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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 07, 1791
Page
2
English Parliament notes that the principal business concerns a Scotch cause with Charles Stewart as appellant and Sir James Colquhoun as respondent. The Court of Session decree was affirmed and petitions about Scotch Peerage returns were received before adjournment to the next day.
February 7 session discusses John Horne Tooke petition calling Westminster election into question. Burke and Fox urge caution over libel and parliamentary rights while Hastings impeachment is noted. Army estimates debated with 17,030 men authorized, West Indies defense upheld. Ways and Means delayed to Wednesday.
The Westminster election committee concluded after an hour as Mr Tooke, appearing ill, sought to present evidence from 1784 coroner inquest naming murder suspects. He declined to proceed. Mr Partridge supported Lord Hoon and Mr Douglas added nothing for Fox. The committee declared Lord Hoon and Mr Fox elected. Tooke’s petition dismissed as frivolous.
Reports from London detail the Queen and elder Princesses traveling from Windsor to Buckingham House with the King hunting in Windsor Great Park. The Duke of Groucester and nobility visit, the Royal Family attend Covent Garden Theatre, and grand entertainments are hosted in Kempshot and Oxfordshire. A marriage between the Duchess of Rutianp and Lord Paset is confirmed along with notes on the Malabar system. The late Duchess of Arcyte’s body travels to Ardinan. the Duke of Hamilton attends the vault. A waterlogged Westminster scene ends with a humorous remark by two sailors about lawyers on the steps of the Common Pleas.
In Paris on February 2 the Bishop of Viviers is noted as the fourth to take the Civic Oath under the National Assembly decree. A satirical item mocks patriots and button wearers while describing a club formed by Female Friends of the Constitution at Duffet. The piece recalls royal escape attempts thwarted by the National Guards at Belle Pue and Meudon, with nobles denied fugitives status.
The National Assembly debated a plan to fund aid for the poor by using hospital revenue, but the proposal failed. A successor idea suggested earmarking funds from national property sales for charitable use, while news emerged that the ship Amphytrite was lost with only five survivors among 128 crew, including an Île de France deputy. Debates over wine export duties dominated the session and were deferred to the next meeting.
February 1 report notes M de Rielles appealing innocence after months in prison and shifting tribunals while awaiting case resolution. M Dugquelmy cites injustice and criticizes committees building a high court for Leze Nation crimes. Also covers duties on wines exports and juries as a constitutional focus.
A large artillery corps at Woolwich is ordered to embark for the East Indies by early next month. Officers wish to accompany their regiment, but the East India Company resists. A separate passage laments the practice of selling a man into bondage and pleads for humane treatment. In a second incident a gentleman, returning from Covent Garden, is accosted by two women who threaten him with a pistol to obtain his watch and 20 guineas.
Windy coastal flood event causes three thousand pounds in damage across Suffolk coast and town area from Pennington’s mill to Cobbold’s cliff. Water overflows gardens warehouses streets and quays, with boats maneuvering to near doorsteps and residents fearing another surge.
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