King's Speech and New Writ For Great Bedwin House Seat
The House debated for considering the King's Speech and resolved to move to a Committee of the Whole to confer about granting supply. A new writ was ordered for a Burgess in Great Bedwin Wiltshire to replace the late Viscount Downe. Lord Coggierne reported the King would receive the Address at St James's and the House proceeded to present it.
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Great Bedwin
Wiltshire
Viscount Downe
Lord Coggierne
St. James’s
Address on the Royal Speech from the Throne
A formal address from Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament thanks the King for the Speech from the Throne. It lauds the royal marriage, notes satisfaction at the peace between the Emperor and Ottoman Porte, and supports measures for royal provision while praising economy and constitutional liberty. It also mentions mediation of the war and hopes for continued tranquillity and prudent establishment reductions.
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Irene
Loris
Duke of York
Princess Royal of
Proffin
Rufa
Porte
Dufria
Peterburgh
Europe
Majesty thanks Lords for loyal Address and marriage alliance
His Majesty replies with gratitude for the dutiful address and affection shown. He gladly accepts congratulations on the marriage of his son the Duke of Yours with the eldest daughter of the King of France and notes readiness to cooperate on a suitable provision for their establishment.
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Duke
Yous
Pxvs
Sid
French and British Ministers Contrast on Money and War
The French minister declares Parliament faces famine, no money, and national unrest as trade and industry falter. The British minister claims revenues will be raised to cut taxes and reduce the national debt, asserting prosperity in commerce and navigation. A high India Company officer captures Guki near ATAM, surrender fixed for December 16.
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A. Contratt
Guki
Atam
India ‘Company
Macrcraw no Con juROR Opera at Covent Garden
The Frost night performance of Macrcraw no Con juROR at Covent Garden drew a full house with boxes crowded by fashion and beauty. Attributed to Mr. Merry the opera received strong condemnation for its language, plot, incidents, and characters, while the house appeared fairly to approve the production overall.
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Covent Garden
Merry
Royal Drawing-room crowds and Caribbean unrest ripple through London
A drawing-room at St James's drew noble attendance while the Queen’s family dined. Reports from Jamaica of insurrection scare the public. riots erupted in Kington over militia discipline and the town faced clashes. Coroner's inquest ruled lunacy for a captain's steward who shot himself in Bloomsbury, after a troubled period and pre voyage investings.
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St. James’s
Earl of
Cottrell
Viscountess Boying
Prince of Wales
Duke of Gloucester
Buckingham House
Lord Allextanp
Hague
Lord Cathcart
Earl of Effingham
Jamaica
Kington
Henry Shirley
Suituy
India
Count Trautmassport
Netherlands
Prince de Liene
Constantinople
St. Giles’s
William, Bontort
Europa East-Indiaman
Hackney Coath
Hart-strest
Bloomsbury
Bontoft
Dublin Officials Lead City Address to the Cattle Courthouse
Dublin on January 30 saw the Lord Mayor Recorder and sheriffs with major corporations walk in procession to present the Address from the last Quarter Assembly. In Commons Gratton presented a petition from Rogerson’s Quay near the south river wall breach and anticipated inundation of surrounding low grounds. The petition was referred to a committee to sit in the Speaker’s chamber today.
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House of Commons
Grattan
Rogerson’s Quay
Channer
France 1792 Letter to Assembly on War and Peace
A January 28 1792 dispatch from Paris transcribes a royal summons by Louis XVI to the National Assembly. The king states war necessity, seeks a peaceful negotiation with Emperor and pledges to decide quickly on peace or war within six weeks. He emphasizes constitutional rights and urges harmony.
Imperial war rumors spark European fortifications and troop movements
From Ratisbon reports the Imperial Commission cites potential defence measures and a war likely to benefit the Emperor, with troops marching, magazines forming, and Berlin issuing readiness orders. Dispatches describe regiments moving to Bohemia, Vienna preparing arms, and alliances converging as nations eye a long-debated coalition.
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Ratisbon
Vins
Lerfberg
Bohemia
Remmenys
Ordnance Office
Vienna
Tuarge
Jeann
Upper Austria
Margraviate
Baden
Berlin
Aisow
Westphalia
Spain
Clermontois
France
Coalition
Francis
Leonard the Peaceful
Fragmented note on ships and smugglers near Scilly rocks
The text references smugglers fleeing capture near the Scilly Rocks, including a lugger chased by Capt. Woodley and detained near dangerous rocks. It mentions vessels Providence Taylor London Ramsgate Nancy Sharp Chesapeak Maiden Donkin coal Dunkirk others, with partial details on routes and fates.
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Providence
Taylors Fom
London
Ramsgate
Norfolk
Donkin
Dunkirk
Robbery and Break-in Reported in Local Village
Saturday evening Mr Savelby of Bri stopped by a single man who robbed him of three guineas. Sunday night thieves entered the public house on the lower road, bound the family, and carried off various household articles and apparel.
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Savelby
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