ENGLISH PARLIAMENT SCOTCH APPEAL MAJOR MICHAEL FALLEJEFF CASE
In a long session summary the case concerns Major Michael Fallejeff of St Petersburgh and Sir William Forbes as appellants against Lord Elphinstone and John Gardener, private ship of war owners, with details of the 1781 seizure of the Vorft Potemikin, cargo damage, and legal arguments over costs, interest, and conduct of the privateer. The discussion extends to Indian affairs, treaty tables, and various parliamentary actions and bills including corn, slave trade, and unclaimed dividends. The record notes counsel for both sides and the progression to the Court of Admiralty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael, Fallejeff
St. Petersburgh
William Forbes
Bart
Edinburgh
William Elphinstone
John Gardener
Paifrey
Carron
Russia
Vorft Potemikin
Methel
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Leith
Holland
Elphinstone
Courts of Admiralty
Sesbon
Court of Session
Lord Chancellery
Court of Admiralty
W. Scott
Mr. Anstruther
Sir John Scott
Mr. Adam
Bowes Roads and Inclosure Bills Presented in Commons
House of Commons on Monday April 4 saw first readings for The Bowes Roads Addington Inclosure Baldwin Hancorn's Name Bill and Ellesmere Poor Bill. A York City petition asked for a tax on dogs. The Speaker conveyed the East India Company charter expiry resolutions to the Court of Directors. Luggershall election committee member Wir Portman fell ill, risking continued duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowke
India
Burke
Alderman le Mesurier Rose
Fast India Company
Warn
Bowes Roads
Addington Inclosure
Baldwin Hancorn
Ellesmere Poor
City of
York
Luggershall
Philips
Wir. Portman
Royal London News Highlights Apr 5
In Windsor Great Park the Kine hunted with harriers and a stag hunt is set for Salt Hill at nine. Prince of Wales held a large levee at Carlton House, with six naval officers in attendance. New presentations included the Tweed family and others. Proclaimed bounty for seamen published in Ireland, Judge Wilson plans a Lisbon return next month, and talks circulate on regimental command and East Indies promotions. Stock brokers await Indian news of Cornwall’s defeat and comment on recurring rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Great Park
Royal
Prince of Wales
Carlton House
Duke of Clarence
Prince’s Levee
Lord Clermount
Colonel St. Lepcer
Marquis of Tweepate
Earl of Lauderdale
Viscount Stoprorp
Earl of Courtown
Lord Cuarigs
Henry Somerset
Duke of Beaufort
Ireland
Judge Wison
Lisbon
Seventy-Fourth Regiment of Foot
AnennnaLto CampPsett
East Indies
General Meadows
India
Lord Cornwalls
Joan BuLy
Theatre notes on Drury Lane crowd and Sid(d)ons performance
A fragmented review remarks that Mrs. Siddons drew the largest Drury Lane audience yet, with packed boxes and a fashionable air. It mocks theater pretensions, mentions lines about beau tiful garters and the pomp of blank verse in the Gamester, and hints at public fuss over the actor Edmund Kemble and a change in the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sippons
Nature
Bev
Er- Bey
Kea Fc
Kem
Diabolical plot foiled as French unrest rattles towns
Reports from Paris on March 31 describe a failed plan by Legronand faction to murder the National Guards commander and burn archives. Beacons along the Rhine signal alarms, while diplomatic shifts move ambassadors to Rome Dresden and Madrid. Colmar fires a convent. Longiv e fortifications are reinforced and troops march from Croatia through Austria toward Luxembourg. The Assembly districts report fermentation over civic oaths, with volatile debates and decrees limiting the king’s residence and threatening abdication if he leaves the kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Legronand/pe
Toulousé
Spain
Colmar
Rhine
Huningue
Strasburg
Diplomatique Corps
M.de Seeur
Ruffia
Rome
M. d’Osmond
M. Gouverner
Holland
Jmi. Montesquieu-Frezenzre
Dresden
M. de Visrave
Sweden
M. Duroit
Venice
M.montarxrron
Madrid
M. Bonwin-Carre
MM. de St. Croix
Liege
Warsaw
Florence
Geneva
Longive
Montmody
Larxembourg
Croatia
Austria
Luxembourg
Decree Names Heir and Mother Among Public Officials
On March 29 a decree lists persons in public employments including the presumptive Heir to the Crown and his Mother. The term Queen is deliberately avoided in naming the royal figures.
Alarm over secret fabrications and public credit at stake
March 30 report notes alarm at the quiet handling by commissioners overseeing the fabrication of Assignats. Suspicions grow that more will be emitted than Oct decree allows, risking public credit and national ruin. A day set to consider the matter. The Assembly of St Marc asks to be tried before the National Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Forrvirre
Assembly of
St. Marc
St. Domingo
National Assembly
Balance of Power in Europe Forewarns of Empire
The text argues that Europe should favor a proper balance of power to prevent any state from expanding unjustly. It warns Prussia and Russia overreach, notes the Ottoman Porte’s humiliation via a Danube and Black Sea navigation grant, and highlights the Emperor gaining lucrative commerce without new territory from a recent treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Prussia
Turkey
Russia
Constantinople
Danube
Black Sea
Asia
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House OF Lords
Scotch Appeal
Colchester
Hobart
George Jacxson
Rozer Tuornton
Alderman Watn
County of Bucks
Stirling, Culross, &c
Verney
Archibald Campbell
Gilbert
Committee of Supply
Shofield
Rusia
Lord Cornwallin
Corn’wallis
Bengal
Bramston
Mr. Powys
Ryder
Pelham
Pultney
Lord Carysfort
Fox
Pitt
House OF Commons
London
Drury-Lane
France
M. Sevtaz
Auch
M. d’ Espremeniz
Charentex
M. d’ Espremenil
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