Reformers and Revolution Friends in Britain Debate
The text argues that corruption grows under the Crown and calls for constitutional reforms. It contends parliament duration must change to preserve the constitution, limit royal revenue control, and enable prudent military and financial oversight. It mentions plans for pacification and reports of new royal instructions to governors in the West Indies, notably Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Keen
West Indies
Cuba
Pacification Plan Discussed By Madrid Envoys Amid Italian Duchies
Madrid reports King Alfonso seeks pacification terms from maritime powers. A courier brings the proposed plan to London and Paris for British and Christian monarchs to weigh. The court notes Parma and Placentia may stay with the House of Bourbon as Naples and Sicily advance under Infante Don Carlos. French and British envoys met Don Joseph Patinho to relay dispatch contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
N.S
Count de Montijo
England
Council of State
London
Paris
Parma
Placentia
Kingdom
Naples
Sicily
Don Carlos
Don Philip
Marquis de Vaupgrenan
France
Keen
Great Britain
Don Joseph Patinho
London News Briefs on Trials and Naval Appointments
An London account reports numerous sentences from Salop Afsizes including fines and transportations for theft and assault, a burning in the hand for stealing a silver spoon, and a prisoner sent to Hanover aboard the fleet. It notes royal movements, marines, new captains in Minorca, and court arrivals at St James's. Also covered are weather, roads, and civic politics from Norwich and Bristol, with detailed criminal sentences from Taunton and notes on Edinburgh society and stock quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salop Afsizes
Hestor Lloyd
Anna Hotchkiss
Edward Gorton
Humphry Nichols
Hanover
Duke of Argyle
King-street
Northamptonshire
Norris
Cavendish
Stuart
Haddock
River Thames
France
George Nicols
Helgadher Barrel
Minorca
Leicester-street
Leicester-fields
William Wodehouse
County of
Norfolk
Bloomsbury
Bowler
Princess Louisa
Roebuck
Bridgewater
Griffin
Pool
Tryal
Otter Pope
St. Alban’s Turnpike
Grey’s Inn
Bristol
Taunton
Humphrey Holling
Dolling
Thomas Tovey
Tovey
Sarah
Beaton Cobfey
Painton
Wellington
John Hallet
Edward Aultin
Margaret Redbar
Ambrose Redbar
John Selley
Preston Plunker
Portugal
Benjamin Hircut
Randal
Sutton Veney
Wilts
Thomas Burridge
Newgate
Middlesex
Earl Paul
George Wood
Old Baily
London
Richard Pearse
Edinburgh
Holyrood-house
Margaret
Home
Earl of Home
Fiesh Market Closs
Thomas Sharp
Houston
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India
Ass. Royal
Thomas 4 Kempis
John Wesley
Lincoln College
Oxon
C. Riigerox
Bible and
St. Paul's Churchyard
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