Parliamentary Intelligence and House of Commons Actions
Turspay February 26 reports show Lords agreeing to two private Bills while the Commons adjourns to Thursday. Bills discussed include raising 3 millions by exchequer bills, extending income statement statements, and the Volunteer Corps Bill. Committees on expiring laws and raw materials imports were scheduled, with accounts on unfunded debt and civil list services ordered for Thursday. Adjournment to Thursday follows papers on veterinary college.
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House Or Commons
Turspay
Fen
Lords
Volunteer Corps
Leavell
Abbot
Great Britain
William Geary
Veterinary College
French privateer Le Milian taken by Boadicea and Atalante
An extract from Vice Admiral Sir Charles Thompson reports the French cutter Le Milian of 14 guns and 44 men captured by Boadicea and Atalante off Torbay. Captain Keates orders the prize brought into port, prisoners landed, then to rejoin the squadron. Also lists bankrupts and dividends in London notices.
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Admiralty Office
Sir Charles Spehem
Ewan Nepean
Torbay
Boadicea
le Milian
Atalante
Griffith
R. G. Keates
Charles Thompson
Perdy and Cathkin Debate Union in Odd Verse
A fragment from a poem or verse item features Perdy and Cathkin arguing about marriage and union. The dialogue hints at lovers as they discuss agreement, affection, and future reconciliation after quarrels, with a closing line about friends after their garrels are over.
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Perdy
Cathkin
Patrick
Squire Butty
Gower elevated to Baron Gower and official appointments
The Crown orders the summoning of George Granville Leveson Gower to the House of Lords as Baron Gower of Stittenham. Frederick Earl of Carlisle is named Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding and Kingston upon Hull. Minor officers and a garrison appointment are listed, plus a drowning death in Gloucestershire and altered sentences for Wallace Fencibles. A street robbery in Queen Street Garden Square is reported with details of the theft.
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Great Britain
George Granville Leveson Gower
Earl Gower
House of Peers
Baron Gower
Stittenham
County of York
Frederick Earl of Carvisle
Order of the Garter
Coromandel
Jarvis
Thomas Murray
Vieutenant
Portsmouth
Cayter
Ireland
Grorce Napier
Martha Kexouris
Francis Exouris
Gloucestershire
Andover
Wallace
Jatt
Zlhomas Cummings
Hugh S’allaly
Boc
Fohin Smith
John Ryan
Joan Egan
Whernes Graham
Queen-street
Garden-square
Windmill-street
Prohibited Play and Loyalist D disturbances Report
Dublin sees government ban on Play of Orocneko amid Palace levee celebrations for Queen Victoria. Reports describe arrests at public houses for forged banknotes and powder seizures tied to deserter bandits planning outrages near Glen of Ismael and Ballinascorney. Disturbances spread across Connaught with cattle killings in Mayo and further notes from Galway and Leitrim.
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Dublin
Fes
Orocneko
Dublin Castle
Lord Coenwattris
Mary Smoreton
Majors Sree
Swan
Bedford-row
Temple-bar
Bride-street
Ismael
Ballinascorney
Connaught
Davis
Monavia
County of
Mayo
Galway
Leitrun
Seven Dwyer gang men captured at Hacketstown raid
Glengarry Regiment pursued Dwyer savage gang at Rustyduff, seven captured, three killed, house set ablaze as Dwyer fled amid smoke. Later in Hacketstown a private named Cood repelled attackers, killing one and mortally wounding another. neighbor victims noted.
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Glengarry
Dwyer
Hacketstown
M’doxnev
Berau
Rustyduff
Cood
Hacketstown Infantry
Bill to Suppress Disturbances Raises Civil Liberties Alarm
In the House of Commons the Attorney General defends a sweeping bill amid opposition. Barrington condemns it as a direct assault on liberties, while the minister argues necessity and anticipates fair discussion. The debate cites Habeas Corpus petitions and clashes between Civil and Military authority amid Ireland unrest. General Johnston and other convicts prompt consideration of transportation versus hanging.
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House of Commons
Fes
Barrington
King’s Bench
Johnston
Ireland
New Geneva
Court of King’s Bench
Rebellion fears fuel push for military power in Ireland
Debates show alarm over a Habeas Corpus Bill and a proposed constitutional shift to military control. Critics warn it would erode civil rights, jeopardize judges in counties like Wexford and Wicklow, and unite civil and military systems under a draconian regime.
