Privileges Committee debate on Scottish peers seating rules
February meeting of the Lords Privileges Committee regards petitions against undue returns of sixteen Scottish peers. Lord Cathcart chairs, objections raised to a judge in his own case. Lord Chancellor defends voting rights. Damian Dunbar and Selkirk cases adjourned. Hastings precedents requested. House adjourns to Monday.
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Lord Cathar
Scotland
Earl Radnor
Lord Cathcart
Great Britain
Ad Stormont
Dunbar
Earl of Selkirk
James
Earl of Hosetown
Hastings
Catheart
Warren
Eig
Hotse
Indian Bill and Dividends Motion in the Commons
The session notes various bills and committee actions. Dunda proposes an India force expansion and pay regulation, while Loveden bids to address Unclaimed Dividends with a House list of claimants required first. The Middlesex petition on the Felons' Employment Bill is recorded, and committee work on the Slave Trade is deferred. Ways and Means and Supply are postponed to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Peather Teachaugh
William Macdmal
Elgrs
Justices of
Middlesex
India
Dunda
Loveden
Exchequer
Loveton
Oakuwampton
Bionday
Charles Pybus
Royal London Report of Levee and Court Attendances
News from London reports the King’s levee at St James’s, a quick council, and audiences with Pry and other officials before a Windsor departure. The Prince of Wales enjoyed hunting on Salisbury Road, while the Duke of Lords presented papers to the King. An annual St Mary le Bow service for foreign Gospel support was also noted with city hospitality to bishops.
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Buckingham House
St. James's
Kixe
Pry
Lord Hawkessary
W. Fawcett
Windsor Lodge
Prince of Wales
Salisbury Road
Hanwoov
House of Peers
Duke of
Lrrns
Misyjetty
Stockholm
Church of
St. Mary-le- Bow
Oxford
Tas
Tobacco freedom debate rocks French legislature in 1790s
In a chaotic session the French assembly debated repealing prohibitions on tobacco, risking revenue. Jacobins sought to pacify Alfice with a costly decree, allowing cultivation and sale of tobacco while a separate Brandy decree favored British commerce and aimed to weaken French duties.
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M. Vernier
Pas de Calais
Alsece
Alfice
France
Lord Kenyon Sits At Westminster In Busy Session
Report from Kino's Bench in Westminster notes Lord Kenyon presiding yesterday. The session featured several matters aimed at outlining the prevailing business and judicial concerns of the day.
Welch Rabbit Dispute Leaves Barber in Courtroom
Bennet, a barber plaintiff, sues Crane, a surveyor, for assault over a Welch rabbit size. He alleges a blow that loosened three teeth. verdict for plaintiff, damages one penny. Lord Kenyon to sit at Westminster until next Friday.
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Lord Kenyon
Westminster
Apology for a Recent Elopement in Morality Tone
The verse speaks of gentle motherly rebuke and the idea of restraint in love. It questions duty and persuasion, imagining if the lover had been a stranger and more alluring, suggesting the elopement’s temptations and the consequences of passion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danger
Mira
Murmured Political News and London Gossips
Yesterday a Committee of Tanners and diplomats met Mr Pitt at Downing Street. The House of Commons Speaker issued a new writ for Dunwich to elect a burgess. Privileges panels will judge Scotch elections over thirty three days. The Lord Chancellor aims to add Saturday sessions in peers. If Westmoreland leaves Ireland, Leeds should succeed him and Saint Helen’s will become Secretary of State. Mrs Harrises plans a grand Park Lane assembly when contracts reach Westminster Hall. The Prince of Waves will be installed at the Grand Lodge with notable Masonry honors. lodges subscribe Twenty Guineas each. The Duke of York missed attending the last quarterly, and Paris-bound entertainers seek favor. The London Merchant Sandwell from Charente is sunk in the River. Lords’ Bills of Exchange ruling upholds credit against fictitious indorsers to sustain fair trade and prevent forgery. A Colebrook Dale iron bridge over a canal in Holland is planned.
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Prutsian
Pitt
Downing-street
House of Commons
Dunwich
Burges
Barne Barne
Lord Cuancelror
House of Peers
Lord Westmoreland
Ireland
Duke of Leeds
Lord Saint Helen's
Spain
Harrises
Parklane
Westminster Hall
Prince of Waves
Grand Lodge
Duke of York
An Isnearire
House of Lords
Colebrook-Dale Company
Cana
Holland
Treble Trover Action Over Pocket Book Theft
In a trover case dated February 19, Mrs. Eaton sues Mr. Mabley to recover a pocket book and its contents. The book held bank notes totaling 270 and a banker’s draft. Gillard, dying, named Mabley as executor. an attorney drafted a will but Gillard died before signing. The will favored Eaton and others. Witnesses disputed timing of Eaton’s claim to the contents. Lord Kenyon ruled for the defendant, jury verdict favors plaintiff for 770.
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Trover
Nailer
Gillard
Morland Moved To Newgate For Bigamy Trial
County nehs report Thomas Hornby Morland moved by habeas corpus from Newgate to the new jail for his bigamy trial after arriving by night coach to Griffia inn. He and other felons, including Nursey, were examined, dressed in felons’ attire, and placed in wards. Morland worked at the forcing pump daily, with fifteen other county debtors also moved that day.
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Thomas Hornby Morland
Newgate
Morland
Lazaretto
Turnkey’s
Thomas Nurfey
Sarah Page
Lydia Flint
Thomas Welham
Robert Day
Samuel Burk
Thomas Smith
Nursey
Sheep Smearing Method for Finer Wool and Fewer Pests
A historical note describes a wool treatment after shearing: soak remaining wool roots with oil or butter and brimstone, then wash with salt and water after three to four days. The author claims this yields finer wool, increases quantity, and prevents scab and vermin for the year.
Prices of Provisions and High Meat Prices Discussed
The article laments rising butcher meat prices and questions causes including possible collusion among grazers drovers and butchers. It notes how English cooks waste more meat than French cooks and suggests economy to reduce costs. It mentions meetings to address the issue but mocks their small scope and formal summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Bc. &E
Sinking Ground Crashes Through Whitehaven Streets
A gradual ground collapse distressed Whitehaven over eight days, mainly in Michael Street Scotch Street George Street and Peter Street area. About 18 houses were demolished or made unsafe as 60 to 80 families fled overnight with furniture moved to warehouses and streets, while authorities protected belongings and kept fires in check.
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Michael-street
Scotch-street
George -Street
Petertreet
Michael Street
George-street
Elopement near Grosvenor Square ends in Gretna Green
A twelve year old girl elopes with a man over thirty after a morning promenade near Grosvenor Square. They plan to wed at Gretna Green with Reverend Anvill officiating. Pursuers followed as they departed. the child’s age and the adult companion’s status scandalize society. Also notes the grim view of fashionable clubs and recent deaths in Hertfordshire and Spitalfields.
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Grosvenor Square
John
Scotland
Anvill
Gretna Green
Paris
Grave- Jey
Hertfordshire
Joan Haig‘wort
Cuarres
Cuessyre
Countess of
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Fema
Committee OF “Privileges
London
National “Assembly
Iti
Iff
Isle of France
Lah
Kino’s Bench
Bennet
Crane
Lonp Rexy
Eaton
Mabley
County Neh's
Toswich
SE. F
Whitehaven
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