London Evening Post letter attacks a Grub Street scribbler
A Printer of the London Evening Post responds to a scurrilous attack on a Member of the House of Commons and a former dissenting clergyman. The writer defends Veritas and urges accountability, naming Lordship’s career details and noting parliamentary bribery concerns. Also contains assorted notices on elections, dockyard wages, ships, and local incidents.
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Birmingham
House of Commons
London
Motaurize
Vevitas
Anecdote of James II and the Glorious Grounding of Arms
James II tried to force Catholic rule in Britain by amassing troops at Hour fow heath and seizing seven bishops who appealed to law. News of the camp sparked joy at court, yet the king pressed a new test ordering guards to support his measures or lay down arms, and the entire body refused.
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Hen James
Great Britain
Transports sail and port movements amid harbor notices
Fragments record transports sailing with troops for Boston and port movements on March 24 to 31. A burial at Portsmouth of Samuel Leake, Burgess, is noted. A murder verdict is reported from St Aufile Cornwall after a body is found with throat cut. The first stone of a white woollen bread cloth market is laid by Caygill and Wolrick. Royal assent granted to ten bills as Lords and Commons push road and private measures.
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Go Port
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