Portmouth arrival and Royal Navy actions reported
Yesterday morning Lord Hobart arrived on the Heroine at Portsmouth with dispatches from Admiral Bridport. The fleet joins Sir C. Thompson's squadron off Ushant. Brest remains blockaded. Court martial at Spithead convicted mutineers. weathered Irish and West Indies reports. A Flibustier capture and cargo totals from the Leeward Islands fleet are noted. Local trials include murders and forgeries with varied sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Hobart
Fort St. George
Portmouth
India House
Heroine
Helena
Lushington
Goddard
Pitt
Friendship
Bengal
Ld. Macartney
Yd. Hawkesbury
Madras
E. Hughes and Sullivan
Bombay
Royal William
Spithead
Texel
Ganges
Kent
Monarch
America
Belliqueux
Veteran
Agamemnon
Brest
Flibustier
St. Margon
Leeward Island
Clyde
Red-cross-street
Baker’s
Old Bailey Session Convictions and Bigamy Case
July 4 reports at Old Bailey as two defendants are capitally convicted Elizabeth Sternhall for privately stealing a linen purse and C Davis for sheep stealing. Thirteen others are felons, six acquitted, including John Forfayeth indicted for bigamy after marrying two wives in Ireland and America over fourteen years. The fatts were prov
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Crawford
S.skelton
W. Skelton
John Fawcett
G. Singares
Bamber
New Compter
Old Bailey
Eliz. Sternhall
C. Davis
John Forfayeth
Ireland
America
Ship News From South Coast Militia Movements
SHIP NEWS reports transports Dorter and Devon militia put back until further orders. Ariel arrives from the Cape of Good Hope with word of the Fast India sect entering the Downs. A large Baltic-bound fleet passes Harwich. Sloops and frigates sail and arrive at Plymouth as Lancashire militia disembarks and returns to camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsouth
Dorter
Devon
Ariel
Cape of Good Hope
Downs
Harwich
Fuly
Baltic
Providence
London
Hull
Plymouth
Revolutionaire
Boadicia
Spitfire
Royal
Sovereign
Neptune
Pompée
Canada
Terrible
Defiance
Lord Bridport
Athantai
Desperate Rebel Engagement Near Gleonard Bridge
In Freland Dublin on Sunday morning a force of rebels clashed with Yeomanry and Reay Fencibles near Gleonard bridge. About 200 rebels were slain and the rest dispersed. The previous day, nearly 2000 rebels gathered near Ballyrmanus and were opposed by troops at Rathdrum, who advanced as soon as a portion of the rebels appeared.
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Dublin
Yeomanry
Reay
Gleonard Bridge
Ballyrmanus
Rathdrum
Rebels retreat after ambush near Carnew and Wicklow actions
The Royalist forces repelled rebels near Carnew and pursued them toward Wicklow Gap. A separate engagement saw insurgents driven from Glenmaleer by Gen. Myers and Dublin Yeomanry. Reports note executions of two assailants in Rathcoole and the capture of twelve Wicklow prisoners led by Garret Byne of Ballymands.
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Carnew
Gorey
Glenmaleer
Myers
Dublin Yeomanry
Rathcoole
Wicklow
Garret Byne
Ballymands
H. Sheares
Elgis
M‘nally
Neilton
M‘cann
Byrne, &c
Justice Swan
Major Sirr
Dublin
Westmeath
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Mary Ann Winter
Abraham Winter
Royal Oak
Whitechapel
Verdié
Dominick Kilgannon
James Healy
Drury-lane
Mary Pearce
Viblett
W. Turner
Mile-end
John Gilbert
Skelton
Crawford
Gilbert
Macknell
Clark
Davies
Singares
Sternhall
Freland
Dublin Castle
Gen
Needham
J. Duffe
Tate
White Heaps
Wicklow Gap
Sir J. Dutie
89Th
Leitrim
Moore
Puleston
Ormsby
City of Limerick
Edenderry
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