Debate on American War and British Taxes Ends in Division
In a session heavy with argument Lord Weymouth and the Duke of Grafton defended ministerial measures while Lord Camden and the Duke of Richmond pressed for concessions. They argued over taxation, standing armies, and a potential peace with America, warning against protracted conflict and urging a proper treaty as hostilities were not to be unilaterally laid down.
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America
América
Great Britain
Congress
Rome
Carthage
Weymouth
Duke of Grafton
Lord Camden
Duke of Richmond
Lord Weymouth
Fae Wenpnespay
Marcu
William Bouchier
William Denison
George Taylor
Hannah
Ann
Mary Millington
Commons
Dr. Bouchier
Lord Mansfield
Bills Read Third Time Pass With Amendments Rejected
The Blackthorne Inclofire Lidfington Inclofire and Desborough Inclosire bills were severally read a third time and passed without amendments. The House rose at half past five and adjourned to today.
House of Commons Negotations on Tallow Duty and Playhouse Fund
The House passed the bill to discontinue duties on tallow hogs fat and grease. Committees read second times on port duties at Boston in Lincolnshire. Drury Lane Playhouse fund bill passed third reading. Shaftesbury and Stourbridge bills debated, Scotch Militia bill committed for Monday. The session adjourned after a full house and motions on Parliament duration.
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House Or Commons
Spay
Marcus
Boston
Lincolnshire
Drury-lane Playhouse
George Yonge
Charles Turner
Alderman Bull
Poke
Friends of Administrations
Richard Whitworth
R . Peng
Debate on Cumberland speech and naval debt orders
In a Tuesday debate the Duke of Cumberland urged concern for Brunswickers amid liberties’ subversion. The Lower Assembly laid before the House navy debt figures and a series of accounts on linen trade and exports from 1771 to 1776, with additional notes on writs for Woodstock and a Rome baptism. Extra from Liverpool reports reductions at Norfolk Harbour due to rifle annoyance.
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Duke of Cumberland
Duke of Richmond
His Majesty
Christs Last
Westminster Bridge
Highlands
Scotland
England
Woodstock
Oxfordshire
Wm. Eden
Rome
Prince
Duke
Duchess of
Gloucester
Salter
William Frederick
Saxe-Gotha
Margrave of
Anspach
Liverpool
Norfolk Harbour
Virginia
Siege and arson near Portsmouth in the American war area
An eyewitness describes ships Liver pool Otter and Kingsfisher firing on the town from the river and boats setting houses ablaze at several wharfs. Rebels burn Gosport and nearby mills, with massed 1500 including women and children awaiting relief. The letter notes Tory defenses, punitive actions, and three ladies jailed for letters on local conduct.
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Liverpool
Otter
Kingsfisher
Gosport
Tucker’s Mills
Portsmouth
Wilkinson
Hunter
Suffolk
Dover
America
Lord Mansfield
Guildhall
London
Thomas Watson
Bond-street
Mee Wallace
Dunning
Buller
Crowder
Bearcroft
Wood
Hull
Wither
Bishopsgate-street
Walthamstow
Lee- Bridge-Road
ST . Yesterday
Qld Swanlane
John Bolland
Mafhiam
Yorkshire
Extraordinary agreement among freeholders of Heshire 1775
A correspondent reports on a peculiar political instrument dated December 12 1775 in Hshire county. Thomas F elder grants liberty rights to Thomas P in trust for his son-in-law James W to represent Hshire, with a staged election and a mandate to compel electors while preserving a facade of liberty.
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Thomas F
Thomas P
James W
James Www
Thomas
Ely
Eshire
Thor
Hae
Thomias
H——shire
James V
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Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane
Dodsley
Pall-mall
Becket
Cadell
Strand
Longmad
Paternofter-row
Carlan
Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-yard
de Gouguet
G. Robinson
A. Donaldson
St Paul's Church-yard
Europe
M. Bearde DE L
James Grant
St. Leonard's
Shoreditch
J. Wenman
Fleet-street
Great- Britain
Ireland
Grant
Thomas Jackson
Fleet-market
A. Jackson
Hatfield
Hooper
Bateman
Stoughton
Anderson
Squire
Godfrey
Datty
Turlington
Bostock
Ratclif
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