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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 05, 1774
Page
4
A colonial era polemic attacks a tyrant figure urging the inhabitants of C and surrounding parishes to resist control. The writer decries property seizure, corruption, and abuses of power, calling for action to protect poor families and prevent further oppression. Tormented by fear and anger, the letter pleads for justice, funds, and reform amid social hardship.
In a letter to the Editor the writer argues against colonial obedience to Parliament, noting Boston Assembly’s disavowal of subordination, linking trade, taxation, and factory harms to Britain. He cites Reome’s Rhode Island letter as example of debt payment and betrayal claims, urging lawful authority over colonies.
Fragmented excerpts report arrivals from Genoa and Italy, and notes on European diplomatic wrangling. The Danube segment cites April 17, while Belgrade and Servia are linked to Austria. A Warsaw item references a council clash and possible prorogation to September. Utrecht notes Sieut W Rockus dying at 100. A veteran of 1606 service, he fought at Malplaquet in 1709 and remained active in 1747.
The Speaker took the chair near two o'clock amid private business. The Lords attended on the Matter in Chancery with several private bills, read a third time, and carried to the Lords. The bill for altering explaining and amending general acts of the Parliament of Scotland was under consideration.
The record notes several readings and divisions on bills concerning public grounds in Laleham Middlesex and Surrey, and the justice administration in Massachusetts Bay. A tax and banking bill faced strong opposition with a large division, 127 to 24, while proceedings closed with a late-night reading vote and adjournment until Monday.
The Paper Assembly heard appeals and responses, affirmed decrees, and passed the bill to better regulate private madhomes. It read a second time and committed for Monday the bill regulating government of Massachusetts Bay. The Quebec bill was delayed to Thursday. Several inclosure and road bills were presented, and committees debated laws on elections and restrictions on crafts and exports.
The excerpt surveys parliamentary debates on clergy state matters, insolvent debtors bills, and navigation improvements, plus local incidents. It notes an Irish emigrant trend, foreign news from Bern and Piedmont, a quake in Switzerland, crop prospects in Devon, travel health updates, and accidents from mills to London gardens, with miscellaneous shorter items.
High water details for London Bridge with times from morning to afternoon. Stock prices listed for Bank Stock India ditto South Sea ditto Old An n ditto New 3 percent Bank Ann reduced 3 percent India Ann 7 percent and other bonds and bills with various maturities and discounts.
The long public appeal by Samuel Brackshaw of Stamford Lincolnshire woolstapler laments a harsh judicial sequence. He describes unlawful confinement for twelve days and nine months of maltreatment by magistrates and private mad-house keepers. He seeks public relief, legal redress, and restoration of character with funds collected through city coffee-houses and shops pledged to Messrs Bush Moody Leadenhall Street and others.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a poem titled The Day was published at two shillings and sixpence with mentions of Arrington Hill and noble lines in Latin quoted. It cites Oxford printing and sellers at St Paul’s Churchyard with an address and edition details.
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