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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Spithead
Fohis Norris
Chatham
Portmouth
Nore
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Crafif
London
Charles Anderson
Hammersmith
William May
Chiswick
Barnes Ferry
Abraham Cornish
Peggy
Topsham
Bere
Seaton
Guernsey
Coffin
Falmouth
the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
University of Edinburgh
William Nimmo
Divinity Hall
Edinburgh
Campbell
St. Andrews
General Assembly
Monikee
Kinnaird
Dundee
Dennie
Stirling
Court of Session
Auchtermachty
Scotland
Sters
Synod of
Fife
Kinross
Robert Stark
Perth
Aberdeen
Angus
John Shaw
Crathie
James M‘levain
Dalrymple
Glasgow
Air
Caithness
Alexander Forrest
Earl of Wigtoun
Kirkintulloch
William Fleming
South Sea
S. Sea
India
Royal
Admiralty Office