... events surround-ing him at the same time that they were informed about the war withAmerica.During the s, the newspaper press buttressed the cause of the King and his Prime Minister, William ... unrest in the s directly to those ‘weekly apos-tles of sedition’ which found their way ‘to the pot-house in town, and the ale-house in the country, in aming the turbulent temper of the man-ufacturer, ... yfew exofficio informations were filed against publishers and printers, butthere is no doubt that they served to intimidate the printing community in general. Such action resulted in the destruction...