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General Evening Post in London, Middlesex

29 Apr 1790

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General Evening Post

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 29, 1790

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2

Debates on Lottery Bill and Tobacco Tax in Parliament

The House discussed the printing of a Lottery bill aimed at curbing newspaper ads for illegal shares, with Sheridan urging printing and Fox and the Chancellor of the Exchequer divided over the measure. The committee was to consider tobacco excise, with arguments on duties, smuggling, and French duty contrasts shaping debate.

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Rofe Sheridan Rofé Rose Fox Martin Curwen Duke of Athol Pulteney France Southampton William Heathcote William Chute Quarleston Edward Percy Crown Inn Blandford Quarw T Leston Dorset Lord Milton Poluitton Michaelnas Gartie Whitaker Shaftesebury
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War of words over excise bill and trial by jury

In heated debate the House split over recommitting the tobacco excise bill with a demand for a trial by jury. Proponents cite old English rights. opponents warn the measure can’t curb abuses and may hurt manufacturers. The report passes, with a rider later for jury trials in some cases, and the session adjourns.

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