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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 21, 1748
Page
2
A letter protests a proposed act granting a governor power to establish a special court to hear slave complaints of mutilation by masters. The scheme would force self incrimination, compel witness testimony, and impose severe penalties while bypassing jury and legal standards. The author warns of abuse, rebellion risk, and urges resistance to preserve liberty.
A July 16 commencement at Trinity College praised several fellows and graduates including Rev. Adam Perry Rev. Thomas Macdonnel Rev. James Knight and others in Arts Divinity and Law. Also Henry Upton was admitted Proctor. In Raheny a limestone quarry yielded a deep new cave with arches and eerie figures, promising further significant discoveries.
The Greyhound sailed Westward from Deal on July 21. The Catherine Elizabeth, a Swedish ship, arrived and sailed Westward. The John and Jane from London arrived at Carolina, followed by the Nancy from Pool at Ditto. The Dove from North Carolina reached St Kits. The Goodwill from Bristol arrived in Maryland, and the Warren from Petersburg entered the River. The Plain Dealer, Yeates, from Barbadoes, reached Lancaster.
This paragraph reports Lord Chancellor’s third seal at Lincoln’s Inn and a planned appointment of Lord Anson as First Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations replacing the late Lord Monson. It notes MP Sir Richard Lloyd plans to gift a large wire engine to Malda town, and the Bishop of Chichester presented Rev Sharpe to Groom Verge in Hampshire. It mentions a Kiercers Company committee at St Paul’s School vacancy and an August election date, Westminster Meeters measuring coal, and last year’s duties on coaches rising to 57,8491.
The paper reports distribution of subsistence and stop pages for His Majesty’s Cards Garrisons and forces in Great Britain, and in Flanders Minorca and Cape Breton. It notes arrivals of ships from India, capture of privateers, prize arrivals in Bristol, and storms at Bronswick and near Brighthelmstone with damage. Also mentions a rope-maker’s death, smuggling cases, a theft arrest, a marriage, and deaths of notable clergy and a London merchant.
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