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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 31, 1778
Page
3
A garbled excerpt discusses the belief in foreign influence on observations and mentions Mahomeran communities and a medical ritual. It references physicians, washing seven times, and a personal contact ritual, though the passage is incomplete and difficult to interpret.
A lengthy list details multiple individuals from England and Wales, including Wynter of Southwark, Mind of Standlake, Chitter of Winchester, and others, each bound to surrender assets on specified February and March dates at five or ten in the forenoon or afternoon at Guildhall London. Additional entries cover commissions superseded, various dividends to be made, and promotions in the royal fleet and church offices. The document also records marriages, hops prices, and market prices, with notices of new ecclesiastical appointments and borough clerks.
The House deferred Committee of the Whole and Ways and Means, passing the seamen and marines supply bill and a bill for marine forces on shore. The Lords were to be offered thanks to the chaplain for his sermon. A riot in the gallery prompted dispersal of spectators, including ladies, after Governor Johnstone ordered removal. Debate featured Mr Bailey’s demand for Jamaica dispatches and instructions to the Admiral, with criticism of reporting errors and fevers orders. Prominent figures Burke Barre Johnstone participated.
Fragmented parliamentary notes recount a heated debate on war, finance, and governance. The text cites arguments for and against continuing a costly conflict, warns of ruin, and notes divisions over troop deployment and peace commissions amid cautious government oversight.
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