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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 27, 1777
Page
4
British Freeholder laments restricted public access to debates and condemns new taxes. He criticizes the plate duty repeal, taxes on glass and stamps, auction duties, and government loans. The piece questions funding methods and warns of burdens on the industrious classes while defending open government.
A True Protestant writes to the London Evening Post letters page, denouncing the sermon of the Grace of York and challenging church state power and ecclesiastical privilege. He argues political motives corrupt moral duties, critiques the bishop’s view of Christ’s kingdom, and warns of the danger to colonial stability from clerical excess.
London reports a ministry plan to dispatch a vessel to Gibraltar with orders to the Governor to pre screen all letters before departure and bar any Mediterranean exchanges with Spain from public view until the ministry releases them through the Gazette. The narrative cites anger over a Gibraltar dispatch and mentions trials, Habeas Corpus debates, and political maneuvering alongside naval movements and appointments.
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