House debates prevarication and punishment for witnesses
In a heated session a breach of testimony is argued as several MPs dispute prevarication by witnesses in a case involving a newspaper and editors. Lords and MPs debate printing the evidence and the proper punishment, with votes on sending a defendant to Newgate and calls to preserve parliamentary privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brougham
Aberdeen
Hume
Mr. Brougham
Goveror
Newgate
Lord Nugent
Mr. Baring
Henry Fox Cooper
Weaver
Mace
Jstackintosh
House of Commons
Friend
S. Bourne
Traveller
J. Mackintosh
Sturgesbourne
Wi.wynn
Marquis of Londonderry
John Newport
Denman
Mr. South
Newzate
Bernal
Mr. Bennet
W. Smith
Robert Haag bin
Oleee
Evie
T. Wilson
Shackell and
Arrowsmith
Dover
Ward
Bayley
Ordnance
West Indies
Prevarication and Ordnance debate in late night session
A lengthy parliamentary row centers on prevarication in evidence regarding Weaver and Arrowsmith, with motions to commit to Newgate and to print evidence. The debate shifts to Ordnance estimates and accounts, highlighting waste, several retirements, and calls for reduced expenditure and detailed returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Stanley
Vrend
Mr. W. Smith
W. Smith
R. T. Weaver
Newgate
Weaver
William Shackell
Phos Arrowsmith
Brougham
Mr. Baring
J. Newport
Arrowsmith
Shackell
Baring
Arrowsmith and Shackell
Colonel Davies
Mr. W. Wynn
Offonder
W. de Crespigny
Messrs
Shackell Havingeen
William
Serjeant
Onslow
R. Ward
C. H. Hutchinson
Europe
Hume
Efe
Ordnance Office
Ordnance Department
Ordnance
Davies
Lottery notes and Thursday draws promotion in London
An 18th century lottery notice warns against Friday undertakings while detailing the Hazard and Co draws for May 17. It promotes ticket and share chances, lists large prizes including 21,000 and 4,000 pound sums, and cites offices at Royal Exchange Gate, Cornhill, and Oxford Street. It mentions past prizes and guaranteed draw on Thursday with additional chances on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of Supply
Lord Londonderry
Bernal
R. Ward
Bermuda
Ordnance Department
Ordnance Service
Committee of Finance
Treasury
G. Bennet
Warre
Ward
Cromwell
England
United Kingdom
Colonies
Hume
Department
Mr. Hume
Surerstirion
Buonaparte
Johnson
Cnearp
Hazard and Co
Royal Exchange-gate
Cornhill
Oxford-street
London
Marty
Manan and Co
Oxford Street
Births and marriages and deaths notice from Victorian era column
Birth notices from East Farleigh Kent Chiswick Bridge-house Southwark Spring-gardens New-street St Marylebone all report daughters and sons born to notable families. A marriage at New Church St. Marylebone unites Capt George Bartley Maxwell RN with Latitia Clerk. Obituaries note J Robins and George Welbank with regional references and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Farleigh
Kent
Allen Cooper
Chiswick
H. F. C. Cavendish
Bridge-house
Southwark
John Newman
New-street
Spring-gardens
J. B. Tremayne
J. B. Brickdale
St. Mary-le-bone
Norwich
George Bartley Maxwell
Latitia
John Clerk
Bownham House
Gloucestershire
Wiltshire
Sur
Retee
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Dtretcht
Utretcht
Blenheim
Duke of Wellington
Vittoria
Tower
Artillery
Pakenham
Marshall
Woolwich
Queenborough
Mr. Ward
Ireland
Civil Department
the Ordnance
Pall Mail
Naval
Shrewsbury
Bennet
Pall-mall
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