Informaers Entitled To Five Pounds For Liquor Offences
The Sweets Bill clause declares informers against street liquor sales receive five pounds from commissioners for each conviction. The King elevates William Lee to Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench and knights Sir William Chapple, MP for Manchester, as a judge in his room. Reports note ships, cargoes, and trade movements from Lisbon to Dunkirk and the Americas, with wheat prices and parliamentary schedules. A Paris dispatch discusses M. Galliaziere, court orders, and Spanish royal movements. News from Madrid, Dantzik, and the Porte cover European tensions, Ottoman military plans, and potential peace efforts amid Russo-Turkish concerns.