Turkish Ambassador Receives Rich Gifts From Court
In Madrid on March 21, the Turkish ambassador left court laden with presents. The king gave a diamond ring worth 2000 florins and 2000 rixdollars, plus daily expenses of 300 florins for 84 days. Also 100 pounds quinquina, 10 pieces of cloth, and 10,000 florins for staff. The Prince of Asturias gifted a pear shaped diamond ring worth 12,000 florins and the First Minister a gold scuff-box worth 1500 florins.
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Manrip
Spain
Aflurias
Trial of Mr Hastings in the House of Lords
The impeachment trial of Warren Hastings continues with Holt defending against a Morning libel claim. Lords hear Hastings’s Commons defence, Elyah Impey questioned on judicial matters, and further examinations proceed before adjourning to the Upper Chamber for a Wednesday continuation.
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House of Lords
Hastings
Holt
Mr. Hastings
House of Commons
Elyah Impey
Major Brown
Charles Goring
John Stables
House of Commons debates on arrests law reform and wool bill
In the Commons debate on a reform of arrest laws Burges defends his bill while Mainwaring seeks delay. The bill aims to curb abuses in arrest with support from legal authorities, with Sir William Dolben and others urging improvement. The wool bill faces petitioners against it. Erskine defends existing restrictions, noting limited wool export to France and criticizing the new act as oppressive. Arthur Young testifies small wool exports to France.
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House of Commons
Mowxpay
Torilai
Bafard
Burges
Mainwaring Firewdly
R Burton
Burgess
Joseph Mackey
William Dolben
Mainwaring
House
Exskine and
Graham
Partridge
Erskine
Duncombe
Arthur Young
Ely
Francé
Debate on Bill Postponed as Counsel Clash
Mr. Graham denounced the bill as unnecessary and inexpedient. Mr. Partridge defended it against objections from the other counsel. The debate was adjourned to tomorrow with the House also adjourning.
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Graham
Partridge
Dispatches and notices from London and Salisbury dated April 21 29
The column reports diplomatic moves with the French and Austrian fronts, a court ruling opening sewer and poor relief offices to women, a French frigate chase near lat 34, and Emperor of Austria being misdirected by Turks near Trieste. It also notes Venice refusing Russian fleet entry and local trades and obituaries across Bath Edinburgh Gibraltar Thetford Dursley Hinxton and Holt with various appointments and retirements.
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Gibraltar
Court of King’s Bench
Justice Albhuist
Elizabeth
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Crofia
Pacha
Scutari
Albania
Clairfait
Venice
Mediterranean
Salisbury
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Aprifig
Thomas Hayman
Wapping
John Crane
Warrington
Lancashire
Richard Hall
the Strand
Wm. Beale
Handley
Dorsetfire
George Walter Scott
Kirby Kendal
Westmoreland
David Old
Gracechurch-street
Chapman
John Osbalderton
Thomas Dickinson
Ribchester
Dilworth
Thomas Clark
Penrith
Cumberland
John Smith
Fordwich
Kent
Thomas Hirst
Norwich
The
Angel Inn
John Trew
Morden
Dorsetshire
Crown Inn
Blandford Forum
George Shew
Yeovil
Somersetshire
John Pope
Hinckley
Leicestershire
Dealer and Chapman
Three Cranes Inn
Leicester
Joseph Thomas
Benjamin Thomas
Hereford
Newinn
Samuel Cross the Younger
John Kiddell the Younger
Exeter
Devonshire
Merchants and Partners
Guildhall
Bath
James Brown
Alfred East-Indiaman
Edinburgh
Countess of
Henry Gough
Thetford
Robert Sutton
Kenton
Suffolk
Henry Girdlestone
Holt
Norfolk
Hinton St. George
Vere Powlett
Hinton
Devon
Bridgewater
Dursley
Isaac Danford
Delany
Lodging for elderly gentlemen or ladies in Bass Linton parish
Gentle lodging or boarding offered to respectable elderly men and women in the healthy part of Bass Linton parish. For details contact Mr. William Murray, Attorney, Exchange Buildings, or the printers.
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Bass LincTon
William Murray
Bristol
Homas Nelmes & Son
Elars
William Grigc
Bripce
Biacx Mooree and Co
Haberdashery
Wool Bill Second Reading Debated In Parliament
On Wednesday April 23 the order of the day was read and counsel opposed the second reading of the Wool Bill. Mr Erskine called two witnesses, Sir Johan Banks and Mr Young, and after their examination the House adjourned.
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House of Lords
Hastings
Sheridan
Oude
Sajah Ul Dowla
Asaph Ul Dowla
Jaghire
Bengal
Erskine
Johan Banks
Young
London ministry changes and iron mills report
Reports from London on April 23 24 indicate a near reshuffle of the Ministry with Buckingham Salisbury Dorset Walsingham Sydney Hawkesbury and Yorke named for posts. Pepper Arden tipped for Master of the Rolls may leave Chester bench. Irish lottery and British cotton mill growth noted alongside costs of water and hand mills.
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London
Marquis of Buckingham
Admiralty
Lord Howe
Earl of Salisbury
Ireland
Duke of Dorset
Lord Chamberlain
Lord Salisbury
Lord Walsingham
France
Lord Sydney
Lord Hawkesbury
Joseph Yorke
Pepper Arden
Lloyd Kenyon
Chester
Bearcroft
Pie
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