Parliament Debates Committee of the Whole and Corn Bill
The House moves to refer reports from Finance Committees to a third select committee, but the motion is defeated. Sheridan presses for Navy Debt and Exchequer accounts, then Bills of Exchange are repealed. The Corn Bill advances with amendments. disputes over warehousing foreign corn lead to a potential committee, and Sierra Leone Bill debates include merchant interests and corporate debt publication requirements.
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Gentle
Sural
Speaker
Sheridan
Exchequer
House
Finance Committee
Bramstone
Alderman
Faion Rose
Ryder
Alderman Watson Vena
Lord Shhefield
York
Wilberforce
Scarcity of Specie Triggers Paris Mayor Letter to Assembly
In Paris on May 20 the mayor appeals to the National Assembly for swift emission of assignats and copper coinage to ease a price spike and retail hardship. Frontiers report panic over emperors’ plans. Paris colonists near 500 protest a decree on mulattos, vowing to move to the colonies to protect property and maintain order.
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Paris
National Assembly
Parliament of
Tournay
Arret
States General
Strasbourg
France
Leopold
Turin
Europe
Hotel de Maffiac
National Assembly Sets Eligibility Rules for Next Legislature
On May 18 a long speech by M Roberperre contends against barring current members. Debates lead to decree that current lawmakers may be eligible again after two years, and that no job precludes eligibility if constitutionally qualified. The legislature renews biennially and meets May 1 in the same chamber as the prior body.
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M- Roberperre
National Assembly
Birthday entertainment for Mr Pitt at Wimbledon seat
London report notes Mr Pitt's 33rd birthday celebration at Mr Dunvas's Wimbledon seat with a fine entertainment. It cites a planned 8 June fleet of observation from Portsmouth, and mentions dividend warrants schedules for Bank of England and East India stock. It also covers Paris money exchange woes, French paper demands, and theater closures and arrivals including the Ariadne from St Lucar.
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Mr. Pitt
South Sea
South Sa
India
Paris
Icieniue
France
National Assembly
Drury Lane Theatre
Covent Garden Theatre
Herries
St. Lucar
Abbey Music Meeting In The Cold Abbey
The Abbey held a May musicals first performance before the Mayzsr1es, with about a thousand attendees despite cold galleries. Royals attended, King in scarlet and gold, Queen in green. Princesses in striped silks. Handel's grand choral piece twice delighted, duet of Mrs. Crovex and Storace praised, and a jesting exchange between their Majesties and the Duke of Lerns noted as evidence against retirement rumors. The event closed around 8:30 p.m.
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Roya
Aucusta
Abeta
Handel
Original Correspondence on War Preparations and Allied Powers
The Petersburg courier delayed, but odds favor peace are slim as artillery trains head toward Prussia. Count Scuu Len nou RG orders Roskampf Co to buy coin for army needs. promotion of Count Scuurensovra pleases officials. Baron Von Ali xsleben inspires court favor. Saxon Poland link alarms Bratx. Union of Poland and Saxony risks a stronger bloc with Russia and Austria challenging Prussia, potentially more dangerous than 1756.
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Petersburg
Wen
Trussia
Scuu Lennou
Sach
Runa
Scuurensovra
Baron von Ali Xsleben
Saxony
Poland
Bratx
Russia
Austria
Prutria
Price Defender of Liberty Honored by Paris Friends of the Constitution
A letter from the Friends of the Constitution at Paris to the Revolution Society in London mourns Price as a pioneering advocate for liberty. It lauds his stance against oppression, his support of American independence, and his influence on the French Revolution. The Paris society resolves mourning as a token of respect and unity with the British group.
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Revolution Society
London
Friends of the Constitution
Paris
Apostles of Liberty
Free Nations
America
Pic
Pricer
Price
United States
France
Society of the Friends of the Constitution
Vrow Ailka Sinks. Three Men Drowned Off Flatholm
The Vrow Ailka from Flatholm to Narva was run down off flace and three men drowned. Capt Barnard of the Union from Beston on the right initial in January spoke the Fame from London to Quebec. On the 8th in January the Bee from Poole to Newfoundland was well. Cpt Davis of the Potton Packet from Boston took the Lord Dorchester to Halifax on the 6th and the Syren of Dartmouth to Newfoundland on the 9th.
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Flatholm
Narva
Hau
Capt
Barnard
The
Union
Beston
Init
Jar
Long
Fame
London
Quebec
Bee
Poole
Newfoundland
Cpt
Davis
Potton Packet
Boston
Fooke
Lord Dorchester
Hilifax
Fooke the
Syren
Dart Tmouth
Plague Spreads Across Morea Amid Naples Death Toll
From the London Gazette May 24 and Zante April 13, reports plague continues to spread through the Morea with high fatalities in Napoli of Romani, Vortizza, and Patraffo. Bankruptcy notices list several tradespeople in London and surrounding areas with proposed surrender dates at Guildhall and local inns. Dividends and certificates sections note forthcoming payments and grants to various merchants, artisans, and tradesmen in multiple London districts and provincial towns, including Newcastle upon Tyne, Dursley, Exeter, Warminster, and Colmanstone.
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Zante
Morea
Napoli
Patraffo
Joseph Fogg
Gainsford-street
Southwark
Susry
Cooper
Guildhall
Atcornies
Berry
Covent-garden
Grooks
Dean-street
Soho
Jane
Richard Turner
Broxfield
Northumberland
Butcher
Queen’s Head
Newcastle Upon Tyney
John Farquar Mac Crumin
Oxford-streety
Haberdasher
James Newman
Goswell-street
Philip Sydenham the Younger
Barnstaple
Devonshire
Globe
Clare-market
Poulter
Caleb Blanchard
Thomas Lewis
Coleman
Treet
Thomas Cammell
Warminster
Weymouth Arms
Alexander Reed
Bond-street
Hofier
Joseph Lucas
Caton
Lancashire
Thomas Beard
Great Sutton-street
Clerkenwell
Henry Roberts
Blackfriars-road
Thomas Wood
Thomas Mason
Eton
Bucks
Cote Ton
Thomas Durham
Cockspur Street
Parliamentary Intelligence House of Lords May 24 adjournments
The Scotch Peerage business is adjourned to next Thursday. Beaumont Peerage delayed until the first Tuesday in the next Session. Birmingham Canal Bill counsel heard and evidence examined on the business.
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Tursday
Birmingham
House of Commons May 24 Bills Passed and India Debate
The Commons read Pearce's Estate and other bills first to third readings, committed, and amended. The Lords sent messages on paving and inclosure. The India Bill faced opposition as Mr Travers spoke against sending Cornwallis to war powers, citing Bengal governorship and centralized authority concerns.
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Hayward
Liverpool
Gascoigne
Lornton
Huey
Pearce
Sparrow
Franco
Sheffield
Cecil
Deverend
Birmingham
Stoke Moor
Staines Roads
Hounslow
Norwich
LORDS
Commons
Chichester
Wakefield Church
India
Earl Cornwallis
Travers
Lord Cornewallis
Bengal
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Shéridan
Carlton House
Bills OF Exchange, &c
Abéare
Abbey Music Meeting
Bern
Revolution Societies
London Gazette
Parliamentary Intelligence
House OF Lords
House OF Commons
Clark
Shefeld
Durham Ferry Road
Duke of Clarence
Consolidated Fund
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