Patriot attacks on Hawke and ministers in wartime letter
A London Evening Post reader defends Sir Edward Hawke against government ministers. He praises Hawke and criticizes the present administration, calling for integrity and public accountability while urging opposition to a linked successor unless he breaks with current ministers. The writer urges posterity to remember Hawke’s service and condemns ministerial oppression.
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Edward Hawke
Miller
English Forest
Joseph Mawbey
Honuse
Wilkes
Edward
Sir Edward Hawke
House of Commons
Conflans
Lord Sandwich
Ngland
Gentlemen seek support for seat in direction 1772
A letter from Cuarres Chambers at Addle-street on April 6, 1772 asks Gentlemen and Ladies to vote for a candidate who can uphold the Company’s independence and counter a personal attack. He urges unity after a previous resignation to promote harmony and asks for votes in his favor.
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Cuarres Chambers
Addle-street
Portsmouth
Unity
Sedman
Newcastle
Diligence
Stiles
Neptune
Hornsey
London
Clibbett
Waterford
Goodfellow
Mounther
Hayling
Lawford
Plymouth
Liberty
Beeble
Liverpool
Essex
Newington-Batts
Moses Matthews
Miss Fleetwood
Cumbercourt
Southwark
Mount
John Mount
Tower Hill
Rae
John-street
Horseleydown
Deal
Marquis of Rockingham
India
Canada
Love
Quebec
John and
Margaret
Iterbert
Southampton
Debate on East India Company trading and legal reform
Monday and Thursday sessions discuss Szlivan’s bill to curb Company servants trade in India, fund a Chief Justice and judges, and critique the Directors. Lords clash over precedent as Parliament weighs measures to deter corruption, plus a Protestant Dissenters relief bill gains support. Governors push corn trade policy with permanent law plans and import export duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Szlivan
East-India Company
India
Calcutta
Bengal
Bahar
Orixa
England
Europe
Lord Clive
Sie
Lords
Commons
House of Lords
Harry Haughton
Church of England
Burke
Pownal
Great Britain
Delirium in Scruensee and Moscow Castle Fire Report
Mail from Holland notes Counsellor Scruensee declares loss of courage and likely delirium from being exposed to questions in his examination. Count de Brandt laments truth-telling hurting friends but keeps humor. Petersburgh reports Moscow's timber castle burned for an estimated 500000 rubles. The Empress Elizabeth built it in 45 days. regiments lodged there during pestilence.
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Copenhagen
Scruensee
Count de Brandt
Hamburgh
Petersburgh
Moscow
Elizabeth
Count Schuwalow
Howover
Prince George of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz
Political critique on ministers and emigration urged
The writer denounces the Bedford faction’s capture of the Admiralty seat and the King’s ministers for neglecting the poor while pursuing sycophants. Eyre Coote heads East Indies again. Seven hundred Isle of Skye inhabitants plan to emigrate to America, with a vessel already freighted for three hundred and more to follow in June and July due to rising rents and distress.
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Bradshaw
Bedford
Admiralty Board
Europe
Sir Eyre Coote
East Indies
Isle of Sky
Scotland
America
Minutes of the Commons and Miscellaneous Notices
Minutes of the Two Houses dated April 6 note proceedings in the Lords and Commons with bills on felony proceedings and insolvent debtors, and reports on supply and churchyard enlargement. Epitaph refutes James Bolland’s crimes. Additional items include ship arrivals, marriages, deaths, and London postal notices.
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LorRop
James Bruce Carstairs
Kinross
Anne Bruce
Ambo
Commons
Ast India Company
Watford
Herts
James Botuano
Flere
Pa James Bolland
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London Evening Pott
S. I A
Langford
Piazza
Covent-Garden
Royal Society
Langfords
Richard Way
Carey Street
India Stock
George Dempster
Postscript
Thersday
Holland
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