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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 12, 1789
Page
2
A lengthy historical critique argues that the law should reform insolvency to protect debtors and creditors alike. It condemns predatory credit practices and praises equitable distribution of an bankrupt estate under a modern act, urging the legislature to adopt proportional remedies and restore honest debtors.
March 31 issue notes the Lord Lieutenant delivering the Queen's address to the House of Lords with the usual ceremonials. It lists counties towns and institutions represented in the royal acknowledgments and includes heads of the Parliament of Ireland and Royal Society of London.
Fragmentary entries name many persons and places including Teay Boose Mercer Cheshire Gis Oee Nether Wootton Meir Warsits Crothire Chottler Barges Catier Street Teacester fields Liverpool St. George Guildhall Britol Bath Swansea Goamor Newbury Arnidost and other scattered locations with occupations such as merchant hooper cheesemonger carpenter and upholder. Certificates to be granted by April or on or before April appear.
Lord Chancellor advised a compromise in the appeal from Scotland by Ramsay and Gordon. The dispute centers on the appropriation of a reservoir running through the appellants grounds for an additional water supply to Edinburgh. The matter was adjourned.
A Commons committee examined the marriage of Sheridan to Ladia Percanton amid witness testimony on adultery and court implications. The session also reviewed the Land Tax Bill with a related clause on Williams and an equity valuation, directing further readings and orders.
Ser Widen Miliavarch criticized the use of public funds for the Plymouth Dock wall project as improper and unconstitutional. The issue, tied to the Ordnance estimates, prompted a motion and a vote in Parliament. The House then moved to a Committee of the Whole on the County Election Suspension Bill with Seton presiding, and the bill set for forty days from Parliament’s next session.
An April London report describes foreign dispatches celebrating the restoration of the Seven United Provinces’ leader. It cites correspondence from Calcutta and Delhi, notes Cornwallis’ tactics, and reports on Hindu practices and European reform movements as global powers shift toward renewed alliances and internal policing.
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