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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 13, 1797
Page
2
Fragments indicate a House of Lords item describing a received communication from the Commissioners. Most content appears private with references to time and a possible ordering or adjournment. The readable bits suggest formal reading and minutes in a parliamentary context.
In a House of Commons session the Ship Owners Relief Bill faced scrutiny. Allegations linked a King's Bench decision to expanded vessel liability, with Alderman Lushington urging a committee review. Debate covered forestalling, meat prices, and the jobber system, with ministers and MPs arguing for or against regulation to restore fair competition and curb monopolies.
Fragmentary OCR notes show House resolution to form a committee of the whole. Mr Mainwaring moves to report progress and allow another sitting. Upon resuming, progress is reported and further consideration postponed to Friday. Adjournment follows.
The Great Seal grants Charles Dillon the office and place of Constable of the Castle of Dublin, with the baronies of Athlone and Moyearnan, the half-barony of Moyearnan in Roscommon, and the Bramney territory in Westmeath. A London Gazette notice from Dublin Castle dated June records the patent and title.
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant appointed Jon Wolfé, Rtg 4, as Colonel of the Kildare Regiment of Militia by commission dated May 20, 1797, from Dublin Castle. The Duke of Leinster confirmed the appointment in response to the request from the War Office.
A compendium of bankrupts and surrender notices across multiple trades and towns. Names include J. Ligud draper of Tewksbury, S. Glover broker of Great Russell Street, and H. Delamaine Liverpool merchant. Dates span June to July with sittings at Guildhall and various Crown inns. Also entries for enlarged bankruptcies, deaths to be noted, and certificates to be granted by July 4.
On June 15 in London Envoy M Spinola travels through France toward his homeland while General Kosciuszko and his suite depart to Bristol to board an American ship. The Prince of Steinfurth curbs court expenses by free imports for six months. Prussia plans a government overhaul in Anspach and Bayreuth to align these provinces with the rest of the realm.
A long dispatch reports naval engagements and mutiny at the Nore, detailing officers wounded and ships lost or saved. It notes the George and Mary returning from Hamburg with the Neptune of Shields, and remarks on divers dinner events, equestrian feats, and local crimes including a near-fatal throat cut in Birmingham and a rescue from a deep well.
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