Parliament in session faces Birmingham Canal Bill debate
The House of Lords met with prayers read and Lord Kenyown on the Woolsack as Speaker in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. After bills were read the chamber formed a Committee on the Birmingham Canal Bill and heard several witnesses before adjourning to the next day.
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Kenyown
Woolsack
Lord Sheffield
E. Bafard
Newfoundland
Axorney
Bafard
E. Baflard
India
Dundas
Hannay
Benfield
Aigpijiey
Exchequer Bills and Inclosure Bills in Commons
The House of Commons passed several bills including St Chad's Church Darley Moor Ny land's and Chippenham Inclosure and Bowes Roads. Third readings were given to AeneasBanapace's Naturalization and other road bills. Committees considered Clerks of Assize Bill and quo warranto reform. Debate over Newfoundland Judicature Bill and India budget procedures followed with votes and adjournment.
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Commons
St. Chad’s
Darley Moor
Nyland’s
Chippenham
Bowes
Dickenson
Clewe
Fragmented 18th century sleuths and royal gossip
Friday morning reports show ongoing hearings for Mr Hastings with Mr Sullivan's examination finishing today and Mr Burke to sum up midweek. Other items note Lord St Helens dispatches from Madrid, a grand music performance at Westminster Abbey, Captain Grose's sudden death, and translations of Payne's Rights of Man. Louis XV’s daughter Madame Vietorre praised in Rome.
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Desary Cuartman
East India Company
Pitt
Downing-street
Hastings
Sullivan
Burke
Hastines
Hastinee
St. John
St. Zoba
Lord St. Helen
Ireland
Leo
Madame Vietorre
France
Rome
Louis XV
Kingdom
St. George
Cardinal de Tencin
Angleterre
Revolution in Poland Contrasted With France’s Turmoil
The era is hailed as wonderful in Poland with a hereditary crown and a reformed constitution. The piece contrasts Poland’s peaceful path to Milordship with France and predicts strong, dispassionate progress under wisdom and patriotism. It outlines three government branches and key constitutional provisions including religious tolerance, noble rights, and peasant protections, stating the monarchy will be elected by the States.
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Poland
Polany
Russia
Austria
Prussia
France
Ftustia
Senate
Elector of
Saxony
Mary Augusta Neomucene
Infanta of
Palatinate
French Colonial Produce Prices Rise and Possible Independence
Letters from Bourdeaux in Paris report enormous prices for colonial goods. They claim colonists may declare independence and open ports to foreign nations. News from St Domingo notes Dutch ships at St Mark and Port au Prince loaded with provisions and sugar and coffee from French lands arriving in Amsterdam.
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Bourdeaux
Paris
St. Domingo
St. Mark
Port-au-Prince
Amsterdam
Danube Victory Sees Brabilow Besieged by Land and Sea
News from the Danube reports Brabilow surrounded after a recent Turkish defeat. Prince Gallitzin delays assault to limit bloodshed as communications with the Grand Vizir remain cut. A Swedish Russian treaty blocks British entry to allied ports, while Pacha Judas Pacha marshals troops for a broader war. The Marchioness de Lucchesini arrives and will be joined by her husband, the Bersiin minister plenipotentiary at Sziftova.
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Danube
Brabilow
Prince Gallitzin
Istmaél
Tstersburg
Sweden
Judas Pacha
M. de Lasharett
Kaynardgy
Russia
Crimea
Marchioness
de Lucchesini
Bersiin
Sziftova
Government to establish a price plan station in New South Wales
A government plan to set up a price station in the North West of New South Wales is reported alongside various antiquated notices. A brewer Mr Waitsreap has sold his business for £450,000 after years of offering £10,000 to buyers. A Sub-treasurer from Lincoln's Inn absconded with £14,001 of society funds, having destroyed records and sold personal furniture, escaping under pretence of health. A passport scene in Marseilles features Augustus Frederick giving his name as son of Groves from the Thames. Notes on woollen manufacture, Ulster and Munster populations, an Esquire charter privilege, a cork warehouse fire, a fatal Gray's Inn Lane accident, and a bachelor exposed for deception are included.
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New South Wales
Waitsreap
Society of Lincoln’s Inn
America
Margate
Prince Augustus Frederick
Marseilles
Nice
Augustus Frederick
Rhone
Department of the Thames
Groves
Avucustus Frederick
Grovce
England
Yorkshire
Britain
Ulster
Ireland
Munster
Esquires of the
Bath
Royal
Billiter-lane
Gray’s-Inn-Lane
Grantham
Lincolnshire
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Aeneas Banapace
Langton Fure
Dererend
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Edingale
Finsbury Paving
Dee Navigation
Clerks OF Assize Bill
Stanley
Huffey
Mitford
Baker
Fe- Byil
Powys
Rolls
Taylor
Serjeant Watson
Fox
William Dolfen
Africa
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Sheridan
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Wigley
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