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Public Ledger

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 23, 1760

Page

2

Royal Assent Given by Lords and Parliament Prorogued

Yesterday a message to the House of Commons reported royal assent to several acts after the Lords authorized. Mr Speaker and the House then attended the House of Peers where the commission was read. Lords named in the commission declared assent and the Lord Keeper signified the King's pleasure to prorogue Parliament after a Lords message of thanks.

House of Commons Lords House of Peers Speaker

Loan Opened at Strasbourg for Thirty Thousand Obligations

Extract from Paris dated May 6 reports a royal declaration dated March 16 establishing a new loan at Strasbourg. Thirty thousand obligations of one thousand livres each, four and a half percent interest, maturing in twenty years, with revenues from Metz Alsace and Franche Comté pledged to a Strasbourg chest. The Polish king has sent plate to the Metz mint. Vilaine ships not yet disarmed. Spanish ambassador arrives with mediation unclear.

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