Parliament Quo Warranto Bill debate on terms and timing
English Parliament and Lords discuss the Quo Warranto bill with amendments. Lord Kenyon pushes for a six year limit, Lord Norfolk favors eight years to curb electoral abuses, and clerks read a revised clause while adjournment follows.
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Lord Cathcart
Hilary Terzi
Lord Kenyon
Court of King’s Bench
Neves
Hilary
Norfele
Lord Lauderdale
Commons
Lord Stabese
Parliament
Lords
Abolition debates clash with West India planters at London meeting
A London West India Planters and Merchants meeting adopted resolutions opposing abolition of the slave trade, warning it would ruin the colonies. Other items note election results for Tewkesbury, political unrest in Europe, and curious notes on mail coaches and poultry theft humor.
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Madras
Bengal
India House
West India
London
Pirr
Dunpas
Willliam Dowplanettl. Fry
Tewkesbury
Portracat
Germany
France
England
Great Britain
Vienna
Hungary
Brussels
Cathedral of St. Gudule
H. van Ver
House of
F Harper
Suffolk
Thomas Briggs
Lakenheath
Bensteads
Bury
Exeample
Ireland
Chigwei
Trade fears over sugar prices prompt buyers to seek relief
A meeting between the Te Dedlers and Company Directors followed by a committee from the Buyers to draft a memorial for Ministers. Trading fears cited a likely drop in tea profits from high sugar costs with prices collapsing from 6s to 4s 8d for hyrons. The Duke of York returned from Newmarket and various social notices and local incidents are noted.
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Te Dedlers
Twisits
Twinnie
Twining
House of Commons Adopts Roxburgh County Election Committee
In the House of Commons on Friday March 21 the chamber, with 106 members present at four o clock, began appointing a committee to try the Roxburgh County election merits. Only 28 were found duly qualified, and the House adjourned until tomorrow.
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Roxburgh
Speaker Counted Out House Delays Roxburgh County Committee
On Saturday at four o'clock the Speaker counted out the House, leaving three decaders. The appointment of a committee to try the merits of the Roxburgh County section was adjourned until Monday.
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Roxburgh County
Election Committee Review of Historical Polls at Steyning
The committee examined evidence from the sitting member and petitioner. Papers from 15540 and 17415 were ruled inadmissible. MacG tats’s memory failed on key facts about the returns for 1754 and 1761, and both polls were rejected.
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Graham
Steyning
Brown
Court Session Notes in Cirencester Petitions Case
Saturday session in Cirencester as Mr. Graham concludes observations on the petitioner's case and details his client’s position. Lord Belgrave is unable to attend due to an adjournment around two thirty in the afternoon.
Vote rights in Old Borough Houses questioned in panel debate
The examination and cross examination centered on who could vote in the ancient boroughs. Witnesses recalled voting patterns and papers claimed to be poll minutes. The committee sustained an objection to cross examining certain papers while noting that some voters from new houses did cast ballots.
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Steyning
Partridge
John Honeywood
Browhy
Rickwood
Douglas
Fox
Henry Tempre
Simon Smith
Wien
Henry Johnson
Bedlington
Martis
Appointment of Inspectors for Foreign Spirits in London Port
The Excise Commissioners appoint Cuartes Claike as General Inspector for Foreign Spirits in the Port of London, replacing the deceased Thomas Moss. They also appoint Thomas William Hughes as Deputy Inspector and Edward Rowland as Surveyor of the Bonded Warehouses. A robbery at Shooter’s Hill involved Captain Dempster, with his watch and money taken and his carriage shot at. he was forced to throw valuables from the window. The robber’s claim to force was met with resistance and the captain eventually surrendered the remaining money. his companion was wounded. Mons. Dr Vacue was stopped near Hounslow Heath and robbed of notes, guineas, a gold watch, and other items. a servant was wounded. Mr. Ricuax Pewnroip was robbed near Steyning, with three separate attacks yielding guineas, silver, and valuables from a portmanteau containing ten-pound notes and wills.
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Commissioners of Excise
Cuartes Claike
Thames
London
Thomas Moss
Thomas William Hugues
Epward Rowlanp
Vacue
Uxbridge
Richmond
Red Lion
Ricuaxp Pewnroip
Steyning
Sussex
Mig‘p
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House OF Lords
Lord Kenh‘yon
IEA
SUGAR
Duke of York
Newmarket
Fitzuersert
French National Assembly
Scotland
Stratford Place
East Indies
John Sincatr
Stamp Office
Essex
Dreitwich
Farringdon
St. Andrews Church
Trumph
Hawarth
Berkeley Square
Need
Reading
Leeds
Wakefield
Dorken
Salisbury
Nounslaw
House OF Commons
Cirencester
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