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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 31, 1787
Page
2
The assembly discussed the king's order to reveal accounts worth 113,000,000 and decide if the land tax should be paid in kind or money. Members voted to keep subsidies in money and urged renaming the levy to a tenth and to adjust it by each district's product.
In March 1787 Lord Rawdon urged reconsideration of the July 14 1786 Spain convention article pledging humane restraint toward the Mosquitos. Lords Stormont and Chancellor disputed the mandate and raised doubts about any alliance, noting the Mosquitos lacked stable government. The division showed 17 contents and 53 non-contents.
Monxpay March 26 the American in tercourse bill read third time. In committee Mr Steel presiding Mr Pittaid proposes duty on Portugal wines to be 291 10s per ton of 250 gallons and proclaims possible repeal of the act enabling cheaper wines under Methuen treaty. Fox backs plan and Pitt hints at reporting to House if no settlement. debate on Portugal Spanish and German wine duties. Next day March 27 Mr Hamilton objects to impeachment vote against Hastings as premature. motion to discharge defeated after debate.
London dispatch notes the King was unable to hunt due to a rheumatic gout flare in the stomach intensified by his abdominal regimen. Physicians warn the condition may prove fatal unless he follows prescribed reforms. A later report declares the sovereign has fully recovered, with Lords Howe and others present.
The report covers two Scots peers election at Hollyrood House Edinburgh with debates on whether the Prince of Wales may vote as Duke of Rothfay and if recent Scottish peer creations disqualify voting. It notes the Bishop of Llandaff’s illness, Dutch loans for the Prince of Orange, Humane Society dinner and rescue gratitude, a planned fight near Shepherd's Bush, and a benefit lottery draw with multiple lots. Also lists deaths and bankrupts with numerous names and trades.
In the House of Commons on March 28 Mr Bequioy pressed for a committee to review grievances of dissenters regarding the 1672 oath requiring office entrants to take the Lord's Supper in the Church of England. The proposal faced mixed support with the division showing 176 Noes to 98 for the motion, and the house adjourned.
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