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Newspaper

Daily Courant

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 03, 1735

Page

2

Liberty of the Press Debate on Defamation and Authority

The writer argues that true Liberty of the Press guards Governors and laws from licentious attacks while criticizing ongoing defamation. He notes Craftman’s claims against insult and calumny, urging reconciliation with earlier doctrines that contrasted Liberty with Licentiousness and upheld respect for authority and persons in power.

Maritime dispatches and London notices from March to May

The column records ship movements including Euphrates, Hallifax, and Turkey Company vessels bound for Scandaroon with news of Sir John Norris’s fleet, naval promotions, and officers ordered to posts. It also notes a Kensington drawing room farewell for foreign ministers, a farmer’s death near Whitechapel, and obituaries in Surrey and Yarmouth along with Trinity House events and various ecclesiastical and legal assemblies in Scotland. It closes with financial market quotes and maritime securities.

Peacock Butler Turkey Malta Scandaroon John Norris Plymouth Stuart Lisbon Kensington Hanover Robinson Essex Whitechapel Barnes Surrey Samuel Taylor Paul Burrard Yarmouth Isle of Wightie Honourable Corporation of the Trinity House Deptford Sir Charles Wager Depford Pontac’s Abchurch-lane Charles Wager Honourable Corporation Kiley Oney Buckinghamshire William Johnson of

Admiralty Direction Orders Deserting Sailors to Report

Admiralty orders dated May 30 1735 compel all sailors from ships abroad under Admiral Sir Roger Norris to proceed at once to Chatham or Portsmouth and report to flag officers at the Nore or Spithead for assignment to suitable ships. deserters will be pursued.

Admiralty Spithead Fohis Norris Chatham Portmouth Nore

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