Conquest and Crown Power in the Grenada Case
A court debate on feudal authority and the Crown's prerogative in the Grenada case centers on whether conquest vests soil and dominion in the Crown or Parliament. The Attorney General argues conquest transfers property and sovereignty to Parliament, with the King acting subsidiarily to establish governance and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville
du Bartas
Sarnam
St. Johy
Cole
Ireland
John
Henry the Second
England
Virginia
Charles
Barbadoes
St. Christopher’s
Court Dialogue of a Stock Jobbing Plot Unfolds at the Cotterie
A dialogue scene presents Serjeant Givant's reply and two placemen discussing a secret stock scheme. Brokers, gamesters, and jockeys are named as factions keeping secrets to manipulate stocks, with mentions of the Alley Turf and the Cotery. Characters debate risk, honesty, and a broker’s double commissions as a bitter cure for ill fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Placemansen
Almos
Mary
Pistol
Cotefie
Fragmented Gospel Peace Vision as Prophetic Ideal
The text asserts that Christianity’s genius and design foretell a universal peace seen in the Gospel. It cites a prophecy of harmony where predators and prey live together under Christ’s kingdom, saying the Prophet’s view of peace is not faulted as a flaw of the religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpery
Christ
Writings on wedlock and Voltaire tales in editorials
A letter to the editor surveys marriage as a social state with gallows humor and a breakdown of marital conditions. It also recounts Madam du Bocage's remarks on Voltaire at Ferney, his Geneva circle, and a lengthy note on King Teudric of Glamorgan, his reign, death, and the church at Mathern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voltaire
Madam du Bocace
Ferney
Switzerland
Orpheus
Madame du Bocage
Manheim
Elecor Palatine
Paris
Prussia
Faceanetrs I
Geneva
Madame Denis
Europe
Lyons
M. Voltaire
Adriatic
Gailane
Parnassus
Adriatic Sea
Benedic
Milton
Camoens
Beshof Goodwin
Landaff
Teudric
Theodoric
Glamorgan
Maurice
Dihdryn
Theodosic
Tintern
Wye
Severn
Merthir
Ffiort
Merthirn
Mathern
Spilsbury
Marchant
Mr. Brookes
Coveritry-street
Haymarket
Miss Hall
Strand
Vallefeure
Royal Exchange
Wilkie
Bockfelfer
St. Paul's Church Yard
F. Spilsbury’s
Chymitt
No's
Mountrow
Westminster-bridge
Surry
Abraam Geers
Gray'sinn-lane
Holborn
London
Gilbert ‘Stevens
Tath-street
Gray’s-inn-lane
John Cotter
Fox-court
Gray’s-inn Lane
Church
Allen
Iifbury
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Arrowney -Ganeral
Court of
King’s Benchs
Pfan
Givant
Lavinia
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