An Essay to the Restoring of our Decayed Trade.: Wherein is Described, the Smuglers, Lawyers, and Officers Frauds &c.Trevers, Joseph
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An Essay to the Restoring of our Decayed Trade.: Wherein is Described, the Smuglers, Lawyers, and Officers Frauds &c.
Trevers, Joseph
Great Britain -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800; Wool industry -- England -- Early works to 1800
Whether the evil presidents, on some faithful Officers (being vexed
and molested by these Smugglers and their Adhærents) for doing their
duty and being just in their places, for the publique good both of King
and Kingdome, may not give occasion to many other Officers, to take
Bribes, and comply with those Smugglers to cheat his Majesty of his due
Customes, rather than to run the hazard of such molestations, to the
utter ruine of themselves and Families.
[Sidenote: _Quære 5._]
Whether it may not be necessary to put those Laws into Execution, that
appointed Staples on purpose to sell Wooll at, and that none should
be bought, sold, or bargained for but in the publique Market, by the
Clothiers, or the Manufacturers therof, or should be carryed too or
from, any place or lodged near the water-side, under any pretence
whatsoever, without the Licences of some Officers, appointed on
purpose, except only in the day-time, by publique and open carriages
from the place of its growth, to the publique Market, so that all those
which shall carry Wooll concealed, and others who with force of armed
men in the night, transport it to the water side, in order to their
private Shipping it off, with as much obscurity as they can, might be
discovered by some honest Shepherds, Husbandmen, Porters, or Watermen,
whose occasions call them to be abroad both early and late, and so they
have more convenient opportunities to find out such evil doers, than
other people have; and that such as do give in Information of such
transgressors, shall be Protected and well rewarded.
[Sidenote: _Quære 6._]
Whether the wilful transgression of the Laws of the Land, made &
setled by the King, Lords & Commons in Parliament, & continued in, &
obstinately practised; be not the ready if not the only Introduction
to Rebellion, when such evil doers, as have been formerly spoke of, do
make it their utmost endeavour, to destroy the publique for a little
private advantage, as hath been already so much complained of, having
no respect to the Laws of the Land, that Prohibit such evil practices
as theirs, and whether this be not a high contempt of the Authority
aforesaid, that Enacted those good Lawes.
[Sidenote: _Quære 7._]
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