
Cavendishes
Borough of Thetford
Charles Fitzroy Scudamore
Duke of Grafton
Charles Fitzroy
Dragoon Guards
Castlerising
Robert Macreth
Arthur’s
Lord Oxford
Felix Chetwynd Talbot
Earl Talbot
Lord Suffolk
Northamptonshire
Lucy Knightley
Thomas Powys
Efgg
America
House of Commons
West India Fleet Returns Amid French Threats and Local News
An express from the West Indies arrives with minimal intelligence on Count d Estaing cruising and Graffe joining him. Reports of Brest armament and militia movements reach Whitehaven. Privateers prosper and ships counted 22 sail of the line near Plymouth. Weathered West India fleet reaches Falmouth, with near-misses if delayed. Obituaries, marriages, stock prices, and local meetings fill the day’s notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
St. Lucie
Chetwynd
Lord Chetwynd
Count D’estaing
Monsieur Graffe
D’estaing
Whitehaven
Brest
Denbighshire
Cockermouth
Westmoreland
Caslisle
Isle of Man
Hugh Palliser
Pall Mall
Board of Works
Smyrna
Admiralty
Almos
Department of State
West India
Europe
Plymouth
England
Falmouth
Heappy
Weymouth
Portland Road
France
York
Thomas Bateson
Orange Field
Down
Ireland
Elizabeth Lloyd
George Lloyd
Barrewby
Yorkshire
Laft
St. Mary Axe
John Passman
Leadenhall Street
Mary Rogers
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Forte
Monnmouth
John Hanbury
Times
John Morgan
Charles
Town of
Monmouth
Sir John Stepney, Bart
Dresden
Duke of Beaufort
Norfolk
Sir Edward Astley
Bart
Thomas Wenman Coke
Edward Astley
King’s Lynn
Thomas Walpole
Crisp Molyneux
Eigg
Great Yarmouth
City of
Norwich
Sir Harbord Harbord, Bart
Edward Bacon
Londoux
India
Navy Asliiance
Scrip
Nicholson and Co, Stock-brokers, and State Lottery Office
King’s Arms
Cornhill
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