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Newspaper
Morning Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 19, 1793
Page
3
A dated critique argues that rulers fund allies while taxing to secure short term gains. It warns that shrinking national income from tax failures and higher next year spending will curb lavish extravagance and force more peaceful, prudent policies.
A petition signed by forty respectable inhabitants of Glasgow has been presented to His Majesty. The signatories express concern over the costs and effects of the current war and question the necessity of immediate further action, urging consideration of the public mood.
Affectionate supplicants from Glasgow and nearby urge the Majesty to end ongoing war. They warn of ruined manufactures, declining trade, rising poverty, and bread shortages as wealth flees the realm. They plead for peace to restore prosperity and prevent further bloodshed and debt.
The text recounts Theseus as a great leader who abdicated royal power, establishing an Athens based on a democratic commonwealth. It emphasizes his justice and humanity, arguing true happiness comes from universal public well being rather than riches or vast power.
Controversial New Print accuses government papers of attacks on character as a young Hertford lady elopes contrary to family wishes. Bristol election results name James Morean as Mayor and Duartes Young and Joan Pace as Sheriffs. Also notes Board of Agriculture honorary members and a 16 foot Bakena Ro Frata whale caught at Langstone Harbour hauled to Portsea New Buildings.
The Court of Directors at the India House adjourned to Friday and agreed to employ 39 ships for the coming season. Ships listed include Britain and Europa, Bridgewater, Walpole, Alfred, and many more bound for Bengal, Fort St George, Bombay, Bencoolen, and China. Six additional ships are expected to be taken to boost tonnage. vessels named include Duke of Montrose, Nottingham, and Sir Edward Haghes.
A satirist long persecuted by ministers chooses to stay in England despite advice to emigrate to France. His friend prompts a witty exchange about Middlesex juries, and the satirist then leaves the country, taking with him a reputation as a brilliant ornament in British history.
A 1793 letter questions who will pay the huge costs of guarding Toulon and maintaining a 25 ship line. It asks who bears expenses, reparations for damages, and whether France or a future king can cover the bills amid widespread national ruin and naval neglect. Written from Stalling Guildhall Yard on Sept 17, 1793 by Wit Butt.
In Dublin a long vacancy at the Castle leaves government duties unattended while officials pursue private concerns. In Cole-alley a quarrel between Mr Dyke and Lieutenant D drew a cane and a fatal stab to the breast. The wounded man lies in the New Prison under guard.
The exact position of the Line of Battle in the harbour under Earl Howe shows 22 sail of the line with five frigates. Five or six additional ships are daily expected, and it is believed Earl Howe will set to sea in two to three days.
Yesterday at the Police Office Union Hall several suspects were committed for trial or further examination. Thomas Lamley faced felonious theft charges for stealing a bed and other articles. he was apprehended at a late hour with the property. Peter Rawlings was charged with assaulting a seven year old girl and attempting to commit a rape. John Mountford and Elizabeth his wife were accused of stealing twenty one guineas and five shillings from Ann Thomas, with proof resting on their inability to account for the money and their sudden better clothing. Charles Davies was committed for reexamination for uttering a counterfeit shilling to a publican. Margaret and Catherine Fenn were also committed for further examination on similar charges.
An assorted London column notes Burke, Pitt and MPs in whimsical critique while schools unite against tyranny. Militia misdeeds in Brighton provoke comments on cannon law. a bow from a three story window injures no one. Madame D Eon and Mrs Bateman perform in Brighton with royal patronage.
A farmer's wife in Sandford Scotland scalds her arm from a whey pot while saving her infant who fell in and died. In Peckham Lane London five highwaymen halted a chaise and robbed Thomas Wirepranam of his gold watch and money. Ann Askew of New Norfolk Street had her home broken into and clothing and linen stolen.
The Circuit Court of Justiciary began the trial of T F Palmer a Dunoon Unitarian minister before Lords Escrove and Abercrombie. Crown advocates Allan Macconochie and John Burnet argued the July 1793 meeting at Dundee and Palmer’s feloniously printed address to liberty and reform supporters.
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