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Parliamentary Proclamation Sparks Heated Debate in Commons
Amid continued Parliamentary Intelligence, MPs debate a Royal Proclamation condemning seditious writings and urging legal action. Speakers from Pitt to Grenville defend or oppose the measure, stressing reform, public order, and the dangers of the Friends of the People and Paine's Rights of Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commons
Tle
Birmingham
Martin
Association
Manchester Constitutional Society
Spearer
Knatchbull
Gregor
Carewin
Themelves
Lord North
Baker
Lord Titchfield
Courtenay
Paine
Dundas
Edinburgh
Priestly
Mr. Anstruther
Manchester
Drake
Anstruther
Adam
Bentinck
Cavendish
Mr. Drake
Francis
Lyndham
Major Maitland
Pitt
Z. Grenville
France
Sachrevelle
House of Commons
Anne
Rolle
Common Council of London
Gentleman's
Rights of Man
T. Patner
Mr. Grey
Fac
Friends of the People
Whitbread
Powys
Pulteney
Lambton
Powis
Alderman Curtis
Milford
Pi ‘Nishing
Fox