Debates Over India Debts Bill and Catholic Rights
Parliament continued with Dundas backing a second reading to remove debts related to India while arguing for sending Hanoverian troops home only as needed. Mr Fox proposed committees on Libels and Quo Warranto, with discussions on easing Penal Laws against Roman Catholics and broader toleration. The Sugar Bill committee adjourned to two weeks hence as Supply and Ways and Means shifted to Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundas
India
Francis
East India
Poder
Idia
Company
Fox
King’s Bench
Courts of Justice
Mghard Wofe
Araey Shlefpasch
Burn
France
Icave
Wyndham
Teft AA
Stanley
Pitt
House of Lords
Prussia
Netherlands
America
Holland
London society notes and court reports from Carlton House
Major General OHara meets Prince of Waters at Carlton House on arrival from Gibraltar. Privy Council summoned to meet at the Cockpit Whitehall on Thursday the 24th. Reports on Roman Catholic relief, misrepresented letters, and a dismissed romance involving General’s daughter. Notes on Wooburn Abbey alterations, social events in Manchester Square and Berkeley Square, and a Vienna misdirection for M de Carnonne. Baltic policy, Danish alignment, and potential war with Russia discussed. New 179-ton packet Chesterfield launched at Rotherhithe. An elderly man hanged in Duke Street, Smithfield, linked to an actress. A crab tree in Somersetshire yields excessive verjuice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Hara
Prince of Waters
Carlton-house
Gibraltar
Pirr
Dunpas
Duke of Arnour
Earl of Fife
Lord Grenville
Jones Grant
Grant
Sackville-street
Privy Council
Cockpit
Whitehall
Apvrrac
Mitford
Treacy
St. James’s Place
Lord H. S
Duke of M
Grace of B
Lord J
Wooburn Abbey
Duke of Bedford
Paul Meruien
Manchester-square
Lady Hume
Hillstreet
Berkeley-square
M.de Catonne
Turin
Vienna
M. de Caronne
Venice
o’Artois
Prince de Coupe
Wurtremaures
Holland
Berlin
Europe
Russia
Czarina
Joseph
Prussia
Crimea
Octakon
Petersburg
Baltic
Rotherhithe
Starkerv
Chesterfield
Lanspowne
Wycomspe
Ux- Bridge
Dr. Farmer
Admiral Edwards
Bugs
Duke-street
Smithfield
Macy
Pitcomb
Somersetshire
Public finances and clerical resistance in 1789
February discussion in the National Assembly reveals a large structural deficit, with expenditures exceeding receipts by about 76 million, despite sales of national property and patriotic contributions. Debates address clergy resistance to civil constitution, local suspicions toward bishops, and decrees reducing barbers privileges alongside other reforms. A new bishopric appointment and local proclamations accompany the volatile fiscal and religious scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Committee of Finances
Theatre notes on Belles Stratagem crowd and royal crowd
The theatre piece Belles Stratagem drew a crowded audience including royals and royal offspring. The report praises Joan Burt and the troupe, noting enthusiastic applause and loyalty from the audience as God save the King rings out after entrances and departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Burt
Aones
Mrs. Effen
French License Tax Sparks Debate in National Assembly
A proposed stamp paper license tax aims to raise about twenty million livres and cap each levy at 300 livres. A quoted Henry III edit defends granting such licenses as a civil right, while critics push for restraint amid broader fiscal measures. Madame Du Barre awaits in London to recover stolen country house goods. A French essayist suggests stamping “People be Free” with a counter message “It is a Duty to take up Arms,” to bar the export of coin and access to newspapers in despotic Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Monteguion
M. de CaLonneé
M. Viellard
Brittany
Bendon
Vannes
Treguier
St. Paul de Leon
M. du Pont
Nationa Assembly of France
National Assembly
Henry the
Madame du Barre
London
France
Europe
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. le Brea
Mons
Messrs. de Polignac
M. de Calonne
Fenetranges
Polignac
Duke de Polignac
M. de Mouffeau
Gregoire
Blois
Chartres
M. de Bennet
St. Michel
Barbers, &c. &c
Theatre
Covent-Garden
Bramer
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