Privileges Committee Adjourns After Brief Session
From the House of Lords at Waupspay on April 1 9 the Committee of Privileges, meeting at three, heard arguments on the right of Lord Caithnes before the Chancellor arrived. The committee adjourned to Tuesday next. The Chancellor then took the Wooltack and after private Bills were read the House adjourned at a quarter before six.
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Waupspay
Committee of Privileges
Miet-At- Three
Gelock
Lord Caithnes
Wooltack
House of Commons Votes on Orkney Election Petitions
The House met to ballot for a Committee to try the merits of the Orkney and other election petitions but adjourned due to insufficient Members present.
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Orkney, &c
Royal Drawing Room and Hyde Park military displays described
Yesterday the Queen held a drawing room at St James's attended by a long list of nobles and officers. In Hyde Park, the Coldstream Guards performed for King George, who appeared pleased. A Lisbon mail arrived and future events include a new edition of Stirling sheets and impending marriages and political notes.
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Buckingham House
St. James's
Duke of Clarence
William Pitt
Dorset
Queensbury
Marquis
Stafford
Eals
Hinchinbroke
Willoughby
Rivers
Walingham
Onslow
Hawkesbury
Londonderry
Grenville
Dover
Salisbury
Philip Hales
Robert Pigot
Archibald Edmonston
Robert Sloper
John Mordaunt
George ‘Warren
Alexander Hood
George Yonge
Henry ‘Dathiwood
James Peachey
Digby
Hawkins
Ramsden
Duncombe
Willis
Cox
Greathead
Crowe
Woodford
Hamilton
Walker
L. Savillé
Kenyon
Herbert
Mountstuart
Hewkebury
Sheffield
Middleton
Eardley
Pelham
Blantyre
Willoughby de Broke
Clive
Parker
Clavering
Maitland
Scott
Murray
Graham
Cameron
Curzon
Spencer
Waldegrave
Webster
Moyston
Sebright
Dashwood
Sidmonston
Pizrgepoint
Harcourt
Mills
Harley
Rodney
Poulett
Farquhar
Miffes
Howard
Eardleys
Chetwynde
Clinton
Jeffery
Norton
Martyns
Carr, Verney
Cattert
Viscountess de la Luzerne
Baroness de Nagell
C&c
Kixe
Lord Grenville
Major Spence
73D Regiment of Foot
Earl of Carpican
Carvican
Princess Royal
Lord Pacet
Duchess of
War Minister Circular Calls Troops From Furlough
Paris April directive from the War Minister orders all regular troops to recall officers and soldiers on furlough by the 5th. The King plans to expand the army into four divisions with three generals named to command. The Commons Council orders the burial of Honoré Mirabeau at Hotel de Ville amid commemorative verses.
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Paris
M. du Portail
Mairry
Rochamseau
BoviLve
Council of the Commons
Honore Riguetti Mirabeau
Hotel de Ville
Mirabeau
Prolonged Venice Letters on Russia Turmoil and Naval Arms
Letters from Venice report Russia’s plan to raise 300 sail in spring as a precaution against a potential English Dutch Mediterranean squadron aiding the Turks against Russia. Memorials from the Dome of CorEnsagen to Britain and others reveal Petersburg’s candid replies to allied demands for peace with the Porte, with Empress Catherine asserting Russia’s moderation and seeking a just, honorable peace while avoiding coercion. Denmark’s reflections support conciliation and urge defense of peace, stressing allied neutrality and Europe’s tranquility.
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Venice
Republic
Mediterranean
Russia
CorEnsagen
Lonpos
Bertin
Haoug
Petersurg
Petersburgh
Denmark
Petersburg
Ruffia
Europe
Fragmented Roll of Privy Counsellors and Foreign Dignitaries
A long list of titled figures including Earls Lords and Sir names appears, naming peers such as the Earl of Wycom and Lord Belgrave. The piece notes debates in Latin, a French ambassador appointment, a small French army, and a Paris link to a murder suspect caught near Paris. It contrasts parliamentary orations in Latin with John Bulls quip about comprehension.
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Grey
Major Maitland
Scotland
Lord Belgrave
John Bull
Count Dé Secur
Marechal de Segur
Cardinal de Beernis
France
Holy See
Faenew Natio Senate House
East Smithfield
Paris
England
Debating Ministry Reform and Protection in National Assembly
The April session of the National Assembly debated ministerial accountability and ministry organization. A decree declares the king sole chooser and dismissor of ministers. A Marine Minister faced scrutiny after a clerk exposed papers, with the Assembly ordering clerk protection and preventing his dismissal.
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Te Ywens
Jong
Marine
Assembly
Encyclical Letter To French King And Bishops
Four days ago a Courier carried an encyclic letter from the Pope to the King of the French and to the French Bishops with a Brief for Cardinal de Lomenie de Brienne. The letter spans 34 sheets in manuscript and alarms the bishops who favor Gallic Church liberties. The Papal envoy reports that Constitutional Bishops have been consecrated by the Bishop of Autun and a gathering of twenty Cardinals was convened to discuss the response.
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Cardinal de Lomenie de Brienne
Paris
Autun
Extracts of a Continent Letter on European Peace Efforts
From the continent, a hopeful view emerges that warlike postures among powers may yield to general peace. Russia and the Porte appear willing to sheath the sword, notes from Copenhagen urge mediation and peace, Denmark seeks to promote tranquillity, and the Porte signals openness to moderate terms, suggesting a favorable turn overall.
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Europe
Russia
Porte
London
Berlin
Hague
Copenhagen
Octakov
Ruffa
Denmark
Constantinople
National Assembly presiding figure and a distant wish for power
The article notes M Miraigau presiding in the National Assembly and hints at grand ambitions. It relates a petition to Old Bailey for habeas corpus in the case of Madame du Barrk, details a suit of Christopher Unthank and a new loom invention in Wicklow. It also discusses paper impositions by mill suppliers and printer libel concerns in journalism.
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M. Miraigau
National Assembly
Mons
Old Bailey
John Baptiste Lovet
Madame du Barrk
Christopher ‘Unthank
Ballymurrinin
Wicklow
Ireland
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Eh. Hardy
E. L. Loveden
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W. A. ‘Lambton
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E. Burk
Earl Ludlow
W. Sneyd
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Bet C. Taylor
T. Stanley
G. Warren
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J. Aubrey T. P. Legh
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