Budget move delayed as treasury chief signals line of conduct
Friday proceedings show the Chancellor of the Exchequer intends to bring forward the Budget on Monday but postpones after Barrington outlines a drastic response to a new suspension of rebellion bill. A Bill to secure Regency during crown demise is read first time and slated for Wednesday second reading.
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Committee of Ways and Means
Barrington
Fitzgerald
Prime Serjeant
England
Montgomeryshire candidate and other notices in Oxfordshire era
The Hor. John Thomas Carpet, scond son of the Earl of Essex, and son-in-law to the Earl of Uxsrince, is a Candidate for Montgomeryshire, to succeed the late Mr. Lroyo as MP for the County. Friday's remains of the late Duke of Leeds were laid in the family vault at Harr hil, Riveton. The hearse bore banners and escutcheons, with tenants preceding and mourning coaches following. The Duke ordered a benevolence of 50 to be distributed among Hart-hill poor and 25 to each parish of Thorpe, Salvin, Waies, Tedwich, and Anston. Miss Cuester to be Maid of Honour to her Majesty, replacing Miss Tryon. Mr. Merry, husband to Miss Brunton in America, died suddenly in Baltimore on December 14 from apoplexy. Mrs. Merry returns from America. Actor Arkin, famed for Osmond in Cal ie Spere with the Cheltenham Company, died after bursting a blood vessel in Daventry. A terrible storm at Sherborne, Dorsetshire, injured Thomas Gelding of Lord Digby’s, hair singed, carriage incidents at Salisbury and Axminster, and a 50-ton hay rack destroyed at Abbotsbury. Storm damage reported at Haddington, Oxfordshire. The spring tides and rain flooded Norwich, prompting immediate subscription relief for the poor.
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John Thomas Carpet
Earl of Essex
Earl of
Uxsrince
Montgomeryshire
Mr. Lroyo
Duke of Leeds
Harr Hil
Riveton
Hart-hill
Thorpe, Salvin
Waies
Tedwich
Anston
Cuester
Tryon
Mr. Merry
Sherborne
Dorsetshire
Thomas Gelding
Lord Digby
Salisbury
Charlton
Axminster
Dorferthire
Abbotsbury
Haddington
Oxfordshire
Norwich
Turnbull and a Flood of Felonies at the Mint Trial
The court overruled defense claims that Turnbull’s robbery of the Mint was a mere forcery and sentenced him to death. Other convicts faced transportation, imprisonment, or whipping for crimes including treason, highway robbery, forgery, burglary, and resisting a Revenue Officer. The sessions adjourned to April 16.
London Markets Grain Prices and Local Beef Prices
London markets report moderate wheat supply with offale near 1s per quarter up but dull demand for inferior sorts. Barley, beans, oats, and rye show varied prices, with fine samples commanding higher values. Cotton and seeds prices listed, plus weekly market returns from Smithfield, Newgate, and Leadenhall with coal prices in Newcastle and Sunderland.
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Polands
Newgate
Leadenhall
Deefas
Newcastle
Sunderland
Distinctive Market Quotes From Various Towns
From Newnpeay to THAMPTON and Reading, weekly grain and bean prices are listed. Wheat, barley, oats, beans, and peas show varying rates in shillings and pence per quarter or per hundredweight, with notes for multiple towns including Henley Devizes and Savnsbury. Prices reflect regional trading conditions February dates and town-specific tallies.
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Newnpeay
Henley
Bartey
Peefe Gas
Savnsbury
Harley
S. of
Devizes
Sirley Il
Non Thampton
Tor
Badzy
Deans Il
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Marcy
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London
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Sarrant
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Pudfy
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William Harper
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Edward Friday
Robert Richardson
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John Fitzwilliam
Thdémes Nicholson
John Wilway
John Smith
James Broughton
Thomas Bennet
William Bryce
Peter Pollard
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Thaness
Edward Edwards
Mary Powel
Sarah Compton
Thomas Wheeler
David Williams
George Clayton
Elizabeth Lamer
James Tomlinson
Charles Panton
Wm. Brown
Samuel Acock
Elizabeth Tandy
Fure
London Markets
Messrs. Carenend Marras
Smithfield
Smmrverlzld
Q&s
Pccketsea Kent
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Farnham
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