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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 20, 1791
Page
2
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT HOUSES OF LORDS WEDNESDAY April 20 John Laird appellant Archibald and Jamres Robertsont and Co Insurance BrokersRepresented Heard Counsel and reversed the Decree Several Private Bills read adjournment to Monday May 2 Committee of Privileges adjourned to Thursday May 4
The House of Commons met to approve oaths for the Marquis of Titchfeld for Bucks and to schedule committees on Supply and Ways and Means. Private Bills from the Lords passed. Quebec and Catholic Dissenters Bills moved, with the latter granted third reading. Holy Island Enclosure Bill faced referral debate and a division, with concerns over its impact on the poor. adjourned after a late vote.
The report notes Ewart receiving a royal audience at the Levee before resuming duties at the Berlin court. It records dispatches sent to Ministers in Berlin Petersburgh and Constantinople. Viscount Parker sworn in as Comptroller of the Household and joining the Privy Council. Directors meet at East India House and India Stock dips three and a half percent. Several clerical and courtly movements follow with remarks on perjury claims surrounding Miss Gunwine and a disrupted letter involving Mrs Gunnine. Archbishop Herrine preaches against Beggar's Opera amid public mockery of satirical writers.
Yesterday morning the Princess Amelia from Bengal, off the Wight, arrived at St Helena, carrying Lt Col Robertson and several officers and passengers. The Spaynx sloop brought Lt Riou to the Cape. Several ships arrived at Bengal in October with crews and cargoes. Troop transports Rooney and Prince William Henry were to carry soldiers to Madras and then Europe. Hawke, Foutts, and other ships were dispatched between Madras, Bencoolen, and Europe.
A detailed letter from Colonel Floyd describes the action near Satamangalam and Bowanni on September 13 and 14. It notes heavy enemy cavalry under Tippoo, British gun trials, and significant losses on both sides including officers and natives. Floyd praises sepoy conduct and recounts the march to Coimbetoor, with Medows joining and plans for further movement toward Mysore.
The sessions at the Old Bailey issued death sentences to John Ryan alias George King George Arlet Thomas Dawson Joseph Cruce John Smith William Jones Thomas Chateland James Kelsey and Robert Jones. Forty one received transportation for seven years and one for fourteen years. One condemned to fourteen years for receiving stolen coal while the thief was jailed for three months. Others were sentenced to varying terms including twelve months six months three months one month and a whipping and discharge. Salibury was sentenced to two years hard labour in the hulks on the River Thames for obstructing an Excise Officer.
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