Debate Over Habeas Corpus and Cold Bath Fields Controversy
Sir Francis Burdett led a debate defending civil liberties against warrants and state confinement. He criticized levity in speeches, defended informers, and argued the necessity of upholding habeas corpus while acknowledging wartime concessions. The House rejected recommitting the report, 147 to 6.
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King's Bench
Sheridan
Courtney
Burdett
Col. Despard
King’s Bench
Fergusson
Elizabeth
A&t
Baronet
House of Correction
Court of King’s Bench
Francis Burdett
British News to Ireland and Europe from May Day
Evening Mail from London reports stock prices and a sweeping set of military dispatches. Suwarrow’s victory over Morran’s army leaves 5000 dead and 6000 prisoners, while Milan falls to Russian forces. French and Spanish fleets move toward Cadiz as St Vincent and Wellesley join with Ireland’s reports hinting at a possible French invasion along the western coast.
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Brunswick
Hamburgh
Suwarrow
Morran
Serurier
Milan
Bere Garns
Grifon
Coire
Buonaparte
Syria
Egypt
Brest Freer
Cadiz
Earl St. Vincent
Lord St. Vincent
Wuttssep
Dublin
Galway
Westport
Castlebar
Killala
Kullala Bay
Beycoort
Gantempr
Plymouth
Agenoria
Norton
Morlaix
Deal
Wind S. W
Safanagh
Eggert
Fredericksburg
Batavia
Princess of
Wares
Duke of Kent
Wiliam
Gloucester
Mary
Duke of Groogesten
Duke of Cumpertawn
Waes
Carlton House
Prince of Wales
Archbishop of
Cantergury
Lambeth Palace
Richards
Leicester Packet
Saltees
Streights
Liverpool
Burlings
Portugal
Madrid
France
Robepierre
Ayvarice
Republic of Regicide
News from Vienna and Italy in the Suwarov era
A long dispatch from May 4 to May 7 reports Suwarow’s Italian advances after Brescia with Austrian victories at Bergamo Milan Crema and Caffino and French setbacks. It notes 70 cannon captured 5000 prisoners and shifts toward Piedmont with scattered Turkish Neapolitan aid and additional Austrian columns. Reports from Zurich Munich Suabia and Constantinople detail further clashes near Coire Engelberg and Acre plus Bonaparte’s setbacks and English naval actions.
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Vienna
Suwaarorf
Brescia
Bergan
Leno
Trexxo
Adda
Teffia
Piedmont
Bergamo
Milan
Archduke Cartes
Condé
Moravia
Italy
Nuremberg
Suwarrof
Moreau
Serrurier
Triviglio
Arai
Concilia
St. Gervaso
Caffiano
Cremona
Lucca
Naples
Valteline
Suabia
Hotze
Rhine
Ferino
Coire
Rapinal
Switzerland
Uri
Schwitz
Constantinople
Avraiy
Egypt
Bonaparte
Acre
Palestine
Ghezar Pacha
Nile
Smith
Trowseipee
Syria
Thexandria
Cairo
France
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Evening Mail
Postscript
London
Ireland
Caffino
Inspruck
Mar
Bellegarde
Engadine
Munich
Schulen
Fettau
Zyrol
Hygeiz
Parsons
St. ‘Thouixs
Lancaster
Good Intent
Bog
Killock
Bourdeais
le Figara
Mermaid
Bayonne
Portsmouth
Hart'dad Eugene
Downs
Telemachas
Conn Exchange
Loupon
Batley Mall
Ithink al. Agit
Persien Sy
J. Walter
Fh Wal
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