Political meditation on sovereign power and popular rights
A letter discusses revolution principles, contrasting royal prerogative with popular power. It argues sovereignty serves the people, questions the necessity of a dormant reXXort, and contemplates an appeal from servant to fountain of power amid hypothetical return to a state of nature. The writer notes diversion from expedition to Carthagena and ends with naval ship movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Freeman
Dornier
Dornier Reffort
Burt
Quere
Carthagena
Parliament Prorogued as Regiments Move to Camp at Colchester
London reports Parliament prorogued to August 6 by Great Seal. Regiments Howard and Peers march from Berwick and Southwark toward Colchester Camp. Admiralty appoints Seymour as lieutenant of Bonetta. Turky and Streights Fleets arrive off Beachy Head. protections granted for sailors bound to Leeward Islands amid worsening colonial distress. Major letters describe seafaring pressures, Port of London toll takers, and a lord’s marriage. A storm of notices include thefts, a local committal, imports and exports, and a Carthagena harbor letter from a commander stating strategic landing and embarkation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Scotland
Great Britain
Col. Howard
Foot
Tower
Berwick
Colchester
Colchester; and Yesterday Col. Peers
Welch Fusiliers
Southwark
Board of Admiralty
Seymour
Plymouth
Admiralty
St. Albans
Turky
Streights
Beachy-Head
Turky Company
Leeward Islands
Ireland
North America
Montferrat
Carr
St. Sebastians
Triumph
Ball
Rupert
High Water at London Bridge After 3 A M
A flood alert notes water at London Bridge at 3 13 a m with 13 minutes past 3. The level is rising slowly as authorities monitor the Thames. No injuries reported and nearby streets are under cautious patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
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Toth Autthor
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Daily Post
P.S
Ogle
America
Deal
Fune
Drake
N.E. Gravesend
Hubbard
Antigua
Bromley
Dowding
Barbadoes
Greenland
Rosé
Carolina
Spencer
Maryland
St. Francis
Gundimar
Lisbon
Vernon
White
Leghorn
Templer
Ditto
Fame
Harris
Gibraltar
Anna-Maria
Swart
Havre
Nazareth
Escalver
Robert
Richardson
Norway
William
Deborah
Mitchell
Ranesworth
Newman
Hope
Dunbar
Hamburgh
London
Meffts
Paty
Eyres
Pond
Raymond
Miss Blundell
Viscounte Blundell
Lord Blundell
Sheen
Richmond
Surrey
Laft
Hanover Square
John Clarke
Sarum
Sar
Kensington
Hyde Park
Mary Rutherford
Newgate
Justice Muffell
Elizabeth Phillips
Edward Phillips
Portugal
Calaisrooo
Holland
Jamaica
Hambourg
Dunkirk
New York
Printess Carolina
Castello Granda
Stre
Tom
Sis
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