Scotch Elections Hearings In Privileges Committee
Parliament notes the Privileges Committee weighing the rights of Lord Abercorn and the Duke of Queensbury to vote. The Duke faced a test of age, being asked if he was twenty one. The Chancellor took the woolsack as bills from the Commons were read and the session adjourned to Tuesday.
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House OF Lords
Committee of Privileges
Lord Abercorn
Duke of Queensbury
Duke
Commons
Exeter Election Adjourned Over Committee Balloting
The House of Commons set today for balloting on a Committee to judge the Exeter election but adjourned due to too few Members present. It is not expected the committee can be appointed until Monday.
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Exeter
Royal Drawing Room and Cabinet Scenes Reported
Yesterday at Buckingham House the Queen held a drawing room at two o clock while Royal visits and a cabinet meeting affected attendance. The Duke of Gloucester met the King and the Prince of Wales dined at Pall Mall. Reports cover Ireland viceroy succession rumors, French guard activity, and economic woes including Dunkirk sugar prices and Dutch commerce.
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Princessles Royal
Augusta
Exizasetuh
Buckingham House
St. James’s
Royal
Duke of Gloucester
Board of Trade Office
Prince of Wales
Star and Garter
Pall-Mall
Carine
Lux
Committee of Lords
Ireland
Duke of
Leeps
England
Dunkirk
Paris
Pomrapour
du Barre
Tizlar
SivRa- Bo
Mediterranean
Holland
Whitehaven
France National Assembly resumes Nimés affair
In the February 22 session, the Nimés affair was resumed in the National Assembly and adjourned to the next day after the evening sitting.
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Nimés
Mesdames Escaped City Gates During Arrests in Muet
Readings of the municipal preces verbals reveal Paris officials claimed royal family members could travel with passports, while the town kept gates shut. Chaffeurs de Lorraine deployed swords, driving off guards, allowing Mesdames to depart unmolested for Italy as M. la Chapelier adjourned discussions on restricting royal travel.
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Muet
Mesdames
Paris
France
Italy
Chaffeurs de Lorraine
M. la Chapelier
Feuding in Assembly as Clergy Curates Debate Rages
February minutes describe complaints that beneficed clergymen fill curacies in small parishes causing starving brine curates. New constitutional bishops appear as debates on courts of judicature pause amid tumult. Letters from war minister Lefart and others provoke hostility. motions to curb royal travel are defeated as Jacobins push inflammatory limits.
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Charleurs
Lorraine
Muret
M. Mirabeau
M. Lefart
Interior Department
Metsdames
National Assembly
Arnay-le-Duc
Maury
Friends of Liberty
M. Camus
Ferment in Languedoc Assembles Forces at Jabes Camp
A February 25 dispatch from the district of Ufes informs the Assembly that Languedoc province is in fermentation and a large body of men has gathered at the Camp of Jabes, signaling rising unrest and organization.
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Ufes
Languedoc
Jabes
Royal Family Travel Question Sparks Constitutional Clash
February 26 debate over royal travels and the President’s bid to separate constitutional fidelity from allegiance to the King triggers loud protests. Mirabeau moves to censure the Committee for proposing a decree deemed contrary to the Constitution and disrespectful to the Sacred Person of the King. The session adjourned as Mirabeau defends the President’s stance.
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M. de Mirabeau
M. Mirabeau
Liege affairs denounced as false rumors from Berlin
Authentic papers from Berlin refute continental falsehoods about Liege. Officials deny a Berlin Vienna courier and deny plans involving the Elector of Cologne or Austria. Private letters from Berlin and Ratisbon quote German officials disapproving Dohm and de Senfft actions and predicting settlement on solid bases.
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Berlin
Europe
Wetzlar
Vienna
Liege
Cologne
August House of Austria
Prince de Reuss
Baron de Senfit Dz Pill
Ratisbon
Comte de Goertz
Prusian
Empire
Dohm
de Senfft
Paris rumors of royal escape and mob violence spread
Reports from Paris on February 22 claim the King's next brother attempted to flee but was halted by the people. Tales speak of 40,000 assassins armed with daggers to tear flesh, and a Dauphin impostor possibly posing as the heir. On February 24 a mass mob gathered around the Tuilleries to keep the royal family under guard as the Luxembourg crowds urged departure.
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Paris
Monsieur
Dauphin
France
Thuilleries
Luxembourg
Ebeus
Madame du Barre
England
London
House of Commons
Bath
London Libel Trial Returns Guilty for Publication
In London on the throne of justice Lord Kenyon presided as the jury found Godfrey guilty of publishing a libel about Crowder in a pamphlet titled The Great Question Concerning Frictions Bills. The jury split eleven for libel and one for not guilty on the falsehood question. a verdict deemed incomplete by the court.
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Cuilduall
London
iMarch
Lord Kenyon
Guildhall
Alarm over slave unrest in Dominica sparks military move
Reports from Barbadoes dated January 18 recount alarm over enslaved people in Dominica arming themselves and refusing work. Estates defer labor and fear consequences as two regiments, the 13th and 1st, have been dispatched from the island to quell the unrest.
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Dominica
Vessels Wrecks and Deaths Reported at Sea and Land
The report outlines several ship incidents near Scarborough and Dover including the Nancy, Marin, and other vessels stranded or leaky. The Lark is towed bottom up into Dover, while Hope of Plymouth arrived at Leghorn after heavy gales. The Devalk wrecked in Yarmouth Roads with deaths and salvaged goods. A Dutch sloop with 24 Flanders horses was driven ashore near Birchington. horses died, and cargoes were salvaged locally. Obituary notes mark the death of Rev. John Wesley in London, with praise for his influence and writings. Also noted is a large legacy inheritance involving Lee Lewes and a report about the Alston Mrtz Company insurance limits and a Blackfriars Bridge incident amid a crowd.
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Nancy
Marin
Sunderland
London
Scarborough
Stadt Iiatielf
Heeron
Koningburg
Bourdeaux
Cowes
Anamaboe
Gregson
Corran
Molly
Bibby
Sarah
Heblethwaite
Ellis
Matthews
Diana
Brancker
Abigail
Noble
Lark
Johnson
Rotterdam
Dover
Hope Brigantine
Plymouth
Baker
Leghorn
Falmouth
Devalk
Heploneer
Amsterdam
Batavia
Yarmouth Roads
Gree
Margate
Ipwich
Suffolk
Birchington
Reculver
City Road
Joan Westley
Lazarus
Epworth
Lincolnshire
Samuel Wesley
Ladvy
Wesley
Lee Lewes
Cumberland
Alston Mrtz Company
Blackfriars Bridge
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Parliamentary Intelligence
Thersday
Ld” Rebort
Barbadoes
Harvtt
Liverpool
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