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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 14, 1775
Page
4
In Podolia Austrians are occupying more territory daily and entrenching themselves. Their army on that side has orders to spread and march at first order. From Vienna Jan 28 a courier was sent to Madrid regarding the Conclave, which has been unsettled since Cardinal de Selise arrived.
In the Commons on Tuesday February 34 the House ballot for a select committee on the Wiltshire double return for Cricklade. The Hindon borough election report finds bribery by candidate agents, calls for disfranchisement, and adjournment to Thursday fortnight for printing. Also notes Militia readiness, St Domingo planters, and a robbery in Spitalfields.
The House met at two and handled private business including petitions for roads and enclosing lots. At 3:30 the Committee of Supply began, Lord Barrington moved 4383 additional men be raised for his Majesty's land forces. A debate followed, the division was 81 to 15, and the Resolution was ordered to be reported. The House adjourned at closing time.
Yesterday the Lords heard the unturned appeal of Thickness against Liege as the Attorney General replied fully. Lord Camden moved to postpone determination until today. The House rose near five. The Lichington inclosure bill reached the Third Reading in the Upper Assembly amid a lengthy debate anticipated on North American dispatches. A Commons motion discharged its call. a petition from Wes Riding, York, urged trade with America.
A reader named ANTIL-SCEPTIC from Wandsworth on January 22 replies to a harsh critique of limited learning and speculative philosophy. He condemns shallow reasoning, defends rational religious belief, and urges the author to pursue serious moral inquiry rather than erudite conjecture.
In a humorous aside, WIFT during a lunatic escape is shown the city magazine for arms and powder by Dr Kingsbury. The Dean, eager for material for his tablets, remarks on the scene as Swift is wheeled through the air and the exchange underscores the era’s obsession with security and defense.
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