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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 19, 1799
Page
3
The House examined the Slave Trade Limitation Bill and financial resolutions. Tierney urged a view of national debt and taxation amid war, while Grenville, Grenville and others debated cargo heights and policy shifts, with adjournment to print the resolutions and continue next week.
At Turasway on June 29 the Lords presented a petition against pending Bills. a bill exempting legacies to corporate bodies was read first time and ordered for second reading. Reports on coal duties and Middlesex financial matters were debated, with motions to amend land tax and militia funding discussed. The Sugar and Coffee Duty bill passed after a third reading and reports on Middlesex finances were authorized. Finance member Tierney announced a forthcoming motion on public finances.
Fragments describe a royal levee at St James's with the Queen and Princesses, dignitaries, and foreign ministers. Lord Catacart commands the 2nd Life Guards, Oxford reviews by the Duke of York, Dottor in Civil Law conferred, 10,000 attendees, gold box gift to the Duke, and other court pageantry. Also notes press liberty debate in Rome and Baltic trade tensions.
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