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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 20, 1793
Page
2
The Duke of Clarance presented petitions from Liverpool merchants and West India planters and urged deferring further slave trade debate until after Easter recess. Lords discharged the tomorrow order and deferred the consideration until April, adjourned after bills passed standard forms.
The House balloted on Sunbury Election Petitions with 52 to 50. Bank Forgery Bill passed committee and report. A new writ ordered for Knaresborough. various bills read, debated, and set for further consideration. Samuel Petrie ordered discharged from custody amid election bribery cases. Chancellor signals Wednesday loan terms to be brought forward. Stockbridge Bribery Bill introduced with disqualification proposals debated for timing and scope.
The House passed first reading of the Marlborough Estate Bill and second readings with commitments for the Militia Pay Exchequer and related bills. A canal labourers bill was ordered for April 16. Sudbury petitions report declared sitting Members duly elected. Mr Powis moved leave to bring in a Canals profits bill, division followed. Ages 93 Noss 87.
Debates on a bill to regulate the slave trade and to prevent traitorous correspondence unfold in the House. Key figures including Mr Wilberforce and Mr Whitbread voice concerns over timing and scope, while figures like Mr North and Mr Fox press for or against immediate committee passage ahead of Easter recess. The bill faces opposition over civil liberties and policy, with broader war and trade implications debated as the House schedules further consideration and a third reading of the Bank Forgery Bill.
London dated report describes French artillery the 100 cannon and guards at Aix la Chapelle being driven back with heavy losses while Austrians sack dissenters’ houses and mark doors. Hungarian forces kill without mercy as Sans-Culottes beg mercy. Allied commanders Beaurét, Namur, Mons, Antwerp movements indicate rapid end for the French reign in the Low Countries. Citizens harry Sans-Culottes as wild beasts.
Yesterday at two o clock Their Majesties and the Princesses attended a Drawing Room at St James's. A long list of nobility and ladies was present. Debates on standing orders and canal bills were noted, with appointments and travels connected to the royal household and state affairs.
The Hon. Mr. Yoke seeks leave to introduce a bill clarifying and amending provisions on identifying the time of day when writs and precepts for elections shall be published. The discussion adjourned.
In the House of Lords on Thursday March 21 the debate on the Scotch appeal resumed with Mr Ax discussing for a considerable time. Several Bills on the Table were read and at seven o'clock their Lordships adjourned to the next day.
Mr Tawey from Dundalk cleared by Mr Justice Downs. A Park street coach robbery left Mrs Bateman and Miss Douglass robbed of jewelry and a watch. A gunman fired, and Counsellor Grady, struck in the attack, died on Thursday from a Monday night wound.
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