House of Lords April 2 bar hearings and Bristol fire bill
Lords consider the Duke of St Albans petition with a delay for counsel. Duchess of Kingston surrender to Black Rod and appear in Westminster Hall. Second reading of a Bristol shipping fire prevention bill. A theatre fund bill for Covent Garden charitable uses read again. May adjourn to April 12 with other Scottish matters to be heard.
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Duke of
St. Albans
Duchess of Kingston
Westminster Hall
Bristol
Theatre Royal
Covent Garden
Covent-garn
Earl of Selkirk
Archibald Douglass
Duke of Hamilton
Lords of Session
Scotland
House of Commons Daily Proceedings Apr 2 18th century
The House deferred Ways and Means and the supply till Friday. Bills passed include ones to indemnify ineligible offices, dissolve Dr Elliott and Thomas Williams marriages, and punish crimes with transportation. A motion to form a committee on port duties and a bill on hereditary inheritance in Scotland were considered. Hindon Bill adjourned to Apr 18.
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Elliott
Thomas Williams
William Hanmer
Great Britain
Scotland
Debate on Navy and Army Expenditure Accounting
Lord Cavendish and Mr. Luttrell support Hartley’s demand for full expenditure records. They argue the current estimates are misleading, fraud ridden, and unfit to guide Parliament. They cite overspending on naval stores, harbour moorings, and repairs, claiming funds misapplied and debts incurred beyond reported costs.
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House of Commons
Hartley
John Cavendish
James Luttrell
America
Echaghe
Navy debt growth and calls for parliamentary inquiry
The debate examined navy debt from 1771 to 1775 rising from 1,179,375 pounds 11 pence to 3,098,579 pounds 0s 4d. Excerpts criticized seaman counts, misallocated shipbuilding costs, and victualling charges. Mr Luttrell urged a public inquiry and transfer of misused funds, urging removal of implicated officials and legal prosecution. Lord North moved the previous question and it passed.
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Navy Boards
Luttrell
Commons
Crown
Gibraltar
Lord North
Trial by Jury Denied In Lincolnshire Imprisonment Case
The piece reports a historic appeal for public support to fund a jury trial in a London case arising from alleged unlawful imprisonment and abuse of power by a mayor of an incorporated borough. It notes prior Lincolnshire proceedings, a shift to London, and a subscription drive listing donors and bankers.
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Cour
King's Bench
Lincoln
George HI
Samuel Brudgeshaw
Hopkins
Stamford
England
Bruc
Afton
Lincolnshire
London
Gailshall
Jon
Manchester Races 1778 May Meeting at Kerfale Moor
The article lists May racing at Kerfale Moor near Manchester with two mile heats for four year olds, plus events for older horses and maidens. Entries require entry fees, weights, and stipulations, with stewards to settle disputes. The King’s plate rules apply and the Theatre Royal will operate nightly.
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Manchester
Kerfale Moor
Sol
Ektra
Lord Derby
Ch. F. Fancy
Mr. Gartside
Ch. c. Young Morwith
Tve
Cier
Mr. Curzon
Wat
Rs Horton
Meatpuse Weatherby
Creditors of Robert Levey of Stansted Mountfitchet
Creditors of Robert Levey late of Stansted Mountfitchet Essex miller and baker are asked to send their debts to Elizabeth Levey his widow or Robert Bull executor to receive satisfaction. Debts must be paid to Elizabeth Levey or Robert Bull on or before the first day of June next.
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London
D.c
Lony
John Vernon
His Majesty’s Mint
Jenkin Jones
Prescot’s
Grofe’s
Culverden
Hollingsworth
Threadneedle-street
Henry Thrate
Garraway’s
A Ley
Robert
Levey
Stansed Mountfitchet
Esex
Miller
E Zgabeth Levey
Robert Ball
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John Rawlinson
Edward Yates
Dahy
Thomas Norris
Marton
Joseph Gurney
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J.S. D
Syre and Co
Watkin Lewes
Samuel Knight
Hn Haughton
Earl of Effingham
Bull and Moody
Leadenhall-street
Matin, Stone, Blackwell
Whig
J. Diswell
St. Martin’s-lane
Charing-Croft
Chester News
Spilsbury
Drettion
Pool
Chester
Brdze
Surry
Willinor
Retale
James Eltham
J. Poynton
Newazaie Street
Houghton
Leges
H. Oxenham
Marglid
Carnaby Market
Great Marlborough Street
White Horse-Inn
Towceefer
Davis
Thall
Jackson
Keyes
King’s-gate
Trent
High-Holborn
Norris
Duke-street
Westminster
Lancashire Society
Athton Lever
James Hilton
Thomas Parker
Richard Clayson, Bart
Edwin Sandys
Thomas Whalley
John Nickson
Stuarts
Paternofter-row
Mitre Tavern
Fleet-street
Dean and Chapter of
Wells
Somerset
Matthew Graves
Temple
John Leech
Alton
Southampton
Graves
Leech
Thame
Prieslend
Moreton
Tetsworth
Syddenham
Towersey
Oxford
Buckingham
Meir. Farrer
Chancery Lane
W. W
Dixwell
Charing-crofy
Johnson
Mortimer-street
Cavendish Square
Mr. Jones
St. Paul's Church- Yard
Odd
Taylor
Sanhope-street
Clive-market
J. Bew
Paterno
Terrow
Old Chesteyfield
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