New writ for Midhurst borough aids long parliamentary debate
Historic session records a writ order for the Borough of Midhurst amid debates on a bill regulating trials in corporate towns and districts. MPs clash over Poor Relief provisions as Whitbread and Roe push for expedited consideration while Mainwaring and Pitt seek dispatch. The Quakers Bill is postponed and debated, with motions on Ireland expedition and Mutiny Bill amendments noted.
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Thomas Tynvlut
Bryan Edwards
John Angerstein
Ely Charles
Smith Eig
Robert Ainslie
Charles
James Sta el Fines
Mr.Mainwaring
St. Margaret
St.Clemet
St.George Hanover Square
St. Paul Covent-gardens&c
Pitt
Whitbread
Mainwaring
Cabinet Ministers and royal movement follow Windsor trip
Reports from St James reveal the Duke of Ponteavon and Earl Seence attending the Cabinet while the king travels to Windsor with the Queen and Princesses. Advices from Ghent note no material changes since December 28. Parliament debates press liberty as the Council of Five Hundred votes on journalism, and auctions at Christie’s feature Bourdon paintings.
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St. James
Duke of Ponteawp
Earl
St. Domingo
Raters Asercro Mere
West-Indies
Lord Huen Seymour
East-Indies
South Seas
Lord Keir
Board of Admiralty
Hyop Parger
West Indies
Bantry Bay
Parriss
Hysar
Dubois-Crancé
Dubois Cranzé
Council of Five Hundred
Marquis of
Winchester
House of Peers
Orrorp
Avate
Burke
Duke of Porteans
Trumsart
Christie’s
Patl-Mall
Jethro
West
Zenier
Duvall
Westminster
Clarke Jervoise
Bedford Arms
Brandenburg House
Indies
Dorchester Barracks
Prussian Government Declares French Requisition Unlawful
The Royal Chamber of War and Domains reports French agents demand payment of 3,000,009 and a fixed number of men to cut timber for sale. Xanten magistrates refuse further payments under Basle peace terms, fearing military compulsion from Paris directives. Londons Horse-Guards practice new Hungarian drill. city river improvements progress amid compromises. A Rome monument plan is noted and a robbery case in Blackfriars Road leads to arrest.
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Royal Chamber of ‘War and’ Domains
Rhine
Basle
Xanten
Wwe
Paris
Aixe la-Chapelle
Lesmaurcer
von Beanoth
Wairtxe
Hyde-Park
Brodd
Last Sumner
Wey
Corporation of London
Athames
Archittristo Pals
Avithops
Asi Evan's
Blackfriars-coad
Charlottes Street
tHoney
Union Hall
George
Yatton
Miles J
Old Bailey Trials Report From Friday and Saturday
Friday and Saturday at the Old Bailey details emerge of 14 prisoners tried including one capitally convicted for assault and robbery near the highway. Several defendants faced verdicts on felony forgery burglary and other charges with mixed outcomes and notes on juries and evidence.
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Old Bailey
Simmons
Bartholomew Hyatt
Srdl
George I Wilkins
Fennei Terry
F. Bennet
Fielding
David Fones
Hugh Daly
Margaret’ Duntin
Alexander Gray
Michael Lancley
Nicholas
Ealing
Samuel
Wake
Antony
Whitney
Shimas Hayes
James Thompson
Richard White
George Shilletoe
Tragedy of George Barnwell Ends at Sheatre Drury Lane
The article reviews the final performance at Drury Lane of George Barnwell with Miss Sippons in the lead. It praises her superior powers and impassioned rendering of the role, notes the supporting cast deserve public approbation, and remarks on the improving public notice of the entertainment Friend in Need though critiquing the dialogue while praising the music.
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George Barnwell
Adi Avoods
A&trefles
Privateers seize ships in Caribbean trade routes
The Battalion Oxton from Liverpool to Jamaica was captured on 2gth ult by Jeune Emilie privateers with 10 guns 8 swivels and 80 men near Jamaica. Triton frigate captured the privateer and sent it to Portsmouth. The Helen from Africa to Barbadoes and Antigua was seized by Scipio and retaken by President and carried to St Kitts. The Elizabeth from Cork bound for London ran ashore near Ramsgate with cargo discharging. The City of Waterford from Waterford to London was taken and brought to Havre.
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Oxton
Liverpool
Jamaica
Jeune Emilie
Triton
Portsmouth
President Loop
St. Kitt’s
Elizaveth
Smith
Cork
Ramsgate
London
Waterford
Kier
Havre
Arrival of His Majesty's Ship Theseus at Portsmouth
Portmouth reports that last evening the Theseus, a 94 gun ship from Plymouth, arrived in port. The notice notes the vessel belongs to His Majesty's fleet and marks a significant naval arrival at the harbor.
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Portsmouth
Theseus
Plymouth
Irish Parliament House of Peers Adjourns Bar Appearance Ordered
In the Irish Parliament on Thursday, the Lords ordered that the Printer of the Hibernian Telegraph appear at the Bar on Monday next. The house adjourned to that day.
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House OF Peers
Earl of Aldborough
London Markets Coffee Prices and Commodities Report
London market notes show mixed commodity shifts with coffee at varied grades from 130s to 1385.5 for fine and other grades. Plantations sold at 114s 6d to 1248.6d. per cent. Butter, beef, pork, sugar, and spirits also move, while cotton, hops, fruits, grains, and tobaccos display regionally varied price changes. Several items reach higher or lower levels, with rum steady and Geneva Hollands down to 13s 6d per gallon.
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Perent
Pereas
Waterford
Dublin
Bahasa
Tobago
Coniac
Geneva Hollands
Malaga
St Gia
Jamaica
Georgia
Carolina
James-river
Rappahanock
South Potawmack
Virginia
Objection to Petition Sparks Wet-Dock Plan Debate
The Wet-Dock Committee faced opposition from Sir William Geary and Mr Honeywood as Parliament prepared to hear the petition. An audience with Mr Pit was sought to explain the Merchants plan but the minister declined to intervene. A Treasury notice later issued funding for a half quarter’s salary for tradesmen in the royal household.
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William Geary
Bart
Firmea Honeywood
Efy
Honeywood
Pit
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