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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 08, 1797
Page
3
Parliament debates naval pay, fleet revolts, and government delay. Ministers deny mismanagement while Seamen petition for wages, with Speaker and Lords involved. A Bill to raise seamen pay passes after a contentious exchange on responsibility and procedure.
The Lancaster Quarter Sessions Bill and Stamp Duty Bill passed a second reading and moved to committee. The Debtors Bill received a first reading. A committee examined the Attornies Duty Bill and Scotch Small Notes Bill. Members were balloted for Maidstone Election Petition, with T Dickens presiding and several nominees named. Bills on general enclosure of all waters and commonable lands were read first time amid petitions against the Ship Prize Bill and a clause to remove Africa East Indies privileges was adopted. Mr Whithread urged an answer on why the earlier question remained unanswered.
Postscript reports on a mutiny at Portsmouth prompted by Opposition papers claims. Sailors blocked yard ropes at Spithead and attacked ships in a clash with Marines. Three delegates were killed and five wounded, Admiral Conroy and officers arrested. Red ensigns raised aboard returning ships.
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