Bill on Slave Trade Discussed in Lords Motions
Debates over a Liverpool port report on ship dimensions and slave trade mortality unfold. Petitioners from Manchester and Liverpool seek hearing. opposition to counsel attendance is noted. Lords urge committee review to amend the bill, citing humane aims and potential West Indies impact. Five in every hundred die in transit, highlighted as brutal mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Richmind
Liverpool
Parry
Manchester
Mapufacturers
Goubiel
Lord Bayurit
Stanhope
Earl Starhope
West-Indies
Duke of Richmond
Duke of Chandos
America
West Indies
Hopetoun
Brig-deamen
Honourable Mansfield and the bar in eighteenth century
Excerpts recount Lord Mansfield's retirement letter praising the bar at Serjeant’s Inn for candour and learning. It notes ships bound for Russia, the Lascelles East Indiaman voyage to the Sandwich Islands, and copper-bottom trade. Also reports Newgate executions for counterfeiting and related offenses.
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T. Exixine
Serjeant's Inn
Leggi
Bar
Tam
Mansfield
Caen Hood
Lord Mansfield
Russia
Peterburgh
London
Berkley
Sandwich Islands
Ostend
Owhyhee
Cook
Macao
Goa
Lascelles
India
Newgate
Wim. James
Levy
John Gilbertson
Jeremiah Grace Annd
Margaret Sullivan
Daud Clary
Pultney-street
Royal alliance talks and legal farewell letter in London
London reports a pending Anglo Prussian marriage settlement involving the Prince Royal Pruffia and a British princess while the English court negotiates the provisional treaty at The Hague. Earl-Mansfield resigns as Chief Justice and a formal letter of farewell commends his service and mourns the loss of a skilled judge.
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London
Berlin
Prince Royal Pruffia
Duke of York
Prusl
Marquis de
England
Earch
Edkine
BANKRUPTS LISTS NAMES AND DATES
June 21 bankruptcy notices include Louis de Guers and partners in London and Manchester firms with listed trades. June 24 entries name Chadwick Hiller jewellers and others in London. July 15 18 19 add Liverpool Plymouth Birmingham and Dover House traders, inns, and merchants.
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Louis de Guers
Villers-street
Strand
Simon
Jamis Canter
Vine-street
Piccadilly
Henry Fludger
High-freet
Southwark
John Livesey
Blackburn
Lancashire
John Hargreave
Manchester
Peter Ainte
Joseph Smith
London
William Hall
Mofney
John Thachall
Bridgeskreet
Westminster
Lawrence Leigh
Haggate
Abraham Ergas
Prescot-street
Goodman’s Fields
Robert Durham
Joseph Thomas
St. Michael
Worcestershire
William Robinson
St. Alban’s
Hertfordshire
Hofier
Thomas Rogerson
Angekstreet
St. Martin's le Grand
Stephen Romer
Bridges-street
Covent Garden
Joseph Lidman
Lower Quinton
Glocestershire
James Broadbent
Atherton
Lancaster
John Richards and Co
Bordesley-street
Birmingham
John Hartley
Dole House
Chapman
Robert Park
Aldermanbury
Divivexos
Fuly
Richard Machell
Liverpool
Forshaw’s Hotel
John Walford
Hobson’s Tavern
Thomas Clifford
Deretend
Deverend
Josias Dawe
Plymouthdock
Fountain Inn
Turnip Crop Scheme Letter Critiques Plant Feed Inventions
Mr Wace submits a subscriber letter outlining methods to secure a turnip crop. He criticizes numerous expedients and emphasizes the need for proper knowledge of causes rather than conjecture, noting failures attributed to unknown factors and the risk to crops.
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Wace
Night rolling turnips to save crops in England
An 18th century farmer reports night rolling turnip fields to destroy a two coloured fly and the slug, arguing the method preserves crops. He details experiments in sealed pots, explains how rolling crushes pests, slows earthworms, reduces sun damage, and improves plant vigor. He extends the practice to wheat and cabbage feeds, praising its simple, cheap effectiveness.
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Somersetshire
Sorimall
House of Peers Debates Slave Trade Bill Timing
Wednesday session in the House of Lords featured a Committee of the Slave Trade Bill. Lords differed on start date with Bathurst, Hawke and the Lord Chancellor urging delay until September, July, or to avoid troubling the public. Anxieties over insurrection and Caribbean conditions were aired, Jamaica assembly concerns cited. The date line was amended from the Noth of June to the firth of August and the session adjourned.
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Lord Bathurst
Lord Hawke
Lord Sandwich
France
Britain
Duke of Chandos
West Indian Islands
House of Assembly
Jamaica
Amendments to Interludes Bill Spark Property Clash
In the House of Commons on Wednesday, Mr Sheridan attacked the interlude bill as transformed beyond recognition by amendments. He argued the preamble cites illegal actions harming morals, yet the new clause legalizes what it condemned and invades private property. He compared it to seizing patent property and mansion holdings, moving to adjourn debate for three months, which was carried nem con.
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Bristol
J. Parsons
Becket
N. B
Sheridan
Commons
London
Parliament Dissolution Expected Amid Zealous Canvassing
London reports eager anticipation of Parliament's dissolution with merchants and ministers touting upcoming changes. Dispatches from Rear Admiral Gower arrive as Sweden declares war on Russia, while bills receive royal assent including the American Loyalists and Quebec acts. New copper coinage approved for immediate issue, and revenues from Charlestown remittances rise. Paul Jones, born in Scotland, is hailed as an admiral with ties to Lord Selkirk's gardener family.
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Lord Sydney
Gower
Grand Fleet
Eed
Mr. Twils
Sweden
Russia
Finland
Karola
Peterbourgh
Karolia
Mediterranean
P. Powney
Windsor
Little Park
Earl Pomfret
Charlestown
South Carolina
Cuttomhouse
Paul Fortes
John Paul
Lord Selkirk
Black Sea
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Henry Wagg
Bris
Amuel Whitty
Haberdasher, &c. &c
Bridgefoot
Bristol Wall
Daniel
Wine Street
Wall
Beys
Edward Daneel
F. Watt
Japan
J. Stephens
Marytort-street
Tourspay
Farpay
Houshold
Exchange
Samuel Fiier
Kingston-Seymour
Somerset
Arthur Lancashire
Dyer
Thomas Edington
John Sheppard
Kingston-Ham
Filer
Kingston- Seymour
Kingcott
William Manning
Bownside
Backwell
Downside
Nehemiah Bartley
Thomas Spencer
John Sheppere
Messrs
Tovtan
HisAmbassadors
House of Peers
House of Commons
Fune
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