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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 04, 1792
Page
1
Sale notice from Candled by Change-Adley at Garraway’s Coffee-house Cornhill on Wednesday at five o'clock. Goods include 75 bales Domingo cotton and 14 balls Turkey cotton yarn. Catalogues will be delivered by Ky Mer M'Taggart and Co. Brokers.
A petition from planters merchants mortgagees and others interested in the British Sugar Colonies on the African Trade will be for signature at Lloyds Coffee-House and Trbetsons Hotel in Vere-street on Monday and Tuesday next between twelve and three.
Elizabeth Barwick John Willes and Granville Sharp announce readiness to transfer 2700 Three percent Consolidated Bank Annuities as bequeathed by Joseph Wilcocks late of Harley Berks to the Treasurer of the County Hospital at Rochester or nearby within seven years, per his will dated December 23, 1791. Applications to trustees at Garden Court London.
By permission of the Prince of Wales and dukes, William Wright publishes an accurate plan and directory of inland canal navigations connecting rivers and ports. Subscriptions priced at six shillings and a half guinea, with delivery of plan later. Available through multiple publishers in Fleet Street and other cities.
Law report shows Mr Exstine moving for defendant, or agents, to inspect a government committee report from Fort St George. Lord Kenyon urges liberal prosecution with limits on revealing government secrets. Attorney General resists production of the papers. court grants a rule to the cause.
The record notes Mr Antruther Gated addressing the Lords about an information filed against the defendant. The brief excerpt suggests a formal judicial proceeding with an information document as the central accusation. Further details are unclear from the fragment.
The dialogue outlines a criminal information against a defendant linked to acts under Indian governance. Counsel Mr Holland seeks demurrer arguing no clear crime stated. court contemplates delaying ruling to allow clearer framing, with discussions on venue and amendments to the information.
The mayor, bailiffs, and burgesses of Liverpool sued to recover a sum for breaching a bye law. The jury found for the plaintiffs, deciding that legislative power rests in the corporation at large rather than a 41 member council. The case, argued by Serjeant Adair and Externe, remains undetermined with further counsel to be heard.
A historical feature argues for fair division of tythes after an incumbent's death, detailing widows and orphans' hardships and urging Parliament to reform. It cites a case where Mr B would lose out financially under current rules, and proposes that profits equitably accrue to service duration. The piece calls for proportional allotment of profits and charges tied to the time served.
A public justice oriented report notes the Bill to remove a nuisance on Bond Street goes to the House of Lords with a large majority. The stand of hackney coaches blocks parage between Marylebone and Westminster. Shop rents and trade are affected by the obstruction. the piece argues for the Bill’s passage to improve access and safety. It also advertises Spyrurys Antiscorbutic medicine and a treatise on scurvy available from Lotto Square, Newbury.
A garbled fragment discusses rank rivalry among Monmouth's Duke and Count Bohea in a late Wight Bankruptcy context. The text presents a satirical debate on who should be greatest among affignees, with exchanges about truth and folly and a crude animal imagery.
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