Habeas Corpus and the Law in Wilkes Petition Debate
The writer urges Parliament to condemn insincere or false state returns in habeas corpus cases and to strengthen remedies. He calls Habeas Corpus the great shield against unlawful imprisonment under common law and the 17th century charter, warning against evasive denials of custody and proposing a declaratory act to ensure full disclosure by authorities.
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Ludlow
Fan
Wilkes
House of Commons
Legum
Penerator
Charles the Second
Great London dinner cargo and royal addresses across towns
On the 1st inft a curious shipload was brought from Wick to Berwick for London for Sir Henry Grey Bart a feast of two bushels of flour four geese two turkeys and more with two neat s tongues and other birds. a nine foot circumference parcel weighs about 12 stone and may serve several guests. The king’s gracious reply to the House of Lords and Commons addresses expresses reliance on Parliament to secure America and harmony. In Virginia the Burgesses praise the present administration and royal assurances. news from Lisbon, and university notes on solar observations speculate on the sun’s interior, while several naval appointments and local notices mark shifts in militia and church matters.
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York
Berwick
London
Henry Grey
Wiffi
House of Ie Tea
America
Meril
Duke of Gordon
Lord March
Lord Marchmont
Lord Rosebury
Lord Portmore
Lissom
Ins Hall
Earl of Glington
Lisbon
Holland
House of Burgesses
Virginia
Lord Beatéte
Sabronaia Wamencab
House of le Burgesses
Mauritius
Muir
Dover
rhAlToas
Sceuiberlai
Merto
Military Department
Wedderburn
Bishop’s Castle
Shropshire
Alnwick
Northumberland
Duke of Northumberland
Lords of the Admiralty
Christopher Hill
Augusta
Sheerness
Medway
Sheilds
Whitehall
John Simpson
Holborn
Berkshire
Talbot
Oxford
Salisbury
Durham
Long Ditch
Westminster
Thomas Burton
Coal
Dalston
Bode
William Bode
General Post Office
Brewer- Street
Golden Square
John Goodman
Humphries
Watson
Thames-street
Charles Bruné
Plumber
Dorset
Joseph Vansproot
Tower-street
Buckley
Efa
Windford Plain
Cranburn Lodge
Defence of Sir Edward Hawke Against Anti-Kite Attacks
A staunch defence of Admiral Sir Edward Hawke rebuts Anti-Kite’s accusations, arguing the charges fail and Hawke’s career proves loyal service. The letter praises Hawke’s leadership in 1747 and Belle-Isle victories, laments envy, and defends his appointments and adherence to naval rules amid hostile criticism from rival officers.
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Edward Hawke
Edward
Belle-Isle
Ireland
Lord Anson
Sir Edward
Britain
H—I—Ton
Admiralty
Spry
Jobn
Lindsay
John Lindsay
Pocket Ledger for 1770 Compiled for Merchants and Traders
A companion for every man published this day at eightpence, a neatly bowed pocket ledger for 1770 with fifty two ruled pages for daily accounts, appointments, and memorandums. Includes lists of Parliament, major trading houses, exchange, customs officers, Bank of London, and practical tables for bills, interest, and prices paid to workmen. issued by G. Keatsly Ludgate Street.
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London
England
Wrales
Fea Company
East India Company
Oxford
Cambridge
East-Indian Bank
Lye
G. Keatfly
Ludgate-street
Ladies Own Memorandum Book 1970 Engravings and Contents
Striking list of contents for a pocket journal bound in red with elegant portraits of city beauties. Includes fables by Cunningham, pastoral verses, new enigmas and paradoxes, solutions, common notes, a table of sunrises, new moons, a perpetual diary, tax table for windows, songs, dances from 1740, road table between Edinburgh and shedon, and a large marketing table. Published by Robinson and Roberts and T Slack in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Daily Pocket Journal
Hackney eSachmeny
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London Evening Pott
Country News
Goethe
Evening Pott
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