18 Mar 1808
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Newspaper
Morning Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 18, 1808
Page
1
A 1808 committee in St Albans denounces a proposed posting charge, urging restraint and urging a fair, permanent system. They warn it harms postmasters and travel preferences, outline steps for disseminating the advertisement, and name Parliament members involved.
Lords discuss production of correspondence on the Orders in Council and hear a petition from over 400 Liverpool merchants. Derby urges the petition be presented against the bill, while peers debate proper procedural steps and counsel access under standing orders.
Sir Charles Price presented a petition from merchants of the City of London approving the Orders in Council and urging fitting measures for full execution. The petition, from a group previously calling itself the Society of Merchants trading to the Continent, was laid on the table after discussion. Names of Bridgewater election committee and a notice by Mr Huskisson on proceedings regarding Coldbath Fields Prison were also noted.
In the Lords a measure feared ruinous to Liverpool trade prompted a motion to lay the Bill on the table and hear petitioners. Debates questioned whether petitions could be received against a non existent proceeding, with Hawkesbury and the Lord Chancellor siding to leave the petition on the table. A merchants petition was also ordered to lie on the table. counsel could not be heard in support. Lords Erskine and Lauderdale offered dissenting views as adjournment occurred at twelve.
The House discusses reform after reports of abuses at Cold Bath Field Prison. Members argue for a Government Commission or a Commons Committee to investigate bribes, starvation, and mistreatment by governors and staff. Witness accounts describe harsh diets and solitary confinement amid calls for accountability.
A notice from King's Theatre at the Pall Mall clarifies management by Mr. Taylor and subscription ownership. It states no subscriber or their boxes can be removed without voluntary surrender and warns Nobility and Gentry subscribers about retained boxes and payment handling by Darbon, Tempter, and Co. The article cites an August 1792 treaty and outlines obligations of subscribers and the theatre’s proprietors.
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