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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 05, 1774
Page
1
In Bastia on April 10 the six regiments arriving from Toulon are reported to aim at bringing natives to pay new duties. The banditti threat grows as volunteers pursue them, risking lives to dislodge the bandits from their posts.
A Leeds meeting of merchants wool staplers and woollen manufacturers resolves to urge Parliament next winter for a bill. Proposals include clipping pitch marks from wool before shearing, penalties for growers buyers and wool handlers, freedom to mix tar with grease as salve, and stricter enforcement and forfeitures. They also consider amending laws on wool export restrictions.
Wind shifted northeast as outward bound ships failed last night including the Freeholder Johnson for Dominica Farley Pollard for Falmouth and Swift Lante for the River No clear outward passage for India Pilot Boyce A variety of arrivals noted from Rotterdam Bremen Groningen Jamaica Lisbon Hamburgh Haerling Hope Nixon and Brothers and Sisters Minors From different ports including London Madeira Cork Leghorn and Naples with ships names Judith Harvey Britannia Ratcliffe Madella Brown Abraham Yates and more indicating a busy port activity and listings of vessels and captains
Thursday May 5 reports show the Speaker presiding at 5:15 pm, with Lords and Commons debating measures to regulate the woollen and silk trades and to grant relief for those not subscribing to the Thirty Nine Articles. Sir William Moth leads a heated debate, opposed by Sir Roger North and Lord North, as the House considers appointing a committee on religious conformity. Shipping news, local benevolence for Kennedy, and multiple notices follow.
The Lords agreed the report of the private madhouses regulation bill on a division after a petition from the Lord Mayor and City of London was presented against the bill to repeal an act for river navigation improvements. The petitioners stated their opposition would not delay the navigation works.
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