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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 02, 1792
Page
2
The House read through several bills including the Horncastle Navigation and Farringdon Road measures. Debate followed on Libel Bill and Scottish Dissenters with Lords Stormont and St. David's Bishop weighing in on ordination and church governance before the bill advanced to committee.
The House discussed Carnatic motion on tomorrow fe'might and read a second time the Levant Trade regulation bill The Flint Glass manufacturing law amendment report to be received tomorrow several road and enclosure bills passed or ordered engrossed committees on sugar and silk weavers and the Turkey Company bills named. A conference with the Lords on the slave trade was ordered with Earl Mornington to go to the Lords.
Lords debated May 3 on the Hastings trial and slave trade. Mornington reported printing papers for Lords, while Stormont, Stormont, and others urged reliance on Lords' own evidence over Commons testimony. Duke of Clarence defended abolitionist concerns, citing West India interests and foreign agents, as petition from Planters was noted and adjournment set to Tuesday.
In a May 3 debate the Sugar Bill was re-committed while the Wine Licence Bill was reported. Passages included third readings for the Hexham Inclosure, Manchester Police, Boston Police, and Booths Patent Bills, and a first reading for the Penge Common Inclosure bill. A conference with Lords over the Slave Trade was ordered, with managers named and a report due. The Bankers Bill faced criticism and a three-month postponement. The Westminster Police Bill and related discussions on magistrate salaries and police reform dominated the session.
The King received the Swedish and French envoys, noted the death of the late King of Sweden, and announced mourning. Presentations included Dr Spanex Manan to the King and Mont. CaanyEnin from France. Court directors planned for Bengal and a Buckingham Palace ball honors the Duchess of York as she approaches sixteen.
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