Lords Report on Resolutions Reforms Irish Privileges
In March the Union Committee report followed Commons resolutions. An amendment by the Archbishop of Casiel secured spiritual Lords’ privileges akin to temporal peers. The House agreed to the report and sent a message to the Commons with amendments. Lord Bellamont moved to delay the message. Votes: Contents 18, Non Contents 47. total 72. Adjourned.
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House OF Lords
Wipeepax
Union Committee
Commons
Earl of Mayo
Casiel
Ireland
Earl of Bellomont
Te Commons
Lord Bellamont
Bill to bar tythe giftment for dry and barren cattle
Lord Castlereagh moved to introduce a bill preventing claims or demands for Tythe Agiftment on dry and barren cattle within the kingdom. It declares such claims have not been demanded for over sixty years and bars suits in civil or ecclesiastical courts. Dr Duigellan warned he would oppose, calling it a measure to deprive Irish Protestant clergy of rights. Adjourned.
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House OF Commons
Weemspay
Lord Castlereagh
I.cave Givens
Duigellan
Ireland
Lords Hear Counsel in Rid dick v Douglas Case
In the House of Lords on Monday March 31 the Chancellor deferred his opinion until tomorrow after hearing counsel. Bills on the Table were read in their stages and the session adjourned.
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House of Lords
Riddick
Canterbury Petition Fail to Enter Recognizances in Election Challenge
The Freemen of Canterbury failed to enter recognizances to pursue their petition against a late election. The petition’s consideration order was discharged. The House also discussed a publican tax bill, Windsor writ replacement, and highways resolutions amid Supply debates and committee actions.
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House OF Commons
Canterbury
Bragge
Windsor
Greville
Millian Dundas
William Geary
Veterinary College
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rating and Poor Bill Probed in Parliament Debates
Debates center on a proposed grant to the Crown of up to 5.3 million from the Conselidata Fund, with plans for an Income Tax enforcement bill next week. A second reading of the Poor Bill to restrict casual relief faces opposition over compulsory versus voluntary charity and parish autonomy. The house splits 21 to 19 in favor of advancing the measure to committee, while a potators bill seeks to fund potato planting for the poor with parish consent.
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Finn
Baker
Estcourt
Burton
Pite
Simeox
Wm. Pulteney
Sheffield
Ellison
Hobhous
Tierney
Henry Thornton
Wm. Dolben
Wilberforce
Buxton
Royal and political notes from London and Ireland
Reports from London on April 1 describe the Princess of Wales dining with Lord Gwrpir and Lady WiLLoucHBY, with Admiralty dispatches sent to Sir Sidney SMITH. Mentions include a captured Carteret Packet from Jamaica, a royal speech in the Lords on Supply Bills, and Irish militia movements with selections to Cambridge and Norwich.
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Princess of Wales
Lord Gwrpir
Willouchby
Whitehall
Cline
Admiralty
Sidney Smith
Duke of OnilEans
Christ’s Hospital
Patmer
Ely
Carteret
Jamaica
London
Roebelle
Speaker
House of Lords
Seton
Lord Lizurinant
Ireland
Grantel
Great Britain
Egdas
Reyak Adens
Norwich
Somerser
Lothial
Dragoons
Cambridge
Edinburgh
European diplomacy and European war news from Paris to Riga
Paris reports a French cabinet negotiations with Prussia to extend demarcation lines and integrate more Empire states while Austrian troops and convoys move toward the Bergfuels and Mein. Augs burg notes eight days of Austrian troop activity. Antwerp reports Augereau preparing frontier defenses. Riga cites large Baltic preparations under Petersburgh. Manheim notes French forces at the Rhine fort and Ho HoLn ome dispatches. Berne declares peace or war decision with campaign to open next day. Swiss communications halted. five companies of Edt Mal de Magzara embark.
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Westtphalia
Berlin
Rhine
Menbeimu
Heidelberg
Berg
Mein
Baron de Kray
Vienna
Antwerp
Marc
Hague
Augereau
Briel
The
North Holland
Walcheren
Riga
Russian Empire
Petersburgh
Baltic
Sir Homer Popham
Petersourgh
Augsburg
Behl
Manheim
Prince Dé Hoh&nlome
Lecourbe
Zurich
Berre
Gard
Frovitiers
Lirdau
Voralberg
Sargantz
Sawitzerland
Magzara
Naval loss and sieges feature in the era report
The excerpt recounts Maltese and British naval clashes near Sicily, detailing Rear-Admiral Perrée's fatal wounding and the seizure of his ship by enemies, with wounded taken to Syracuse and Mesina. It mentions other political and public safety notes, including Chouan escape, Paris judges, banditry near Amiens Rouen, and ongoing Franco-American talks.
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Qwar
Malta
Sreily
Perrée
Syracuse
Mesfina
Republic
Laroche Jaquelin
Joséph Bonaparte
Murray
France
Privateer captures and ships carried toward Rochelle
Fragmented report details ships seized by a privateer including Amity Hutchinson from Charleston to London and Beaver Cowan sunk. Harmony from Philadelphia to the West Indies captured and sent to Guadaloupe. Minerva from St Thomas to London captured and sent to Brest. Falmouth and Portsmouth notices mention mail ships and troop transports awaiting favorable wind as naval movements continue along the channel.
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Wareham
Gavini
Massachatety
Milford
Prisvateer
Amity
Hutchinson
Charleston
London
Edga
Dolphin
Rochelle
Beaver
Cowan
Briffol
Harmony
Harris
Philadelphia
West Indies
Guadaloupe
Minerva
St. Thomas's
Lonedon
Brest
Motion to bar divorce bill petitions in Lords debated
A Lord proposes making a standing order to receive no petitions for a Divorce Bill, arguing it would prevent intermarriages between couples and deter private vice. Opinions are divided on whether removing marriage consequences would curb or encourage gallantry and breach of marital vows, with concerns about public morals and the fate of virtuous women and families.
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Lord Aucklawp
House of Lords
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