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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 16, 1775

Page

4

Quebec Act repeal battle in the Lords echoes across Britain

Debates in the Lords focus on Lord Camden’s Quebec act repeal proposal and Lord Lytton’s warnings of Spain’s fleet. Ministers defend toleration of Popery while figures temper rhetoric, with naval power and Gibraltar looming as strategic concerns. The day ends with votes, procedural moves, and adjournment despite partisan fireworks.

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House business and reforms dominate Thursday session

The House met at 2 and read multiple bills including a 2s per gallon duty on spirituous liquors exported from North American colonies to Newfoundland. A writ for Wigan was ordered. A large grant to cover annuity subscriptions was approved. Debates over the Northern Passage bill and lighthouse project continued with divisions. Royal attendances, theatre visit, and Museum Lottery prizes also noted along with market prices and local deaths.

House of Commons House of Lords Lords Wise Newfoundland Bedford HOUSE Commons Beaumont Hotham Lincoln’s Inn Gardens America Shaftesbury St.George’s Channel Lee Liverpool Macdonald Lancaster Gascoigne Doyley Milford Zoo Perann Gascoigas Rice Xobere New-York George Savile House of Peers Gloucester Cumberland Theatre Royal Haymarket Guildhall Grosvenor-square Milseu Cox’s Whitechapel George Winmiore Spitalfields Margate Beale

Wandsworth Letter Responds to Academicus Contention

A May 10 correspondence from Wandsworth addresses a prior exchange with Academicus. The writer defends measured argument over heated rhetoric and asserts intent to fairly review letters, urging candor and rational debate in the face of presumptions of defeat or triumph.

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