Fleet arrivals at Spithead and Harwich ship damage noted
In Portsmouth on February 25 Vice Admiral Thompson's Fleet arrived at Spithead aboard the Eagle frigate from Lisbon with convoyed ships. Sir Charles Thompson's Fleet, after weeks of adverse gales, returned unscathed. At Harwich on February 25 the 18 gun brig Bury reached port after grounding on the Gunfleet Sand. damage included a lost rudder and stores jettisoned to refloat her.
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Portsmouth
Thompson
Spithead
Eagle
Lisbon
Charles Thompson
Harwich
Bury
Irish Parliament Debates Press Licencing and Orange Men
In the House of Commons on February 21 the committee discussed duties on male servants and paper taxes, and Mr O Donel moved to appoint a committee to investigate the publications of The Press. Attacks on seditious papers sparked calls for general inquiry into press licentiousness, with calls to punish disseminators, and to consider broader restrictions against Orange Men and allied papers. The debate included opinions from Maxwell, Vandeleur, the Attorney General, Stanley, Pelham, and others, and concluded with the motion to appoint a general inquiry carried except for Tighe’s abstention. the session adjourned.
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O’donel
Maxwell
D. E. Post
Vandeleur
Orange-Men
Newgate
O’connor
Stanley
Orange- Men
Pelham
Ireland
Great Britain
Lords Voting Minority on Monday Night
The Lords who voted in the minority on Monday night were Earl Charlemont Earl Granard Lord Chincurry Bellamont Belvedere and Arran Moiray The Bishop of Down Kilkenny Lord Denfany proxy Earl Mt Camel.
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Earl Charlemont
Earl Granard
Chincurry
Bellamont
Belvedere
Arran
Moiray
Down
Kilkenny
Lord Denfany
Mt CaMel
Capture of French Corvette Sie Courent by His Majesty's Ship Fafon
In the London Gazette notice from February 27 Admiralty records Captain Stirling reporting the capture of the French corvette Sie Courent, 24 guns and 150 men, sent to merchant service as a privateer. Also listed are bankruptcy surrender dates for multiple merchants including Hicks Havering-bower and Collins Wincanton with Guildhall listings and surrender windows in March to April.
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Admiralty Office
Charles Stirling
Evan Nepean
Seay
G. Hicks
Havering-bower
Essex
Guildhall
M. Collins
Wincanton
Somersetshire
Sam, Moody
Lyndhurst
Southampton
White Horse
Romsey
Rd. Wilkinson
Liverpool
the Globe
C. Lockwood
Stowmarket
Money-Scrivener
Bridgnorth
Mercer
the Crown
Parliamentary Intelligence House of Lords Adjourns After Annuity Bills Pass
In the House of Lords on Thursday February 27, the County Causes Bill and several private Bills from the Commons were received and read a first time. They were ordered to be read a second time tomorrow. Bills granting Earl St Vincent and Lord Viscount Duncan annuities of 2000 each passed without amendments. Adjourned.
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House OF Lords
Tursday
Commons
Earl St. Vincent
Viscount Duncan
Turspay Fez House of Commons Digest 18th Century Action
The Salt Importation Bill passed the Committee with the report to be received tomorrow. Mainwaring presented the Petitions on a feudal clock and watch tax, ordered to lie on the table. Exchequer Loan and Scotch Distillery Bills committed, reports due tomorrow. The duty repeal on gold and silver watch cases passed at third reading. Pitt moved to curb GB lending to the States General during the war. Hobart reported expiring laws with resolutions agreed.
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Mainwaring
Pitt
Great Britain
States General
United Provinces
Hobart
Lord Belgrave
Simeon
Tierney
Mr. Tierney
Mr. Zierngy
Don
Metropolis Toll Reform Debate Attaches Weighing Engines
Debates in Parliament center on turning a former motion into a committee to inspect tolls at turnpike gates for weighing engines and wagon horses. Extensions allow broader inquiries across roads. Metropolis relief dominates, with other members seeking wider scope. Adjournment follows.
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Alderman Lashington
A&ts
London
John Sinclair
Mainwaring
G. Carew
W. Pulteney
Tierney
Law report on Reeves credit misrepresentation case in Paisley and Freeman precedent
In this law report Lord Kenyon discusses the duty of truthfulness when giving a character reference. The plaintiff sues Pardy for falsely asserting Reeves was of credit, leading to five horses bought on credit. The jury returns a verdict for the plaintiff with damages of 109 pounds 45 shillings.
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Reeves
Pardy
Brize
Lord Kenyon
Mr. Reeves
Meeting at Malpas Describes Loyalist Demonstration
On the 20th in Malpas Cheshire a vestry meeting yielded resolutions and an appeal for defence funds. After adjournment to Market Cross loyal toasts were pledged and the crowd, including farmers and laborers from distant parts, demonstrated strong support for the constitution and rational liberty.
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Malpas
Cheshire
Market Cross
Public Office Bow Street Meeting Leads to Suppression Order
Two people attended a meeting near Tottenham Court Road amid rumors of music and dancing. Magistrate Bond warned that further gatherings would be suppressed and ordered patrols to monitor sites nightly. Several locals faced examinations or bail for harbouring disorderly houses and suspected theft of two pewter water plates.
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Tottenham-court-road
Hdd
Bond
Westminster
St. Martin’s
Mutinous Hermione Frigate Sails to a Spanish Port
Reported letters recount cruel mutiny aboard the Hermione Frigate with sailors killing officers and throwing some into the sea. Others were mercilessly decapitated after torture. The mutineers are said to be delivered to the English government for trial.
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Hermione
Cuxhaven
England
Lowden
Yaxley Barracks
London
Dr Brodum's Nervous Cordial Promoted as Remedy
An account extols Dr Brodum's Nervous Cordial for nervous disorders and debility, claiming cure of youth vice and various ailments. Testimonial from Thomas Tority attests dramatic recovery from scurvy dropsy and jaundice after using the Botanical Syrup and Cordial. Remedies offered at multiple addresses in London and provincial shops.
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Brodum
Biodum
C. É.c
E. Newbery
St. Pauls Churchyard
Ward
Holborn
Gray’s Inn
Jeboult and Co
Bacon
Oxford-street
Pideing’ S Medicine Warehouse
Davis
Cork
Ireland
Bulgin
Sheppard
Bristol
Baxter
Edinburgh
Brown
Tolzey
Read
Vine-street
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Fes
Committee OF Ways and Means
London Gazette
Cuas
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J. Turmeau
Villiers-street
Strand
Jeweller
T. Lowthorpe
St. James's
Westmin
Victualler
T. Hoodless
Stowe
Lincoln
Maltster
R. T. Watkinson
Manninetree
Ettex
Grocer
T. Bates
Bedfordbury
Man’s-Mercer
J. Hall
Blackmap-street
Cheesemorger
W.’Pyke
Bridgewater
Somerset
Parliamentary Intelligence
Spain
Madrid
Don Ferpinawnn
Havannah
Ruru
West Indies
Carol Lasslo Della Veca
Europe
Egypt
LAW Report
Ega
Realbas
Pei
Bow
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