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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 16, 1775
Page
2
The House read a second time and committed the bill to continue duties on malt and related products. The Clerk of the Crown issued a writ of Certiorari with a copy of the information against the Duchess of Kington. The House was ordered to reconvene Monday. The cause set for Friday was deferred to Tuesday. The bill was read a third time and passed without amendments.
Nov 16 proceedings include first reading of land tax bill, amendments to mutiny and desertion bill, militia powers in rebellion, and committee reports. Writs issued for Bath and Peebleshire. Bath election balloted. Nova Scotia Memorial postponed. Petersfield new MPs. Mansion-House hospitality and Lord Mayor. numerous prize draws and lottery results. Collier losses feared after gale. deaths of Mr Rogers Yeoman and Mr Sturdy coachmaker.
A London Gazette fragment reports a Boston affair warning a wife to move inland due to warships and material for destroying the town. It records Dartmouth brothers lost at Newfoundland and a ship loss near Petersbourg. A Guildhall court in London approves printing changes to Sessions Papers and praises John Wilkes for his mayoralty, justice, and defending constitutional rights.
News arrives from New York and Isle aux Noix detailing military actions near Crown Point and St John s, with heavy fighting, casualties on both sides, and plans to seize forts. Reports include a cannonade at Boston Neck, a court martial in Boston, and an Albany express noting decisive captures and 12 pounder guns.
An extract from a Leith letter dated Sept 29 1775 reports British claims of Canadian support for American forces, with Montgomery's line about Canada joining in, a Washington address to Canada, and notices of Arnold's troops. The issue includes Cambridge dispatches on Schuyler, Gage, deserters, ship arrivals, and naval actions around Boston and Newport, plus Cape Ann and Piscataqua river events.
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