English Parliament Lords adjourn after brief May session
The House of Lords met on Monday May 7 and, after a short session with a few bills read, adjourned at three o'clock to the next day.
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 02, 1791
Page
2
House of Commons adjourns after Easter recess
The House of Commons met this day but adjourned due to an insufficient attendance of members, ending without further business.
Prince of Wales levee and political notes at Carlton House
London May 3 reports a three to five o'clock levee for the Prince of Wales with select audiences and several notable presentations. The piece also covers committee discussions on precedents, Scottish election prospects, mixed marriage curiosities, a Brussels fracas between Mr Macnamara and Mrs Cree, and commentary on Irish unrest and Portugal’s hemp and flax plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Carlton House
Duke of Portland
Earl Fitzwilliam
Lord Matmssary
Thomas Dunpas
Viscount Melsourne
E. Bouvertr
Earl of Wycombe
Marquis of Lansdown
Earl of Dumfrits
Duke of Roxburgh
Viscount Courtnay
C. Somerset
Lord Shersorne
Colonel Goutp
Duarves Goutp
le Baron de FonsrzLe
Lord Grenville
Lord Waxsincham
Brussels
Crer
Macnamara
Leicester
Grsrartar
Green Park
Treland
Waterford
Portugal
Board of Agriculture
North America
Flemmings
Princess Royal Mary launches amid Royal spectators
Continental Intelligence reports a 70 gun warship named Princess Royal Mary launched with the Royal Family present. Denmark is expected to observe neutrality, while British trade in the region stalls and may resume under foreign colours this summer. A small British squadron at Skagen entered the Baltic to survey coasts, though a Danish Guards ship is said to have hindered charting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Skagen
Baltick
Polish Diet Drives Constitutional Reform Amid Debates
Warsaw writes that on April 13 the Diet showed strong desire to improve the Constitutions and support for the people's cause. Debates on national representation and citizen rights to estates and office proceeded despite calls to adjourn, with a majority allowing reconsideration and report on equitable principles. In Dantzik, inhabitants trust protection but lack a final treaty, as a commerce accord with Prussia hinges on ceding Dantzick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diet
Dantzick
Poland
Pruffa
King of Sweden Plans Foreign Travels and Reforms
Stockholm reports the king will travel abroad aboard the royal yacht Amadis with the sloop Amphion, aiming for May departure. He plans meetings with the King of Prussia in Berlin or Konigsberg, possibly at Aix la Chapelle, Spa, then Holland and England, to prep against Russia. Remittances from Holland fund coinage of Ecus, while Swedish officers in France face service restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stralsund
Prussia
Berlin
Koningsberg
Russia
Prince Potemkin
Petersburg
A’ Igelifiam
de Faube
Baron de Wrangel
Italy
Aix la Chapelle
Spa
Holland
England
War Office
France
Langport Recorder and Commissioner Appointments Noted
William Pyne of the Middle Temple is chosen Recorder of Langport in Somerset. Francis Lurrenr is appointed a Commissioner of Appeals replacing Daniel Burt. The article recalls early Russo English trade and a long history of treaties and favours granted by the Russian Empress, including knighthoods and estates, with disturbing mentions of estates granted as livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintiamm Pyne
Middle Temple
Langport
Somerset
Francis Fownes Lurrrenr
Daniel Burt
England
North Cape
Archangel
Muscovy
Moscow
Petersburgh
Stockholm
Berlin
Copenhagen
St. George
Order of St. Volodimir
Order of St. Anne
Princes Ernest Augustus and Adolfus depart Göttingen University
Germany notes that Their Royal Highnesses Prince Ernest Augustus and Prince Adolfus have completed their studies after four years at Göttingen University. They will return to Hanover for military training. Prince Ernest is expected to command a squadron this summer. Prince Adolfus travels in the South of France due to precarious health. Professors praise their conduct and learning, and Göttingen University remains flourishing with eight to nine hundred students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Ernest Aucustus
Prince Ernest
Prince A
Dolphus
Hanover
Light Dragoons
Prince Aucusius
France
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Heynt
Potter
Spirtler
Lica- Tenberg
Heyne
Gottingen
Heads of a Bill Incorporating St George's Bay Company
A historical bill seeks to incorporate the St George's Bay Company to trade on Sierra Leone coast lands near Superia Leana. It outlines capital stock up to 200,000l, lands under 2000 yearly value, and governance with 13 directors. The act would grant a Sierra Leone peninsula tract by letters patent and set rules for debt, elections, and public status. Liverpool merchants oppose passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s Bay Company
Superia Leana
Wesern
Africa
Robert Hunter
City of London
Henry Thornton
Porth Sansom
Ogro
Feid Corporation
Great Britain
Sierra Leone
Camaranca
Bunce
A&t
Liverprool
Irelands Parliament Delayed as Procrastinated Prorogation Hints
Yesterday expectations rose that the Lord Lieutenant would proceed to the House of Lords to present English bills sent back with the last packets. No day was fixed for prorogation as committees report, likely by Saturday. A gazette Proclamation orders magistrates to aid in impressing seamen aboard royal ships with rewards offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Peers
England
Lord Crancellor
Commissioners Meet Over National Debt Liquidation At Downing Street
A Monday meeting of debt liquidation commissioners at the Minister's Downing Street residence reviewed progress and settled the quarterly plea. Attendees included the Bank's Governor and Deputy, the Accountant-General, and the Master of the Rolls. The report notes other international affairs including Spain and France and a corporal sentence in Carelow, Ireland, for a rape case with heightened security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downing-street
Bank
Master of the Rolls, &c
Also Mentioned on This Page
House OF Lords
House OF Commons
London
Continental Intelligence
Warsaw
Gorrincen
Ireland
Dusuin
Cardinal Branis
Kyarzssoroucu
Carelow
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