Bedford Lords Move to Monday on Public Anxiety
A Bedford lord informs the House of intention to bring forward a subject tied to public anxiety, seeks to avoid disrupting the service, and asks the House to recall the reason for urging the matter now, while awaiting authentic ministerial information. The Duke of Bedford plans to submit the matter on Monday and the Lords will be summoned then.
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Dade of Bedford
Lord Grenville
Houte
Duke of Bedford
Commons
Middlesex Rate Bill and election decisions noted in House
The Middlesex County Rate Bill passed on third reading while the East India Fencible Regiment and Stamp Duty on Attornies Certificates bills moved, and a report on seamen wages in the West India trade was brought up. Canterbury election results were corrected with Gipps and Honywood replacing Baker and Sawbridge. A Vagrant Bill clause sparked debate on magistrates discretionary power. the House adjourned to Monday.
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Middlesex
Gascoyne
West India
Canterbury , Election Committee
John Baker
Samuel Sawbridge
Wwe
Alderman Combe
Phie
Othier
Portsmoth Peace Talks End With Howe Accord
A late 18th century notice reports that tensions near Portsmouth have largely subsided. Lord Howe, empowered by the King to grant pardons, met with officers and port officials to settle disputes. He sailed from Portsea to St Helens and returned aboard the Royal George amid news of a positive resolution.
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Portsmouth
Mick
Lord Brigpore
Portiasguth
Earl Howe
St. “Helen’s
Thursay
Royal’George
The French Fleet and Courtly Revels at St James's
Reports from Brest outer road assess French naval strength as limited to a small visible force while concealing ships within headlands. A royal drawing-room at St James's featured the Princess Royal with the Russian order of St Catharine and court dignitaries including the Duke of York and Countess of Derby. The Countess’s simple dress and restraint drew praise from the nobility. Other items note dispatches from Plymouth, Danish actions at Malta, Vienna envoy fears, Milan French papers on Trieste, Dutch dog tax, and Stockholm’s reestablishment of the Aulic Council of War, with Jersey politics and local births and legal cases in Scotland.
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Admiralty
Earl Howe
Royal George
Earl
Fnr Warren
Brest
Brestwater
Catwater
Hamoaze
Plymouth Sound
Duke of Clarence
Duke of Gloucester
Sophia
Countess of Derby
Cecilia Jonnitn
Markham
St. James’s
Earl of Derby
Powell
John Orde
Plymouth
Winchester
Torbay
Copenhagen
Malta
Thetié
Tiipolis
Thetis
Chace
Vienna
Bagnaparte
Brescia
Bergamo
Amsterdam
Orange Party
Oldaburgh
Stockholm
Gustavus II
Holstein
Schleswig
Denmark
Jersey
Pipon
Dumaresq
England
Ship News: Vessels Taken and Burned by Privateers
The Nancy sailed from Sunderland to ElGnore is captured and carried into Norway. Fortune from Stockholm to Gotten burgh is taken by a privateer and burnt. The John and Mary from St. Ubes is left at Yarmouth.
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Nancy
Sunderland
ElGnore
Norway
Fortune
Waldron
Stockholm
Gottenburgh
John and Mary
M’farlane
St. Ubes
Yarmouth
Turbary May 10 Report of Wind and Ship Damage
Torn and fragmentary OCR notes describe high winds from E N E at Torbay affecting the Concorde frigate which cut away its main mast and left anchors and cables adrift. The list of vessel names includes Henderson Jackson Jun Bruton Kingston Ford Llande Adams Hindsworth Three Brothers Moore Jenny Hamilton Neptune Craig Bellona Barker Lord Shefield Miller Helen Duncan Cartor Pollar Goodwin Elizabeth Wales Amelia Douglas.
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Duncan
Cartor
Pollar
Goodwin
Elizabeth
Wales
Amelia
Douglas
Demands Granted After Express Arrives at Plymouth
Reported this morning that various naval officers and sailors cheered when news arrived an express had shown their demands were granted before the route of communications. The information states their requests were approved, boosting morale among the men of war at the port.
Prices of Stocks this Day at TualseCheck Bank Stock Five Percent
Prices of stocks at TualseCheck show varied quotes with several bank items and fractions. Bank stock marks five percent while other entries include four percent, three percent, and reduced fractions like 47.78ths. Notes reference Bank Long Ann and Shorg, Anns with multiple notations and percentages.
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TualseCheck
Bank Long Ann
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