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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 08, 1777
Page
3
An amalgam of court, naval, and legal notices with ship movements, private audiences, and property disputes. Reports include appointments to royal offices, shipments to Bengal, gale wrecks, and a duchy litigation touching Kingston. Public notices of bankruptcies, tavern routes, and high water marks close the item.
In a Monday session the House advanced on ways and means and supply and plans to resume Wednesday. A committee examined the Fair-India Company regulation bill for Europe and India and the High Treason and Piracy bill faced objections amid debate.
The speech criticizes a bill granting ministers power to arrest suspected treasonables in England, arguing no present necessity since treason would be outside the realm. It questions who could be guilty, judges unsupported by precedent, and contends that Habeas Corpus should not be suspended except under invasion or rebellion. The second reading passes 195 to 43. Also notes a bill to curb wool frauds and petitions in private bills.
Postscript from the Providence Gazette recounts the October strategy shift by American generals to counter Howe’s forces. Gen Dougal Heath and Parsons assemble from Harlem and Port Washington toward the enemy while Lee secures positions near White Plains. The retreat to safe stores, fortifications, and defensive roads follows a measured, cautious advance to hamper British operations along the Sound and toward Eastchester and New Rochelle.
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