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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 19, 1800
Page
2
Friday Feb 14 the Irish House of Commons debated a move toward a Legislative Union. Ponsonby urged adjournment twice as majorities opposed the plan. After discussions the Speaker left the chair for the day and the question was deferred until Monday with assurances no opposition to the chair’s departure.
In the House of Lords on Feb 19, the Bread Prohibition Bill was read and passed after debate. Lords discussed impact on the poor, rapid implementation, and potential measures like stopping corn distilleries while Wilberforce urged an early bounty for potatoes. Habeas Corpus suspension also occupied the session, with ministers defending the measure against critics who warned of eroding liberty.
London February 20. A delegation from the twenty-one bankers met the Chancellor of the Exchequer at noon to discuss the forthcoming loan. Mr Pitt stated that services for the year would require seventeen and a half to eighteen and a half million sterling, with a specific total to be announced later.
Yesterday at noon the Kine held a Levee at St James Palace with numerous dignitaries including Le Comte de Viomeni Ruffian envoy Joan Herarine Norwich mayor and Duke of Portland. A Privy Council followed a directors court at East India House sent officers to Madras China and updated maritime approvals.
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