The Constitution of England and its Enduring Role
A critical meditation on England’s constitutional system. It contrasts the Magna Carta and Bill of Rights with Paine and Priestley, defending the English constitution as the best model for Englishmen and urging adherence to enduring political truth across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WilLiam
Albian
Ana
England
Paine
Parestley
Priestley
Britain
Jamey
Cirencester
Encuanp
Pat
British Parliament Deliberates on Laws and Reform
Wednesday sessions in the House of Lords and Commons cover the Isle of Wight duties, Scotch Episcopal matters, sugar and wool bills, religious penal statutes, and public income. reports note no truth to French truce reports with Austria, while Robespierre’s followers fracture Paris. Mr Grey’s parliamentary reform notice draws disrespect, and Fox wins a court verdict against Horne Tooxe in King's Bench with full damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Commons
House
Fox
Bo Fhe -Fcobins
Paris
M. Pervfalevrand
Purigord
Oi-Devant
Autun
France
Prussia
Austria
Republic of Holland
Grey
Horne ‘Tooxe
King’s Bench
Lord Chancellor’s House
Kunyon
Lord Macartney and Origin of the China Commission
Lord Macartney proposed a China trade commission after noting Britain’s expanding global commerce post the French treaty. He accepted to lead if allowed to appoint his own commissioners. He named Irwin, Jackson, and Sir G. Straunton, and will depart late July, signaling Britain’s push to broaden commercial laurels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Lord Macartney
East Indies
France
Great Britain
Prrr
Irwin
Jackson
G. Straunton
Exhibition review of Royal Academy works at Somerset Place
The remarks survey numerous Royal Academy exhibits at Somerset Place. Notable pieces include Son No 8 The Institution of the Garter praised for study and finish. Edward II passing the River Soame shows rich effect. Pharaoh and his Hofty judged flawed and hastily begun after the chair succession. Christ holding a little child praised as a finished sketch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institution of the Order of the Garter
Edward
Pharaoh
Moses
Christ
Lords and officers of state praised in obituary and career overview
The notice reflects on the late Earl of Sandwich's public service and private virtues, detailing his roles as Admiral and Minister Plenipotentiary, his impact on Britain’s maritime power, and his succession by his son Viscount Earncurnsroox. It also notes war-time measures, frontier police layoffs, and Scotland’s postwar industrial growth, including mills and new manufactories along the Clyde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Warpton
N. Parry
London
Lord Kenyon
Earl of Sandwich
Viscount Hinchinbrook
Charter House
Trinity House
Huntingdon and
Godmanchester, &c. &c
Great Britain
Aix la Chapelle
Board of Admiralty
Lord Sandwich
Joan Lorp
Earncurnsroox
Huntingdon
Scotland
Clyde
America
Burial of the King of Sweden in Stockholm
In Stockholm on April 13 the King’s body was moved to Ritterholms Church in a solemn procession. Knights of the Order of Seraphim bore the coffin while generals, colonels, and body guards accompanied from palace rooms to the church. The corpse rested on a scaffold, a funeral dirge sounded, and the coffin was later laid in the Caroti vaults beneath the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritterholms
Order of Seraphim
Oxenstierna
France Faces Deep Divisions Over War Policy
Paris April 28 reports turmoil among Facodins as they push war aims amid calls for negotiation. Leaders clash over immediate offensives versus restraint, with mutual distrust amid party accusations and possible 300 million allies proposed to fund war. The paper notes high discount on paper and treasury rumors of ample ready money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Facodins
M. Cachet
Abbe Fauchet
M. Collet O’ Herbois
M. de Roederer
Briffot
Condorcet
Invasion Threats Reported By Austrian Low Countries
A news report notes rumors of a French invasion into Austrian Low Countries. An express dated the 21st arrived in Amsterdam confirming entry into Lugimburg. Observers believe Austria and Prussia plan action, with Germanic troops and Austrians moving to guard provinces and march from Bohemia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Bischfswerder
Prusians
Empire
Bohemia
Robbery by Bowles Leads Band of Indians in Florida
An extract from Carolina describes a daring raid led by Bowles, a British officer on half pay, who with about a hundred Indians seized the Panton Leslie store in West Florida under Spanish protection on January 16. The plunderers dispersed goods to followers while victims fled to St Augustine or St Marks. Bowles is said to have originated in Nassau and to have support there.
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Bowles
Appalachia
Spain
Florida
Messis, Panton Leslie, and Co
St. Augustine
St. Marks
Nassau
New Providence
Letter from Savannah on Bowles capture near Apalatchia
Extract from a Savannah letter dated March 2 reports Bowles and a party of Indians plundering Panton Leslie & Co at Apalachicola. Bowles is said captured and imprisoned at St Augustine with a man calling himself Major Cunningham. Governor of St Augustine previously offered a thousand dollars for Bowles' head. details awaited.
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Savannah
Messrs
Panton
Leslie and Co
Appalachia
Bowles
St. Augustine
Cunningham
Court hmpered drunken witness and urban feats
Fragmentary OCR shows a judge rebuking a drunken witness, a city wall run by a boy, and a fourteen-year-old pedestrian feat. An advert announces Scurvy and Gout remedies at Bolton’s Medicinal Shop Royal Exchange Cornhill, with patent antidotes and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
Royal Exchange Cornhill
Srissury
Solio Square
Dream of Violets Soap Promises Delicate Beauty
A refined violet soap offered under royal sanction promises to cleanse skin without irritation. It claims to improve fairness and delicacy of tint, protect against sun and sea air, and suggests it is safer than paints for ladies seeking a natural glow. Sold exclusively through the Violet Soap Office in Bank Buildings, Cornhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detneft
Cornhill
Hart and Co
London
Dyde’s
Bailey
Ship News Arrivals May 2
The Dispatch reports arrivals at sea including the ship from Ostend and Rotterdam with notes on wind. The Winchester and Harding voyage to Whitehaven, and the Queen Charlotte with Barker sails for Jamaica assisted by the Diligence East. India Pilot remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monkman
Ostend
Rotterdam
Winchester
Harding
Whitehaven
Charlottee
Barker
Jamaica
India
Death notices and market prices from a 18th century column
A fragmentary column reports deaths of Thomas Scrope of Cockerington in Lincolnshire and Mrs Katherine Murray recently in Edinburgh. It also covers Corn Exchange trading with scarce wheat, oats and barley, price movements, and bank stock quotes including Navy, Three per Cent Consols, and state securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby
Lincoln
Thomas Scrope
Scropes
Cockerington
Edinburgh
Katherine Murray
Wable
Hamilton, Douglas, Buccleugh
Goa
Also Mentioned on This Page
House OF Lords
Wight
Royal Academy
Somerset-Place
B. West, P. R.A
Stockholm
King OF
Sweden
Leyden
Carolina
Welynn
Gehalf
Navy
Waterford
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