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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 23, 1791
Page
3
The House of Commons met to ballot for a committee on the Stirlingshire Election Petition and to consider the Chancellor of the Exchequer's motion on the Government of Canada but stood at four o'clock with only government members present, short of the 100 needed to proceed. The session adjourned.
Yesterday the Drawing Room at St James's included Royal family members and many peers and diplomats with the Archbishop of Canterbury attending. Later, bank officials, ministers, and nobles were hosted at Dowding Street and Buckingham House with audiences to the King and Queen. News also notes Hastines's trial papers moved to Westminster Hall and a Leith to Lanark canal project with 14,000 pounds subscribed.
In Constantinople the Reis Effendi arrived at the Grand Vizir headquarters with urgent dispatches amid reports of Black Sea and Danube troubles. Secrecy surrounds the matter and people are forbidden to discuss Russian operations, with some executions for treason. Potemkin warned the Grand Vizir of possible peace terms. reinforcement orders to Romelia were issued, but a coming storm is still feared.
Translation of a Latin letter from the Pope to the Bishop of Basve. The Pope states no French election of a new Upper Alsace bishop has his consent. He warns against illegal elections, confirms jurisdiction remains with Basve, and urges unity under Church rights. He prayers for fortitude and prudence to govern, ending with apostolic benediction.
A column critiques French influence on the Cession of Canora, noting French efforts to thwart the scheme and claims that England pacified Spain at the Porte's urging to curb Turkish enemies. It mentions Cardia and two un conquered provinces in South America, plus a brief note on pawnbroker practices and early 19th century dining hours. It also records obituaries: Rev Dharves Tarrant and Mrs Gray.
Law report from Kine's Bench before Lord Kenyon and a Special Jury. Wright, lieutenant of a press gang, led eight to ten men in a raid on a Fort Smithfield publican’s house. They forced entry with drawn swords, threatened the prosecutor, assaulted Mrs Cuthel, and dragged out Mr Cuthel. Pistols were brandished. Wright urged violence. Jury found Wright guilty.
The plaintiff Abraham Lara a jeweller sues Bird a fashionably young gentleman on two Bills of Exchange for 400 and 200 given for diamonds and money lent sixteen years earlier when Bird was a Trinity College Cambridge student. The jury finds Bird minor at drawing and no promise to pay since. verdict for the defendant.
An officer of the guards rented a furnished house from an upholsterer in Bentinck street. When rent wasn't paid, the landlord distrained in a way claimed oppressive. It was argued that a lady's wearing apparel could not be distrained, but Lord Kenyon held the statute allowed it. The jury awarded the plaintiff damages of one shilling.
The King versus Jones ended with acquittal after a perjury indictment where evidence was not sufficiently clear. The report promises to cover important causes at length at the first opportunity.
Mr Hodges sues Hon Wyndham for criminal conversation with Hodges wife Lady Hodges. The case details marriage in 1782, years of separation, Hodges seeking divorce, adultery proven, and defense arguing small damages or nominal verdict. Arguments reference a prior Privy Counsellor scandal and aim to show Hodges as a plain gentleman.
A court heard evidence that a wife engaged in open prostitution with various foreigners while her husband did nothing to stop it. The husband was alleged to have allowed a Flemish banker to visit the wife in Brussels, and even after a nocturnal intruder visited their Pall Mall lodgings, the door was left open. A messenger claimed an important House of Commons debate, prompting Hodges to rise for his clothes and attend, after which the visitor vanished. Lord Kenyon condemned the action, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
Miss Holmes sued Banpuny for breach of promise of marriage after his repeated delays and final refusal. The Norfolk innkeeper’s daughter and Banpuny, a widowed grocer, had prepared for marriage with gifts including a wedding dress and a gold watch. Lord Kenyon urged a moderate damages award. the jury returned verdict for the plaintiff totaling 150.
Madame du Barre arrives to identify stolen property. An officer reports a protected carriage assembly for army baggage and stores, examined by Military Board, sent to camp for inspection. It includes tent gear and a cot, and could carry a wounded officer securely. Adoption could save gold and reduce army followers, saving two hundred thousand pounds yearly. Shipping and fishing news note losses on the Dogger Bank and gravesend boats. A Newcastle Windmill-hills accident kills a child. A marriage in Stockport prompts a quick second ceremony. Shaftesbury opens a coal-funding subscription for twenty members.
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