Canals Bill Sparks Heraldry Debates in Lords
Amid canal reform motions the Lords clash over titles and baronies. Lord Radnor, urging proper notice and consent for canal bills, presses to bar Bath title creation. the Chancellor rebuts, arguing royal prerogative cannot be overturned, and motions fail before adjournment.
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Lord Leicester
Howards
Lord Dudleys
Lord Dovers
Lord Ferrers
Nile
Bath
Razedor
Lord Radnor
Lord Douglas
Lord Radner
Lord Lecester
Lord Radwr
Baroness of
Bistow
House of Commons action on bills and divorce debate
Debates and pauses mark a session with motions deferred on the Traitorous Correspondence Bill and Bank Forgery Bill. Lords bills read first time, Sleaford Roads second reading, and various enclosures roads and canal measures reported. Divorce case in committee passes divorce clause but Bastardizing clause faces strong opposition. Warwick writ announced. session adjourned.
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Lord Stanhope
Zemine Diffentiente
House of Lords
London Gazette
Lords
Parligten
Commons
Dumergne
Granby
West Harpy Roads
Islington Burial Ground
Sleaford Roads
Cambridge Roads
Chartis
Waddenhoe
Basingstoke
Sleaford
Talor
Newfoundland
Stewart
Irish Parliament March 6 Insolvent Debtors Bill discussion
The Rt Hon O Neill presented a petition from poor Insolvent Debtors confined in the Four Courts Marshalsea asking relief by an Insolvent Bill. Leave given for the bill and a committee appointed. Jexewrell reported Affe misled the late lottery witness and was moved for committal to Newgate to secure further testimony tomorrow.
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O'Neill
Courts Marshalsea
Herdes
Jexuwrell
Affe
Newgate
Levee at St James and court audiences in London
News from London reports yesterday's levee at St James with a council and audiences to Cabinet ministers. Presents included the Earl of Newsaree, Viscount Mountstuart, Sir Quarres Cave, and the Archbishop of Narbonne. Royal appointments and naval commands are noted amid Franco-Spanish war rumors and Cadiz unrest.
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Margstres
Windsor
St. James
Viscount
MounristTuart
County of Glamorgan
Earl of
Earl of Newsarea
Lord Southampton
Viscount Mountstuart
Earl of Bute
SirCuarres Cave
Curzon
Archbishop of
Narsone
Lord Rawdon
Earl of Errow
Morris
Sloper
Horus
Robert Sloper
George Berkeley
Marlborough
Chatham
Duke de Pentuievee
Egadité
M.de Carouxe
Madrid
Spain
France
Earl of Excrn
Holland
Prussia
Mr. Bruce
Lizce
Belgia
Liege
Valence
Miranda
Dumourier
Cadiz
National Convention
Place Bill Second Reading Moves to Committee
The order of the day set for the second reading of the Place Bill was read aloud and the bill read in full. Mr Forbes moved that the bill be committed for consideration as part of the parliamentary process.
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Speaker
Fenkinson
Lord Cardaipton
William Lee Anthony
John Harcourt
Wilberforce
Earl Car
Forbes
National militia bill debated amid delays and support
Members argued over postponement and details of a militia measure involving 16 000 troops and nearly a million in funding. Major Hetart and Mr Forbes urged caution, while Lord Filliburgh moving second reading, the assembly favored a prepared, deliberate approach to constitutional redress and security. The bill was committed for to morrow with broad support for its principle.
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Major Hetart
Boyle Roche
Forbes
Himelf
Major Abbott
Mr. Grattan
Mr. Forbes
Alajor Hobart
Lord Fillfeorongs
Saturday Fortnight Windstorm Wrecks Sheffield Area
A severe windstorm across the kingdom caused extensive damage. Sheffield Manor remains blown down, Laughton spire collapsed, Manchester spire toppled on a church roof, Newark cotton mill destroyed, and several chimneys roofs and walls damaged or wrecked. A fatal chimney collapse at Scarborough killed Miss Sally Moorfom.
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Sheffield Manor
Laughton-en le-Morthen
York
Nabura
Bundle Ath
Manchester
Deantgate
Newark
Motrrs
Hardcastle and
Walker
Nottingham
Mr. Kint
Brightmore Hill
County Hall
Derby
Burton-upon-Trent
Scarborough
Isaac Moorfom
Sally Moorfom
Aged Sweden Woman Seeks Audience Against Jubilee
An elderly countrywoman begged an audience with the Duke Recent at Court and pleaded against attending the Jubilee at the University of April for fear of danger to his life. She is to be interrogated after receiving the audience. The Duchy of Swedish Pomerania is authorized to supply 300 troops for the empire army, with the States permitted to negotiate with Landgrave of Heffé Caffel for subsidies.
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Swedish Pomerania
Heffé Caffel
Proclamation Imposes Oath for Voting in Mentz
A new proclamation in Mentz requires before voting an oath to uphold Liberty and Equality. Inhabitants must renounce privileges and all Nobility Clergy and Magistracy. Refusers must quit the town by the 26th. Germans under French control receive a 28 day respite.
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France
Royal Drawing Room at St James's Attended by Nobility
The King Queen and Princesses visited St James's for a Drawing Room ending at four. The Queen received many nobles similar to the Levee, with lists of named ladies presenting. Separate notes mention Harwich packets, naval actions, army expansions in Ireland, and two major fires including Lavenham and a hemp and flax factory blaze.
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St. James’s
Prince of Wales
Countess of New
L. Cave
Harcourt
Cumpertano
LDE
Trentham
Exuis
Post Office
Holland
Harwich
Hull
Elbe
France
Vath
Rath
Ireland
Atkinson
Ashley
Methrs: Litt
Kilborne
Lavenham
Suffolk
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House OF Commons
Dundas
Warwick
Robert Lawley
Irish Parliament
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Stockholm
Mentz
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