Debate on Adultery Bill in Commons Committee
Lord Eldon proposes amendments to restrict prosecutions for adultery to cases where the wife is under her husband’s protection and to allow indictments by a Grand Jury. The Duke of Clarence questions damages for adultery with a separated woman. Lords debate penalties, the marriage prohibition clause, and its moral aims with support from the Bishop of Rochefer and the Duke of Clarence urging caution. The clause is read and agreed, with further readings planned.
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Lord Eldon
Mustine
Duke of Clarence
Husbana
Malgrave
Earl of
Kénzoul
Earl
Guildford
Rothefer
Christendom
Rochefer
Eninoul
Claute
Lord Grenville
Lord Aickland
Parliamentary Report on Friday Adjournment Notes
The House resumed the discussion on the Duke of Clarence matter and ordered the Report to be received on the next Friday. Lords adjourned after the session, with emphasis on form and the timing of the report.
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Duke of Clarence
Parliamentary Agendas and Ship News From May Session
The House adjourned after debating Lordships' assent to a bounty on rye imports and delaying the contravailing duties debate. Mr Pitt urged no further delay, while notices on income tax repeal and treaties with Bavaria were discussed. Ship reports include Venus at Plymouth and L Achilles arriving at Portsmouth, with Baltic-bound fleets and local harbor movements noted.
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Rofe
Hobhoife
Hobhouse
Pitt
Hobbews
Ireland
Pité
Committee of Supply
Blajelty
Bavaria
French Reports Clash With Wickham on German Front
May 22 Londre n reports warn that General Dessoires statements contradict Mr Wickham’s prior accounts. The piece questions French claims of victories in Germany and the bloodshed of their allies’ spies. It notes British patience with unreliable news and cites strategic moves around Memingen and the Danube.
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Dessoires
PyaRnys
Anophes
Maxian
Danubes
Ada
St. Suzayye
Alexandria
Toulon
Sifaré
Royal Levée Punctuates Windsor Visit by Prince Regent and Guards
Yesterday the Light Infantry Battalion of the Guards paraded in Hyde Park before the Prince of Wales and Duke of York as King George III attended the Levee at St James's. Addresses were presented from numerous towns and corps, praising the Sovereign’s providential escape and loyalty. the Duke of Queensberry and other peers were present, and the King later received the Houses’ Address in the Great Council Chamber.
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the Guards
Hy ‘Park
Prince’ of WalEs
You
Ser
Cumberland
St. James's
Wvanberces
Duke of Portland
Allen
Lord Southampton
Repiey
New Windsor
Furxe Greville
Old ‘Windsor
RE. Partrer
Surry Yeomanry
Lord Lzsxig
Te Euston
Barnard
Colchester
Rochester
Guildford
Lord Oxstow
Oxstow
Nog
Tony
Dean and Chapter of
Wells
Water Kine
Borough of
Reading
City of
Bath
Earl Camden
Ou Sem
Earl Radnor
Chichester
Lords and Commons
London
Sherif Buacknyr
Frower
Boye Pell
Curris
Léiuroy
Staines
Sxinver
le Musupsyn
Anderson, Shaw, Peremann
Glyn
Matt
Alderman Leewnoke
Duke
Queersbury
Fragmentary Dispatches from War Amid Alleged Plots
Fragmented letters describe French and Austrian maneuvers around Paris, Milan, and Piedmont. Alerts mention English conspiracies, arrests near Strafburgh, and diplomatic shifts as Bonaparte's forces move. Details suggest Austrian reinforcements and fears for Nice.
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Strafburgh
Boifgrard
Bamotte
Madrid
Tay Iy
the. C
Aof
Piedmont
Bonaparte
Milan
Geneva
Defaiz
Poufselgne
Taiken
Esyp
Toulon
Génoa
Vintimiglia
Nice
Fragmentary report on Austro-Hungarian forces and positions
Fragmentary excerpt describes General Donaueschingen’s headquarters and moves as Austrian and allied troops concentrate on Suabia. References to Vorarlberg Grifons and English agents hint at clashes and strategic advances with marching forces toward St Bernhard and Valais.
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Donaueschingen
Tey
Rothwell
Strartay
Apipro
Nube
Frenthere
Vorarlberg
Suabia
Dicestors
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Fatlas
Haan
Img
Brett
Portsmouth
Mayo
L'Achilles
Megara
Syrem
Barwich
Elbe
Corti
Alphin
Sura
Haman
Pathe
Baltic
Londen
Delia
Hesorve
Valais
Watrin
St.Bernard
Burch
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