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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 30, 1791
Page
3
Counsel were heard on the Scotch election business in the House of Lords Committee of Privilege and the session adjourned to the next day.
The House of Commons discussed the Steyning Borough election petition presented by Mr Whitbread, with a report on tanned goat skins deferred to a later fortnight and unclaimed dividends bill readings postponed. Also announced were notices on State of the Nation plans, Fox law motions, and Colchester election petition committee ballot.
Reports from Whitehall state a Friday council among Cabinet members delayed attendance at the Drawing-room. East Indiamen and merchant ships near daily arrivals. Pope’s brief on Civil Constitution of the Clergy deemed negative. Insurrection in Touloise and reported massacre feared. Duke of Clarence buys Petersham house for fourteen thousand guineas with HM advancing funds.
Yesterday a General Court of Proprietors at the India House discussed a motion by Mr. Fiott to lay before the Court copies of all tender proposals and hire prices for ships to the East India Company from January 1 1780 to now, with committee resolutions and related data. Debate covered shipping interests, alleged pamphlet abuses, and calls for full publication. motion carried unanimously after scrutiny.
The Moreland case at Bury St Edmunds ends in a guilty verdict for bigamy. He marries Mrs. Hardcastle of Ipswich and Miss Lambeth near Richmond. Sentenced to be burnt in the hand, twelve months’ imprisonment at Ipswich jail with shaved head and prison attire, limited two hours daily outside confinement. The Royal William is ordered to Spithead to receive men.
A concise list of the navy's active ships including frigates sloops and cutters under command. The compilation aims to present a clear view of all vessels currently in commission for the Monday issue.
A genteel stranger disrupted a supper room dance, was mistaken for an guest and sent to the Compter. The piece then shifts to critique of Charles II and Lord Clarendon, with reflections on governance and crown lands. It also surveys Sweden’s population policy, climate, and long-lived inhabitants including ages up to 127.
A Monday bout at Studley between Faulkner and Thornhill drew a large crowd. Faulkner won after a fierce fight of a minutes, with Thornhill only knocked down once. both fight partners were noted for strategy and stamina. The event raised door money, two thirds of which went to the winner amid unrest from spectators tearing fences down.
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