House of Lords and Commons Read Bills and Adjourn
Parliament records show Lords reading the Mutiny Bill and private measures. In Commons Mr Grant presents a petition from the Farmers Society of Bamf County Scotland demanding relief from low corn prices and opposing extra distillery duties. Exchequer Loan Bill passes. Scotch Distillery Bill debated. export bill to Jersey and Guernsey moves forward. Adjournment follows.
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House OF Commons
Tivaspay
Marcy Ft
Grant
Farmer’s Society
Bamf
Scotland
Alderman
Jersey
Guernsey
Royal Drawing Room and Naval News
Morning report from St James s notes a drawing room run from 2:30 to 5 with departures of Lord Bripport Sir H Neuson and others to ships. Talks of promotions and presentations honor the King and Queen on St David s Day with Welsh charity events. Wreck fears touch Hamadryad off Barbary. Swiss political moves in Berne and Zurich spark discussion of equality, constitutional plans, and French pressure. Rumors of a courtly gambling dispute, a 1700 pound suit, and European diplomacy fill the rest.
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St. James’s
Lord Bripport
H. Neuson
Earl of Dorchester
Lord Seaforts
Lady C Stuart
St. David’s Day
Honourable Society of Ancient Britons
Lord Gwyorar
St.James’s Church
Welch Charity
Mediterranean
Hamadryad
Expaiiston
Barbary
Nimfa
Vevay
Switzerland
Arau
Berne
Menard
Schauberg
Pays de Vaud
Erguel
Soleure
Mengaud
Zuric
Rastadt
Rome
Voluntary Contributions Across Parishes and Notables
The article lists voluntary donations from individuals, committees, and towns including Streatham, Poole, Bath, and Kilham, with totals reaching into thousands. It notes subscriptions by Sir Morton Epés, the Antiquarian Society, and various servants, plus a political critique of seceding MPs and a foreign-policy update on Emigrés and the army of Condé under Russian munificence.
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Barént
Streatham
Antiquarian Society
Morton Epes
Vienna
Wedocklay
Post Office
Joan Caut
Pysus, Catz, and ‘Co
Corporation
Poole
Tos
Spencer Witson
Bart
Lady Witson
Kilham
Newark
Henry Stertine
Dynnes Hall
Essex
Zool
True and Radical Reform in the Whig Clash of 1798
The passage voices Whig claims of public safety and state welfare urging radical reform as an alternative to the current Constitution. Charley defends faults as evident, while patriots rejoice but invite a movement to the Great House on Tower Hill and Temple Bar to heal the city.
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Tower Hil
Fame
Temple Bar
Life as a Simile in Love and Verse
A fragmentary meditation compares life to a theater of illusions led by Clio and Avon of poets. It notes Dryden’s harsh view, questions youth and desire, and ponders how love, beauty, and fortune create gaps and trials for the suitor seeking a prize.
Law Reporting From Guildhall May 24 Court Decisions
Sittings before Lord Kenyon and a special jury of merchants hear cases on a Hamburg bill of exchange without stamp money had and received verdicts for plaintiffs subject to King's Bench opinion. White v Cunine discusses prize money share for Gen Sir Adam Williamson. Burnett v White covers injury damages from a Chelsea coach incident. Argonaut voyage to Cape of Good Hope detention By Lord Keith influences insurance verdict. Court contemplates special verdicts and future House of Lords judgment timing.
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Jordaine
Sashbrook
Hamburgh
London
Court of King’s Bench
White
Verda
India
Cape of Good Hope
Lord Keith
King’s Bench
Collet
Min Erfeine
Erskine
Leed Keith
Cape
Gilgs
House of Lords
Veraia
Insurance policy case on ship Argonaut at London
In Guildhall a policy dispute concerns the ship Argonaut sailing from Bourdeaux with wine and British goods to Madeira and India. The defendants Butler and Collet, both English-born now domiciled in the United States and naturalized there, claim liberty to touch at any port. The vessel carried American privileges and aimed for India with uncertain destination.
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Bourdeaux
East Indies
America
Cape of Good Hope
France
Madeira
Collet
Great Britain
India
Bengal
Madras
French Chymist Claims Powerful Gunpowder For Coast Invasion
The Paris papers report a celebrated French chemist named Betrholety as having discovered an improved gunpowder of peculiar force. The Diaretory cites an Arrété restricting German commissioners and envoys involved in the Rastadt negociation from entering France or remaining, while urging passport issuance for those to treat with France. Vienna notes indicate no ambassadors will be sent to Italy, with only simple residents. Dutch prizes are valued at £1326. gunpowder costs and ballast, head-money are listed.
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Paris
Diaretory
Campo Formio
French Republic
German Empire
Raftadr
Germany
Rastadt
France
Vienna
Free States
Italy
Cisalpine Republic
Restoration Sale Pills and Options for Pregnant Ladies
Registry notice offers temporary accommodation for pregnant women through White, surgeon and midwife, or Mrs. White, at No 2 London House Yard near St Paul’s Churchyard. Advertises Restoration Sale Pills at 1s 2d per box and invites inquiries about concealed pregnancy terms and confidential advice for women and children.
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White
Hite
No. 2
London House-Yard
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Mr. White
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