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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 15, 1774
Page
4
Disconnected OCR fragments describe troop movements and fortifications. References to barracks, town house, Fort hill, empty wharfs, and distribution concerns imply unrest and planning. Mentions liberty of speech, sedition charges, Bolton, and colonial context. details are garbled but suggest a military response and supply issues.
A letter voices outrage at prison cruelty and extortion by officers and magistrates in debt cases. The author denounces magistrates and clergy for harsh, unjust punishment, urging humane treatment and reform to prevent Popish inquisitor precedents in the realm. The missive portrays a debtor jailed over 18 months, pleading for relief and citing family suffering.
In the House of Commons yesterday Speaker chaired sessions as petitions for enclosing bills were read. Reports on repealing part of the 14th of His Majesty and restricting export of woollen and textile utensils were agreed. Bills for importing Indian corn under restrictions and imposing malt Duty were ordered reported or committed. Speakers debated the admission of unsuccessful petitioners, with critics calling some petitions frivolous and urging withdrawal of indulgence to curb future petitions.
The text recounts a heated House of Commons debate on petitions and parliamentary duration, with mentions of Lord Barrington, Lord Clare, and figures like Mr. Rigby and Mr. Fox debating imperial governance. It also covers a Deptford burglary where a gardener's house was broken into, and nearby tragic or suspicious incidents including a drowned man in a frozen pool and a widow found murdered or assaulted on a road with a suspected carrier involved.
In Parliament yesterday petitions from Caernarvon freeholders and Shrewsbury burgesses were presented and will be heard with other petitions before a committee to test election validity. The Duke of Cumberland and several peers attended in the Commons. Market prices at Leadenhall and Whitechapel were listed for beef mutton pork lamb and hay. A violent robbery near Chelsea left a woman and child hurt, with robbers pursued by Sir John Fielding’s magistracy. a pawned item linked to the victim helped identify suspects, who were captured and examined.
A terse price rundown lists bank and stock figures with old-fashioned terms. The entry cites South Sea bonds, government issues, and lottery tickets, noting percentages such as 4 and 3 percent, with references to Navy bonds and various bank listings.
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