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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 06, 1793
Page
2
The report notes Wednesday February discussions in the English Parliament where the Duke of Dorset referenced his Majesty and gratitude to the House. Counsel argued a case concerning Scotland with names Janet Hemterson present. Further testimony planned for tomorrow as the session adjourned.
Mr Speaker took the chair at four o'clock with only 67 members present, insufficient for a ballot, and the House adjourned.
In the House of Lords on Thursday Feb 7 counsel addressed the adjourned Duff v Hendersin appeal. Lord Thurlow recommended affirming the Court of Sessions decree and awarding 200l with costs to the respondent. The Corporation of London v Lynn was postponed to the first post Easter day.
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock but only 69 Members attended and the session was adjourned due to lack of a quorum.
On Friday February 1 Thomas McDonnel a printer was reprimanded by the Speaker for publishing remarks claiming Parliament was not free and independent. The House declared such claims harmful to the Constitution and the rule of law, and McDonnel was discharged after paying fees.
Lord Viscount Headfort moved a unanimous Lords address endorsing the Commons resolution amid armed National Guards in Dublin. Peers backed measures against disorder, defending the Proclamation, and the presentation to the Lord Lieutenant was ordered. Also noted were levée attendances, senior officers promoted, and foreign affairs rumors on the French conflict and emigre lands.
The proceedings discuss the Mutiny Act's scope since the Revolution, focusing on involuntary discharge from service, the legality of incontinence as a crime, and the authority of magistrates. It also covers Overseers of the Poor, Guardians, workhouses, private relief, and parliamentary provisions for the Poor, with judgments supporting guardianship and housing as proper. Additional items note York mayoral election procedures, a Habeas Corpus issue, and a wife's protection from brutal husband.
London reports that yesterday at twelve thirty the king traveled from Buckingham House to the levee at Somerset House, starting at one and ending at two. A Privy Council followed, with county peers being allotted seats. Afterwards the king granted audiences to Canterbury ministers and notable figures before returning to Buckingham House at five.
A report from June 27 1792 recounts Captain William Wright of the Jane arriving from Ghia with news of a mutiny. Malays, Seacunnies, and gunners killed Captain Nelson and an officer, seized the vessel, and killed several others before Bampton retook the ship with 20 Europeans. The Jane carried heavy cargo and 30001 in specie, with a substantial whale stock value.
An eighteenth century record notes a court application to set aside an annuity on joint lives granted to Lord Williams and Lord Charles Murray as detailed in a memorial. The report also lists large military reinforcements for Austria Prussia and the Rhine area, with extensive remarks on the British staff, naval orders, and academic notes on Leonardo da Vinci and Vesalius.
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