Burke on Fox and Portland in Parliament
Edmund Burke decries Mr Fox's conduct as dangerous to the Crown and national policy. He laments a split with the Duke of Portland, critiques Fox's embassy to Russia and support for revolutionary societies, and argues for preserving the established order against French agitation and reformist factions.
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Fox
France
Duke of Portland
Adair
Russia
London
Friends of the People
Revolution Society
Constitutional Society
the Friends of the People
House of Commons
D.of Portland
Pitt
Mr. Fox
Burke
Mr. Burke
Lord Fitzwilliam
Europe
Holland
Sheriddh
Greys
Courtney
Lambton
Whitbread
Francis
Taylor
Housé of Commons
Mr.Pitt
Mr. Pitt
Sheridan
Grey
Marquis of Lanfilowne
Lord ‘Thurlow
Lord Lauderdale
Duke of Norfolk
Church Plan to Ban Sunday Gambling in Parliament
Rumor says the Archbishop of Canterbury leads a bill in Parliament to end gambling on Sundays. Current penalties are mild fines paid by gambling houses, but the proposed law would transport offenders for seven years to Botany Bay, with harsher punishment for house owners who host games.
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Cantersbury
Hazard
Faro
Botany Bay
Fhs
Public letter defends India policy amid scandal spread
In Friday’s Papers the public is reassured after a false alarm from a scandalous letter claiming Exoia is safe in Great Britain. The East India Company chairman Mr Scott replies to Col. Kirkpatrick about sending his sons to India to restore order among Bengal and Madras troops. He states overall army loyalty, notes a few officers misbehaving, and praises British prosperity. The message emphasizes there is no need for liberal aid and spotlights the strong position in India.
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Exoia
Great Britain
Coll. Kirkpatrick
India
Bengal
Madras
Scott
East India Company
James Kirkpatrick
London
Lam
O'Connor Confined in Tower of the Cattle
In Dublin on February 6, Mr. O Conn or is closely confined in the Tower of the Cattle without pens. The Yeomen corps, daily increasing, presented a strong soldierly appearance on Thursday with the Speaker the Solicitor General and many prominent figures in the ranks.
Frigate Hufizr Officer Returns From France Exchange
Report mentions First Lieutenant of His Majesty's frigate Hufizr returning from France to be exchanged for a lieutenant captured at Bantry Bay. It notes his father, the late Colonel Parties of Philipsburg New York, whose estate was forfeited for loyalty to the Crown and a large family of five sons who sought refuge in England after the war.
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Mr. Parties
Hufizr
France
Bantry Bay
Colonel Parties
Philipsburgh
New York
England
Paris
Hocue
Rich
Wright
Pall Mall
Buckinghamshire
Paro
Bucrinc Hamsurre
Fis Common
Jack
Wilkes
Spain
Prussia
Napies
Buonaparte
Pharo
Moses
Waugh
Hull
York
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Aartter Fromm
the Right Honourable
Edmund: ‘Burke
His Grace the Duke of Portland
Lance
St. Petersburgh
Tre Affairs
Harley-street
Dublin
Fes
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