A Plain Dealer on Tyranny of Crown Law and Juries
An English broadside denounces King’s Bench abuses and libel prosecutions as tyranny. It laments judges who interpret law to protect Crown power, warns that press trials deny juries true verdicts, and urges honest juries and civil rights for the people. The piece condemns arbitrary imprisonment and ministerial manipulation of justice.
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London
Diabonus Regis
Laskazas Curia
King’s Bench
Engschman
Plain Dealer
Genuine Poems and Plays Attributed to the Author
A historic catalog notes genuine poems and seven plays once ascribed to the author. It lists editorial corrections and illustrations by Bald, Percy, Farmer, Tyrwhitt, Steevens, and others, with printed publication details and a long publisher list.
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Waseasay
Reynolds
Treasury call for bread and fodder for troops in summer camps
The Lords of the Treasury invite sealed proposals to supply bread, wood, straw, hay, and oats for troops encamped in southern England this summer. Specifications specify loaf weight, rations, delivery to magazines, and near-camp bakeries with government carriage pay. Proposals due by April 24 with political conditions noted.
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His Majesty’s Treasury
England
Cornwall
Norfolk
N. B. Ht
Female Parliament to Convene at Casino Marlborough Street
Tomorrow evening the Second Meeting of the Female Parliament will open with an exorcium from the chair by a lady. Adjourned question to be debated by ladies only as Mr Pope’s justice is questioned. Admission 2s 6d includes tea and refreshments. Carnival Masquerade set for Tuesday the 25th. Sundays text to be discussed is Exodus xx 5: jealous God visiting sins on the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University For Rationa Amusements
Great Marlborough Street
Postscript on British politics and naval tension in 1780
A fragment from a 1780 letter and commentary denounces a proposed bill and ministerial tactics while praising County Associations. It cites Wallingham, a French fleet threat, and parliamentary strife over taxation, Irish independence, and the East India Company. Military news mentions Ramillies off Plymouth and prizes arriving from St Lucia and Philadelphia.
Portmouth Shipping News and Public Lottery Notices
Extra from Portsmouth reports ships Portland and Kolus failing to reach Guernsey and Oporto due to wind shifts, with a Court Martial for mutiny on board Valiant yet unresolved and the Quebec fleet at St Helen's. It denies convicts in Jamaica regiment, notes Zebra as a curiosity, promotes Manly’s gold coloured metal goods, and advertises the Ireland State Lottery with schemes and prize history.
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Portmouth
Portland
Lloyd
Guernsey
Kolus
Cape
Arkins
Oporto
Lisbon
Valiant
Envincible
Quebec
St. Helen’s
Jamaica
Rainsford
Spain
England
Manly
Manheila
J. Manly
Ireland
Messrs
Richardson
Goodluck
Cornhill
King’s Mews
Chering Cross
Mail from Ireland arrival of ships and prizes at English ports
A ship Arrived and sailed list records the Hercules a Spanish prize from the West Indies with others including William and Mary Hewland Providence and Mownt Galpin. Several vessels reach Dover Newhaven Dublin Portsmouth with crews and cargoes from Port cities such as Carthagena, Hamburg, Waterford and Lisbon.
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Deal
Hercules
West Indies
William and Mary
Hewland
Providence
Harrison
Portsmouth
Mownt Galpin
Hill
Dartmouth
Gravesend
Pat
Evers
Carthagena
Lawrence and
Mary
Boer
Norway
Peter
Heldt
Hamburgh
Clarendon
Addis
Jamaica
Isabella
Humphries
Britannia
Redhead
Dublin
Bruges
Lelig
Ostend
Nelly
Hook
Waterford
Joanna Henrick
Sundstone
Leghorn
Dover
Soderford
Klopstock
Lisbon
Newhaven
Susannah
Neale
Prices of Stocks and Bank Annuities Decline
The receiver lists stock prices and bank annuities with varied fractions and terms. Bank stock quotes show declines with numerous half and fractional percentages. India Stock and South Sea stock notes appear with fixed rates. Exchanged bills and Lottery Tickets are cited among a dense set of financial items and moneys.
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India
South
New Navy Assurance
Hdif
Aris. Scrip
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Jast
Duke’s Court
Mews
St. Martin’s Church
Charing-Cross
William Morris
Shucknill
Stoke
Herefordshire
Publc
William
Morris
Ottavo
Scratford
Shakpeare
Henry Earl of Southampton
Shakspeare
Samuel Jol
Addi Johnson
Steevens
Farmer
Tyrwhtt
Malone
Reed
Hnson
George Steevens
Blackstone
Wharton, Whalley
Henley
Toslet
Aaraative
C. Bathurst
W. Strahan
F. and
C. Rivington
J. Hinton
L. Davis
R. Horsfield
W. Owen
E. Johnson
S. Crowder
B. White
T. Longman
C. Dilly
Cadell
J. and
T. Bowles
T. Lowndes
J. Robson
T. Payne
H. L. Gardner
J. Nichols
J. Bew
W.cater
W. Stuart
F. Newbery
G. Robinson
R. Baldwin
T. Beecroft
J. Ridley
T. Evans
S. Hayes
Whitehall
Treasury Chambers
House of Commons
House of L—s
House of Lords
America
Postscript
House of L
Britain
Wallingham
Channel
Lord North
Royal Naval Review
Byron
Grattan
George Stvius
Great Britain
Friends of Ministry
Westminster
Fox
Dunning
East India Company
the Ramillies
Plymouth
Graves
Rodney
Sally
JR Goee
St. Lucia
Lane
Liverpool
Nonings
Bordeaux
Diana
Redmayne
Philadelphia
Holland
Flanders
Caradoc
T. Cadell
Strand
Wounes &c
Peter Wo
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