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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 02, 1790
Page
4
A lengthy House of Commons debate centers on toleration and the rights of dissenters. Burke argues restraint while Fox defends liberty, invoking Dr Priestley and the sacramental question. The division ends with 294 against motion and 7 abstentions.
Postscript February 24 notes a pivotal Assembly decree ending feudal distinctions and personal services. It outlines abolition of homage and fealty, abolishes feudal forms, and assigns registers to define boundaries and profits for reevaluated tenures under common law.
Report from Brussels dated February 23 notes a ceding of administration to the Commons by the Nobles amid distrust and patrols. Loyalists wear party cockades, and prisons are full as hostilities rise. General Dalton died at Typved on the 16th instant from bowel inflammation. his body was opened, two small brain bladders found. He was buried at Luxembourg with grand military pomp.
In London dispatches Joseph II of the House of Habsburg dies at 49 after 26 years as Emperor of the Romans and 16 as King of Hungary and Bohemia. He left no issue, passing hereditary dominions to his brother Leopold. News notes disturbances in Hanover and Atlantic affairs, plus reports of Saint Domingo and Martinique seeking independence. Additional items cover court appointments, illness among bishops, and a Dublin letter on Sheriff Vance’s acquittal and Barrington’s adventures at sea including a theft allegation onboard a packet boat.
Warsaw reports ministers from allied powers were not yet arrived but are anticipated to confer on peace. The message notes the hopeful aim of talks, despite delays and uncertain arrivals yesterday.
From Copenhagen and Ancona reports describe diplomatic moves toward peace as generals and officers are ordered to their regiments. Montenegrins repelled Turks near Sabiak, sinking or capturing vessels with heavy casualties. Count d Artois establishes a household of 120 plus staff in Turin, with funding and a grand hotel residence for the prince.
Miscellaneous notices recount ship actions and dispositions, an admiralty prize draw, a murder-escape tale, noble animal exhibition plans, a drowning accident involving pilots and apprentices, and arrivals and sailings at port. Names include Endymion, Flite, Newcastle, Guildhall, and the Portman Square Beckingham connection.
Readable fragments indicate an evening program featuring The Haunted Tower with The Deuce at Covent Garden. Other lines mention The Dramatic with Conde Cook and devices the audience may recall from a past era.
The page lists varied financial items including 3 percent bank stock redots, bonds shading, Navy force notes, Excheques and India scrip. It records partial prices like 3 percent and 4 percent, with figures such as 77 3-4, 17926, 100 1-8, and 74. It also mentions South Sea Stock, Lottery Tick, and multiple entries for bonds and debentures with uncertain valuations.
A February 18 1790 gathering at the Free Grammar School Bolton Le Moors Langaster convened by Churchwarden Thomas Plumber Esq reports unanimous opposition to repealing the Corporation and Test Acts. Resolution items urge support for established church toleration defend against Jewish Turk Saidic and other rivals and urge communication to Parliament and press while praising MPs who opposed repeal.
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