Debt action clarifies partial recovery in old law
In King’s Bench at Westminster Hall Hilary term 17g2 Av A Baker and customer argued debt, the jury returned verdict for 41 1s with the rest non debet. Lord Kenyon and others discussed whether partial sums could be recovered in debt actions and the long-standing rule that the whole debt must be recovered or nothing.
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King’s Bench
Westminster Hall
Lord Keaven
Jie
Adingay
Lord Kenyon
Court of Common Pleas
Bower
Beacroft
Draw ing Room observations and political sparks
Friday morning reports detail the drawing room at St James's with new marriages and nobles taking leave, plus a Levee for foreign ministers at Whitehall. Stock declines follow ministry change rumors, with debates on offices, reform, and Francis attacks. News on Paul Jones, Pearson, and parliamentary inquiries into new financial schemes. A York court awarded damages for a seduction under a marriage promise.
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Grevyville
R. FitzGerard
St. James's
Murcrave
Geernville
Whitehall
Port
France
Poland
National’ Assembly
Paul Joxss
Paul Jones
RicHaxd Pearson
Baltic
Risfeid
York
Lord Kenyon
Subscription Meeting for Polish Relief at The London Tavern
A meeting held yesterday chaired by Mr Smith solicited public aid for Polish widows and orphans. Mr Francis and Mr Coombe spoke on liberty and humanitarian aims as committees were formed, with funds to be held by bankers for general publicity and future redistribution. 136 people attended, with discussions on distributing funds to Poland or the Polish government and concerns over misallocation.
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London
Smith
Francis
Sheriff Coombe
PoLand
Coombe
France
Sth
Louil Grerce Gorvon
Coomée
Dufres
Porano
Russia
Sand
Constitutional Society
Friends of the People
Matenrs
Niger Off
Hune
Romane Cavers
Bic
Sam
Lorp Macartney
Pexin
Lorp’Ma ®Artney
Auckxtanp
the Hague
Cheveley
Newmarket
Rut
Merry
Herschel
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Gaven Hamreron
Rome
Gabia
Sheffield
Manchester
Salisbury
George Martin
James Martin
Tewksbury
Broad Windsor
Dorset
Bristol
Lincoln's Inn-square
Great Queenstreet
Covent Garden
Bowstreet
Affleck
Osborne
Mr. Hixt
Portsmouth
Somerset-house
Josaua
John Smith
Bow-street
104 Departed Tirant Tender Sighs and Angel Wings
Fragmentary verses lament a departed beloved. The speaker pleads for a last touch, a moment of presence, and blessing as death’s kiss seals a longing deathbed vow. The archaic diction and broken phrases evoke a mournful elegy full of spiritual imagery and yearning.
Declaration by Prussian Prussia's Allied Armies to France
A formal proclamation from the Duke of Brunswick and the combined armies of the Emperor and King of Prussia addresses the inhabitants of France. It frames the war as defense of legitimate rule, promises protection for those who submit, and threatens rebels and defiant towns with punishment while outlining duties of national guards, officials, and municipalities amidst the invasion. The text asserts motives to restore order, free the king, and end internal anarchy, urging a return to reason and justice.
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Prussia
France
Alsace
Lorrain
Havin
Low Countries
Germany
Fober
Roya
Bourgs
S Hall
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