Daily Courant in London, Middlesex

Horse Race Debates Stir Colonial Loyalists in Public Print

The Daily Courant reports on a Shrewsbury horse race drawing a crowd of country gentlemen allied to King George and opposing excise gains. It critiques speakers claiming true patriotism, contrasts Royalist supporters with reformers, and notes military and political moves including pensions, Spain’s war, and troop movements toward the Rhine, with references to Polish diplomacy and court arrests.