Speaker Salary Bill Passes for Royal Assent
Wednesday March 31 a bill granting the Speaker's salary passed a third reading and will receive Royal assent by Commission on Thursday. Private bills were read a third time and petitions from Scotland regarding appeals were noted. The Chancellor warned petitions may cause delays and could be fixed at two hundred fifty pounds each. Adjourned until tomorrow.
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Commons
Scotland
Corsica
Paris
Timalcon
Paoli
Boswell
Lord Macartney
John Dick
Joseph Banks
D. Bofawell
Osborn
Cofway
Carlisle
George Howard
Pitt
George Horne
Cartenary
Pomona
Savage
Sierraleon
Dengan
Duncan
India Budget Debate Shows East India Revenue Prospects
In the House of Commons a committee scrutinized Bengal and Bombay finances. Reports estimate a 2.1 million surplus for Bengal with steady land revenue. questions arise over salt and opium markets, salaries, and the East India Company's finances as critics press for a delayed report after holidays.
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Dandas
India
East India
Bengal
Presidency
Bombay
Bencoolen
Madras
Dm.sas
Doubtus
Lord Cornwallis
Mr. Hastings
Pondicherry
Tippo Saib
Tiermay
East India Company
Home Department
Francis
Devayns
London Budget Debates and Canada Business Reflections
Mr. La Meferier endorsed Mr. Devaynes's opinion while Mr. Fox, in a polished speech, criticized points raised by Mr. Dundas and noted the Bank's credit surpassing the India Company by 15 percent. Mr. Dundas and others concluded the Budget debate as Mr. Grezville addressed Canada business and parliamentary delays from the Regency issue. Fox moved to consider the Westminster tobacconists’ six week licence petition on a Thursday in April. the House adjourned at eleven.
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la Meferier
Devaynes
Fox
Dundas
The
India Company
Dunda
Baring
Francis
Pitt
Taylor
Grezville
Canada
Lord Dorchester
Halifax
New-York
Mr. Fox
Westminster
Public Discourse on Speaker’s Salary and Political Tidings
A correspondent argues against raising public expenses by three thousand pounds yearly for the Speaker of the House of Commons, urging consideration of taxing the poor more. The piece recalls Arthur Onslow’s restraint, notes Middlesex and Westminster election issues, and mentions Burke, Hastings, Paoli, and Paoli’s guests. It also covers naval affairs, appointments, and stock prices reflecting a broad political and economic snapshot.
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House of Commons
Huffey
Arthur Onslow
Middlesex
Westminster
London
Bristol
Erskine
Burke
Mr. Hastings
Mr. Burke
Occasional Cracerrs From Various Quarters
A pithy critique on a London mud cart writer, exposing a nameless journeyman paragraph-maker. The piece portrays his life as poverty driven, brandishing a vicious imagination and defaming virtue, moving from St Giles to St James's with a notorious reputation.
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London
St. Giles’s
St. James's
Alas poor Peter in a Portrait of Depravity
A critical voice describes Peter as unhinged yet loyal to his misdeeds, portraying him as seeing depravity everywhere and coloring it vividly under a respectable guise. The author accuses him of contempt for mothers, calling them unworthy and despicable.
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Peter
Galt
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