Lords Adjourn After Brief Session With Few Peers Present
The House of Lords completed the Bills on the Table through normal forms and adjourned for the day. Very few peers were in attendance, with the chamber sparsely populated as the session ended.
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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 28, 1797
Page
4
The House of Lords completed the Bills on the Table through normal forms and adjourned for the day. Very few peers were in attendance, with the chamber sparsely populated as the session ended.
The Petition of the Pilchard Fishery was reported and referred to a Committee. Several inclosure bills were read a first time and ordered engrossed. A Notebook of money to the Emperor was laid on the table. The House adjourned with orders deferred.
Postscript recalls delayed Hamburg mail. Brussels reports say no peace talks now, Austrian movements near Duffeldorff, French entrenched. daily action expected. Ireland insurrection quelled. Pitt ministers discussed. Prince of Wales shifts toward opposition. Brest fleet rumors. Prussian ally questions and Dantzick trade talks. Milan and Mantua reports. English fleet actions near Cadiz.
From March, His Majesty's ship L Unite with 40 guns arrives from croize, taking a 14 gun privateer cutter as prize. La Sufftrante brig of 14 guns, captured by La Nymph and others, ordered to be armed instantly before service. La Nymph sails tonight to join Lord Bridport's fleet.
Portsmouth dated March 28 reports arrival of his Majesty s frigate Minerva from a cruise and the Amphian of New York under Captain Barclay from St Domingo with mahogany for London. Also arrived the Dover of 44 guns from Lisbon.
A sailor recounts the loss of the Courageaux off Barbary as gales drove her toward Gibraltar. The ship struck a rock in thick weather. many crew perished, and 121 survived after clinging to rocks. Also reported: Hannah chased into Scarborough by a privateer. Tower Hill enclosure petition. Consols fluctuations. Colonel Campbell and Wayne correspondence. a Leeds miniature painter case with £1000 damages.
Prices of stocks listed show bank shares and government securities with various percent yields. The market includes Per cent levels for 73 1 seventh, 4 percent, 3 percent bonds and annuities, with Imperial securities and Navy items noted among the day’s quotations.
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