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Parliament hears petitions and discusses charges in late 18th century debate
The Upper Assembly and House of Commons debate petitions from General Frazer heir of Lord Lovat, booksellers’ rights, and East India Company concerns. They consider levies on Liverpool trade, Selby navigation, and relief bills for prisoners’ fees. Amid promotions and foreign dispatches, news includes Madrid murders, Vienna fever, Jamaica ships lost, and local lotteries.
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John, Blewere
Humphrey Millett
House of Commons
Roberts
City of London
Rey
Court of Session
Scotland
Frazer
Lord Lovat
France
Frager
N-th
Alderman H—y
London
Company of Stationers
William M Th
Liverpool
Bamber G
Mansfield
Lee
Newfoundland
County of
York
Leeds
Robert Fletcher
Montagu
Lord Sandwich
Huntingdon
Madrid
Vienna
Lower
Hungary
Jamaica
Cape Francois
Nicholas
Virginia
Sheepy
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Agar Weetman
Thomas Simpson
John Daniel Goll
Adelphi
Exchange V Alley
Abley
Cutler
Rotherhithe
Vrale
Thames
Salisburycourt
Whitaker
Portsmouth
St. Helen’s
Asia
Vandeput
Barbary