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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 23, 1797
Page
4
The text reports a legislative scene where bills passed both houses, moved through standard forms, and the House adjourned to Monday though some phrases are garbled. The readable elements note approval of bills and a scheduled adjournment.
Kinross Road and other Inclosures bills reported and to be engrossed. A bill to repeal part of an act on corn import and export discussed. Petition from Greenwich Hospital tabled. Finance Committee referred a private petition about double taxation. Army pay versus public creditors debated amid constitutional concerns. Report on the Bill ordered, adjourned to Monday.
A morning paper reports an Imperial declaration stating the impossibility of continuing the war and Britain’s interest in peace. It notes Prussia’s secret motives alarm the Austrian cause, promises to support France, and discusses Paris papers, elections, and movements of Buonaparte. Reports from Madrid, Venice, and Dublin cover naval injuries, ministerial changes, and parliamentary actions.
The Guildhall Court of Common Council met with the Lord Mayor, fifteen Aldermen, the Recorder and many Commoners. Leases were sealed and thanks offered for uniting the Livery with the Lord Mayor to convene them. The Finance Committee report was approved. Members in Parliament and Aldermen in Parliament were urged to attend the House of Commons Committee on the Wet Dock Bill and back the City petition. Deputy Mitte elected governor of Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals. A Common Cryer was elected by ballot.
Plymouth report of naval skirmish as Sprightly cutter of twelve four pounders and fifty men engaged a French privateer and a smaller cutter after an hour of fighting. Five crew wounded and two guns dismounted before the Sprightly withdrew. Indefatigable and Greyhound returned from Falmouth with Hawker privateer prize details.
On Sunday the 12th infant died at his house near Merny Surry. Joseph Skinner Esquire of Aldgate High Street, aged 0, is noted in the notice. The fragmentary OCR mentions legal numbers and sums but the readable portion records the death and residence.
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