Petition Debates Rise in House of Commons Apr 6
The House crowded early to consider seven petitions from Derby Suffolk Northumberland Brecknock Nottingham Kent Cambridge and others. MPs attacked reform plans and crown influence while pledging to expose corruption and pursue a clear decision this session.
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Pene
Derby
George Cavendish
Coke
Suffolk
Charles Bunbury
Northumberland
A. Percy
Wiliam Middleton
Brecknock
Nottingham
Kent
Marsham
Cambridge
Sampson Gideon
Wilke
Granty
Jobs Hynde Cotter
Gorge Gordon
Scotland
Ireland
Duke of Leinster
Fox
Leinter
Huffey
Dusning
Debate on Crown Influence and ministerial power in Parliament
The speakers clash over whether the Crown’s influence has grown and must be diminished. Sir Fletcher Norton urges action based on petitions from England, while Lord North and others caution against misreading the issue as a jury-like offence. Mr. Pitt pushes to curb royal prerogative amid wartime and postwar strain.
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H Dra
Board of Trade
Abeis
House of Commons
India Company
Judge Blackstone
Hume
Britain
Aks
Lord Nugent
George II
Earl of Chatham
Smelt
York
America
Martin
George Rous
Lord George
Gordon
England
Fletcher Norton
Ferz
Moparschy
Café
Great -Britain
Pasletpoke
Piett
Sir Fletcher Norton
Pitt
Miniter
Lord North