Weekly Remarks on Politics and Dutch Decline
In a reflective weekly politics column, the writer discusses European affairs, the Dutch West India Company, and the fragile state of Holland. The piece notes commercial decline, English advantages, and potential European shifts if Dutch trade falls further, followed by commentary on Britain, India, and the moral tone of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Dutch West India Company
East Thong Company
Stadthelder
England
Amsterdam
Holland
Frankfort
Dutch Republic
America
Ostend
Netherlands
Great Britain
British Empire
India
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Prodigious annual surplus could curb British debt
The article laments defects in the British constitution and urges Parliament to adopt a plan to produce a prodigious annual surplus to rapidly reduce the national debt. It argues that debt fuels corruption and demagogic reform calls, and asserts a patriotic minister currently in office can implement the needed reduction for the nation’s gain.
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Jong
Parliamentary Schedule Notes Estates Bills and Peerage
The document outlines a series of scheduled parliamentary items. It lists committee searches for precedents related to the Hastings trial, estate bills for Webb Brand Byng, and ongoing consideration of Scotch Peer Elections and the Chandos claim of peerage. It also mentions future discussions on Wednesday and Friday regarding these matters.
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Tursday
Hastings
Webb
Brand
Mr. Byng
House of Commons East India Ballot and Bills Schedule
Report of the East India Ballot in the House of Commons notes motions for leave to bring in a Roman Catholics relief bill and a list of proprietors of unclaimed dividends. Second readings on India force augmentation and land tax related matters are listed with ballots and committee sessions through Friday March 4.
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Tursday
East India
Mitford
Loved
India
Oakhampton
Carlisle
Francis
Supply and Ways
Stirling
Pitt
Quebec
Fripay
Final dispatches for Puixutps to join Botany Bay fleet
Mails from Holland France and Flanders arrive as final dispatches for Governor Puixutps to be conveyed by the Botany Bay fleet at Portsmouth. The fleet will close its dispatches this week and then set sail. His Majesty with Lord Hinchinbroke attended the King's flag hunt at Windsor. They moved to Salt Hill where the flag was uncovered, then to Ditton Park, crossed the river, and after a four hour chase near Bulftrode Bucks, he was captured.
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Holland
France
Flanders
Puixutps
Botany Bay
Portsmouth
Lord Hinchinbroke
Queen’s Lodge
Windsor
Salt Hill
Ditton Park
Bulftrode
Bucks
Fox
Royalty Theatre
Cork
Nancy
Liverpool
Jefferies
Jamaica
Scilly
Jane
Hayne
Downs
West Indies
Humber
Burton
Kirby
Vessel sails to Nootka Sound for Canton cargo
In Philadelphia a vessel loaded with cordage bound for Canton has sailed for Nootka Sound. Expecting large English commerce there, preparations are underway for several more vessels to sail to the same destination.
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Canton
Nootka Sound
Elegant Fashionable Opera Evening At The Box
Saturday February 19 featured a refined opera night with Duke and Dutchess of Devonshire among the distinguished audience. Performers Paccarerotti Mara and Lazzarini highlighted the divertissement while critics note overlong acts and a scandalous intrusion by a figure from Jermyn Street, urging decency controls.
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Pitt
Dutchess of
Devonshire
Gorpon
Rutiano
Figurantes
Rigatobo
Armipa
Paccarerotti
Mara
Lazzarini
Saccpini
Danish Prince confirmed in control amid public expences cut
The Prince Royal of Denmark maintains real state authority with creditable conduct as public finances are trimmed to protect state creditors and pensioners. News notes show ships and ups and downs of 18th century trade, coastal weather, and varied ship arrivals along with social anecdotes and local incidents.
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Prince Royal of
Denmark
Banker's marriage noted in St Martin's Lane ceremony
On Saturday last Mr Thomas Goodhall banker wed Miss Pickford of St Martins Lane Cannon Street. A birth notice appears for a child named Westmorland though details are disputed and unclear.
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Thomas Goodhall
English State Lottery Ninth Day Prizes Above Twenty Five Pounds
The list shows prize numbers with amounts such as 5961 and 10,670 for various draws on the ninth day including prize numbers 43,788 2456 Best 1554 73 20,253 235099 265764 and 3556 21,579 40,058 49,756 Sol prizes. The tenth day entries include numbers 37026 4335 39828 48551 with prizes noted as sol.
PORTSMOUTH NEWSCAST FROM FEBRUARY 20
Port consciousness shows arrivals at the harbor listing ships including the Alexander and Jane from Newcastle and Salamander from Lenon. Vessels name routes to Antigua Saint Kitts and other destinations while a corroded list mentions Patrick, Peters, and Bold efforts at Spithead and Cornwallis.
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Thelexander
Jane
Cate
Newcasle
Salamander
Nichol
Lenon
Otany Bay
Sal
Patera Poung
Antigua
Boyd
Sa Eant
St.Kics
Petoution
Chevres
News
Kcingstan
Spey
Clergy deaths and notices from Covent Garden to Cork
Obituary and death notices for Rev Edward White in Norfolk and Yarmouth born 1733, Mr Thomas Tree of Fen, Mrs Jackson of Castleview Cork, Mrs Lloyd of Charterhouse, Miss Mary Griffith Pall Mall. plus London corn and grain returns and stock prices for February 7 to 12 with various yields and lottery tickets listed.
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Latt
Edward White
Bayfield
Ingby
Norfolk
Nior
Yarmouth
Esterday
Bridges-Street
Covent Garden
Thomas Tree
Fen
Jackson
Edward Rowland Jackson
Castleview
Cork
Orn Exchange
London
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Providence
Hic Marus Atheneus
Busine
House of Lords
Chandos
House of Commons
Philadelphia
OPERA
Ampnion & Tharte
Dipelot
Theodore
Jermyn Street
Tremmets
Lord Howard
Audley End
University of Cambridge
Midland
Belfast
Hope
Ross
Lard Fe
Mr Roberts
Nanny
Jamnieton
Tia
Thomas
Hunt
Ct Harlotté
Fifer
Ondon
Nevis
Hero
Spencer
Pea Providence
Herbert
Barcelone
Dispatch
Croke
Wiliam
Monks
Newfoundland
Cadiz
Iwards
Baltimore
Peeregrine
Smith
Oporto
Fame
Blake
Federation
la Croix
Boureaux
Ite Unique
Cape of Good Hope
Paix de Vaud
Antoine
Mozambique
Manchie
Coute
Africa
Smyrna
Dritton
Peggy
Bell
Norway
George
Mary Ann
Dunkirk
John
Perian
Lisbon
Baimer
Union
Elizabeth
Mallnight
Watkinthaw
Charlotte
Britannia
Fuller
Rotterdam
Zebul
Odafon
Johnusen
Barcelona
Creek
Puber
Meflinas
Ceres
Atkins
Malaga
Hull
Anderson
Charante
Wakefield
Dent
Rialta
Kibet
Streights
Harriton
Reemains
Per Last
Lursar
New York
Baechts
Boog
Ballard
Barcelosa
Dear
N.k
Melville
Ind
Dry
Geoch
Stephen
Cata
Turkey
Danby
Starr
Porte
Pomona and
Circe Trigates
Scout Floop
Westmorland
Panx
Inuia
Sun
Contel
Nadia Bends
Vickett Mearning
Neon
Rylaxs
Helland
Dublin
Waterford
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