Parliament session passes many bills amid debate and amendments
Ninety bills received royal assent by commission as Archbishop Canterbury the chancellor and Lord Grenville presided. A Stage Coach Bill faced petitions and delays. The Lords debated a bill to relieve Papists from oaths though the lord chancellor called it mass of nonsense. The committee examined corn trade measures with extensive speeches by Hawkesbury Stormont and others, ending with divisions and adjournment.
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Lord Grenville
William and Mary
Mery
Lord Cathcart
Lord Stormont
Aie Hawkesbury
Lord Hawkefbury
Cecil's Divorce Bill and jails debate in Commons
The House of Commons discusses Mr Cecil's Divorce Bill with a sequence of questions on settlement for Mrs Cecil. A motion to publish jail counts led by Mr Grey prompts amendments about which courts imprison debtors. Debates on Pitt’s Resolutions and Sheridan's opposition follow, with calculations challenged and several amendments carried or rejected.
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Baker
Powys
George Howard
W. Scott
Lord Caresford
J. Ingelby
Sheridan
Pulteney
Mrs. Cecil
England
Wales
Berwick Opoe Tweed
Burton
Grey
London society notes and naval dispatches sketch
London highlights from June reports include Prince of Wales visits Carlton House, dinner for 16th Regiment officers at Staines, and dispatches from Sir Robert Anson in Constantinople. Courtly gossip covers marriages, theater openings, rebuilding talks for Drury Lane, and a Bow Street maniac case.
Parliamentary Revisions and Adjournment After Amendments
The debate over the Resolutions continued with Pitt moving to strike the word not from the 4th Resolution, an amendment carried. Further amendments, discussed by Fox Steele Baker Sheridan and Pitt, were approved. Pitt proposed a resolution arising from these changes, which the Committee adopted. The Chairman was asked to report progress and the subject to be resumed tomorrow, with adjournment at twelve.
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Pitt
Select
Aalbead
Itt
Rofé
Steele
Fox
Rose
Exchequer
Ryder
M. Montague
M. Montapuie
Mendoza
Baker
France's National Assembly debates punishment by death
May 30 and 31 proceedings note a long debate on punishing criminals with death and torture. A motion to execute parricide with death is overruled by concerns about French incapacity for such atrocity. An incident in Versailles involved a smith who murdered his father and was broken on the wheel. A letter from the Foreign Minister defends the King against Paris journalists who attacked his Constitution. The day closes with the decision to move Voltaire's ashes to the Church of St Genevieve in Paris.
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M. Garrat
Versailles
Paris
Frankfort
Voltaire
Romtly
St. Genevieve
York
Manchester
Albemarle
Dalkeith
Berlin
Bichofswerder
Count Anim
Gratitude Letters Honor Memory of Old Franklyn
On June 1 and 2 a letter from General Wallington expressed lively gratitude for the honors shown to Old Franklyn. Another message, issued in the name of Pennsylvania, praised the August Diet of France and lauded the vast brass foundation of their industry.
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Wallington
Old Franklyn
Pennsylvania
France
Political Correspondence on Peace War and Court Promotions
The letter discusses ongoing doubt about peace or war, Berlin reviews, and officer promotions. British and other nobles attend reviews, with King not promoting generals this time but advancing lower ranks. A ministerial dispute over dismissing clerks is resolved by the King. The King will attend the Magdebourg review and return on the 28th.
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Magdebourg
Polish Revolution Gains Broad European Backing
The Polish Revolution is already communicated to many European cabinets and faces little immediate opposition. The King of Prussia expresses pleasure and declares Poland will find him a faithful ally. The Elector of Saxony reserves royal consent to the throne, while Empress troops are estimated at over half a million, signaling potential devastation to sustain such force.
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Berlin
Prussia
House of Saxony
Poland
Saxony
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