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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 03, 1772
Page
4
A Half-pay Lieutenant of Marines warns officers against a sixpence per pound deduction labeled a war crown. He alleges a deputy clerk controls payments, calls it an imposition, and urges ending deductions to augment a scant pension. He proposes drawing bills or using affidavits to avoid extra costs.
A postscript announces the authentic narrative of the Lords debate on the Royal Family Marriages Bill will appear in Saturday’s paper. A letter to Lord North on the bill titled A Bill to regulate the Marriages of the Royal Family is referred to on the first page.
A Leadenhall Street gathering of Last India stock holders debated Bengal policy. Directors outlined a plan restricting trade by the Bengal President and Council, licensing, and warlike goods controls, with a proposed new charter and parliamentary action to regulate company servants in India. The discussion featured Sir George Colebrooke and Governor Johnson amid sharp exchanges.
Debates continued in the Lords on the Royal marriage bill with a third reading ordered for Thursday. The Commons processed the militia, gaming, and naturalization bills, rejected the game act repeal by division, and adjourned amid routine business. Public notices cover a London masquerade report, market fraud cases in Smithfield, King’s Bench verdict for Capel, a fraud arrest, church livings, and obituaries.
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