Parliamentary prorogation and naval notices in London
The report details a prorogation to November 24 following a council break up, with Lords Chancellor Archbishop of Canterbury and Earl of Shelburne among attendees. It notes naval movements including the Tweed and Tamer bound for Halifax and Falcon Island, ship arrivals, wrecks, and mutterings on French canal works and Gum Trade. It mentions local incidents, burials, robberies, and executions pending at Newgate, plus appointments in Sardinia and Navarre and an insurrection report from Cadiz and Mexico.
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Cagnmander
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Lalen
Newcastle
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Sussex
Toulon
Mediterranean
Podture
East Ardia Company
Guildhall
Shipping news reports storms and wrecks across Baltic and Atlantic
From Genoa on the seventh part a violent storm struck the city with lightning that struck a Spanish vessel, split the mast, killed a soldier and wounded two. Stockholm reports the Arrow Frederica, a Danish ship from Petersburgh to Brest, wrecked on Bornholm with vessel and cargo lost. The Gibraltar frigate is captured off Plemouth during a cruise.
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Stockholm
Frederica
Petersburgh
Brest
Bornholm
Baltic
Gibraltar
Plemouth
Meering at Ep som Knight of the Shire Nomination
Wary readers in Southwark Kingston and Surrey report Mischief from meetings at Ep som about a Guildford election plan. Sir J M stands out as the only speaker who truly clarifies the proposal to issue five shilling election tickets to freeholders for food and drink paid by parish poor rates to subsidize a free constitutional election.
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London
Meres
Southwark
Kingston
Surry
Epsom
J. M
Royal Exchange
Guildford
Proposal on Poverty Plea for Election Candidates in Parliament
A letter from Tam at Epsom 1757 argues that candidates claiming poverty may be admitted on the Poor Rates as a payment method aligned with parliament’s ancient practice. He asserts the scheme’s wisdom and economy, defending it against earlier newspaper criticisms.
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Meres
Kington
Epsom
Public grievances on farm size and corn price control
A letter by PuBLICUS laments rising prices for bread and butter due to enclosers and export bounty. It argues large farms dominate markets, crowd out smallholders, and urges restoring small holdings and ending export bounties to relieve hardship on the poor. It notes West of England farmers buying stocks to withhold supply.
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London Evening Pott
Mr. Meres
A Call to Halt Bread Price Avarice in Harvest Time
A Nottingham dispatch to the London Evening Post condemns high bread prices despite plentiful harvests. The writer accuses engrossers of greedy monopolies and urges government action to prevent riots and punishment, arguing the poor suffer as monopolizers profit. The letter labels monopolies as infinite and cites harming necessitous people.
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London Evening Post
Meres
Nottingham
C. Puilo
Proposals on Prices and Penal Laws in London Letters
A letter to the printer argues high provisions prices stem from estates owners taxing farmers and the poor bear the burden. It notes farmers strive to feed families amid economic strain as wealthier classes profit. A second fragment recalls mixed discussions on Penal Laws and double taxes for Papists, with debate over oaths and alijuration.
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London
Mr. Meres
Meres
Appening
Duke of Norfolk
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