Land Tax Bill and Slave Trade Debate Move
English Parliament notes show several members sworn in and petitions presented. Land Tax Bill was ordered to be read again. Wilberforce announced plans to move for a Committee of the Whole House to hear evidence on the Slave Trade, with Cawthorne supporting a Select Committee. timing debated as Friday or Monday. Committee of Ways and Means and Supply postponed to Friday. Adjourned.
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Wilberforce
Frida
Cawthorne
Levee Attended by Great London Nobility at Court
London report recounts yesterday's levee with attendance of high nobility including the Lord Chancellor, dukes, barons, and numerous gentry. New presentations to the King were made, a Council examined twelve criminals, and court life included royal audiences, with remarks on marriages, naval promotions, and public measures.
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Leeds
Portland
Gordon
Montcose
Merquises
Salisoury
Titchfield
Lorn
Boston
Hood
Grenville
F. Campbell
Hawkesbury
Herbert
Grey de Wilton
Levees
William Bentinck
Duke of Portland
Cuaries Fitzcerarp
Ogilvie
Colonel Bennet
George Howard
Mr. Bethiem
Lord Cuancellor
Pitt
London
Old Bailey
George Yonge
Buckingham House
Morrison
Great Britain
Grorce
Mar Lacrovex
Grorat Srawys
Durr
Cravener
Cunista-Riad
Retttuann
Eppy
Fife
Feurxis
Asia
Mapema
Mapras
Beneat
East India House
Jones
Hopson
Boppam
Earl Cornwalls
India Company
Cuina
Botany Bay
Colchester
National Assembly
Prussia
Constantinople
Petersburgh
Berlin
Paris
St. Roche
France
Versailles
Louis XIV
Prusia
Crimea
Szistove
Covent Garden Satiric Sketch Credits Past Hits
A revived piece mocks recent topics and figures in London theatre. It notes echoes of Commercial Treaty reports, National Assembly proceedings, and the Washerwomen’s machine debate. The author’s revival benefits from Munven and others as laughs rise at the Old Jewry and London Tavern.
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France
Razor
Tippoo
Maxazar
Botany Bay
Munven
Quick
Wilson
Mrs. Mattocks
Quipmack
Rule on Morgan and Trigoze justice officials
Law report notes a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Justice Trigoze for appointing surveyors after meetings with Mr Morgan. Lord Kenyon discharged the rule but urged presenting affidavits to the Lord Chancellor to decide which of the two justices should be superseded.
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Morgan
Monmouth
Trigoze
Erskine
Bower
Lord Kenyon
Law Case of Walpole First Mate vs Captain Churchill
Wednesday February 2 reporting the Walpole shipboard dispute. Charles Ryland sues Captain Henry Churchill for suspending him on grounds tied to sailing excess. Trial before Lord Kenyon with Erskine Mingay and Garrow for plaintiff and Bearcroft Bower Law Baldwin for defendant. Jury verdict for plaintiff with damages. Notes on protest fees and inland bill handling follow, plus a promise of fuller coverage.
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Charles Ryland
Walpole East Indiaman
Henry ChurchiLl
Erskine
Mingay
Garrow
Bearcroft
Bower
Law
Baldwin
Walpole
Gravesend
Churchill
Rutherford
Ryland
Lord Kenyon
Indicted man Thomas Brown for theft at Shadwell parish
On February 3 an indictment charges Thomas Brown with stealing 10,000 ounces of silver valued 2400 pounds and near a hundred watches from a vessel in the River Thames. He was outlawed for failing to appear and answer. Outlawry will be argued by Mr Wood on the following Wednesday.
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Thomas Brown
Otober
St. Paul
Shadwell
Joel Goddart
Libel Case Delay Granted in Morning Herald Action
In the King against the Morning Herald for libel on the Duke of Athol, Mr. Pigot for the defendant moved for an adjournment until the next term after noting the prosecutor had slept from June to January. The motion was granted.
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King
Morning Herald
Duke of Athol
Judgment in Quarantine Breach Case Stands Over
Harrison faced the Court for breach of Quarantine with the Attorney General moving for judgment. Parliament's act prescribes six months imprisonment and a fine of one moiety to the King and the other to the prosecutor. The Court adjourned to Wednesday next to pass judgment.
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Harrison
Parliament
Motion for New Trial in Inland Bill of Exchange Case
A motion for a new trial concerns an inland bill of exchange for golds due fourteen days after sight, payable after receipt of sight, with due date April 24. The case references Mirts and involves a dispute over payment terms and dates as the proceeding advances.
Turkish Soldier System of Enlistment and Training
A historical account describes how the Sultan selects youths from Christian families, taking every third or fourth child to Consantinople. The best among them are employed for domestic service by the Sultan and nobles, while the rest are sold. They are trained and kept in harsh conditions, then drafted into the army when needed, and indoctrinated in the Tan religion to become zealous in anti Christian causes.
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Fale
Asia
Contested honors and political musings in a London crowd
A fragment from a London periodical reflects political debate on leadership, rights, and governance. It notes Lord Heathrigg and Baron St Hexens, Massareene, the Lapies, and the role of a Commons vote, then shifts to incidents of wine seizure from Burke, a burglary at Sturch Ironmonger, and a tragic Clerkenwell fire sparked by a thief entering a candle.
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Heathrigg
St. Hexens
Massareene
Lapies
Commons
Burke
Sturch
Stanhope Street
Clare Market
Cpfh
Ray-street
Clerkenwell
Bedy
Rippes
Paris
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Kixe
Lockart
Ertine
Mmgay
Shepherd
Lord Kenyor
Justices Aurft
William
Fustice Buller
Fufie Grofe
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