Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston Debate
Monday session records a debate on indicting Elizabeth for poly gyamy. Lords weigh jurisdiction venue and necessary steps before a Dec 18 at eleven am trial in the House with judges to attend.
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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 18, 1775
Page
4
Monday session records a debate on indicting Elizabeth for poly gyamy. Lords weigh jurisdiction venue and necessary steps before a Dec 18 at eleven am trial in the House with judges to attend.
Lord Noth moved to bring in a bill to repeal acts restraining American trade and to indemnify subjects who seize American vessels. Charles Fox opposed, offering amendment to limit to repeal of measures depriving colonists of rights. Debate followed with votes 64 for Fox and 192 against. Other business included a reward bill for a Northern passage and an intended moon postponed.
Private letters from New York describe a deeply split Congress with Adams led Republicans shown as extreme, Dickinson moderate, and Peyton Randolph at odds with Blancrock amid unrest. Dissent grows over Canada invasion as factions quarrel while Long Island rebels number over a thousand backing government amid York province radials.
Extracts mention distrust of intelligence from England, labouring poor and seamen in New York, and calls for restraint before reconciliation. Letters describe ships taken by Kenan and Experiment men, a brutal storm coastward damage near Holland, and a market note on pricing for straw and other goods.
London Bridge records high water levels with irregular timings noted as occurring after 1 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon on Thursday, with additional ambiguous timings and morning and afternoon references.
Prices for corn, wheat, barley, rye, and flour are listed with bids and quotes from the Corn Exchange. Items include corn at 409 385, wheat 4 9 3 85, oats up to 285, flour prices 418 per sack, and related commodities such as peas, hog pe a, jeans, and raps seed referenced with various numbers.
A fragmented financial brief lists stock prices and bond yields with figures like 884 and 3 per cent. Mentions Bank Stock and Bank Ann with varied percentages, and Navy bonds and a list of tickets or entries. The legible items show market activity in bonds and bank shares amid a cluttered OCR fragment.
The notice cites Mr Moses and Mr Molesworth as figures behind a lottery calculation, listing numerous prize totals and entries from Monday to Saturday. It notes undrawn tickets, mentions locations Fleet Street and King Street as pickup points, and promises warranted prints and cheap tickets through local correspondents.
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