The Case Against Privilege in Parliament
A speaker denounces unchecked parliamentary privilege as an unlawful power, arguing for strict limits, legal remedies, and adherence to the rule of law. He traces historical abuses, warns of Crown influence, and urges the King to dissolve Parliament if it cannot restore constitutional faith. The text defends liberty but condemns abuses of privilege and factional betrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wedderburne
House of Commons
St. James’s
Hen
Tomiés
Cates
Foever
Parliament
Elizabeth
House of Common
Commons
House of Lords
Peech
Edward Loyd
England
Hous of Commons
Westminsterhall
Court of King’s Bench
Coares of Chancery
Lord Barrington
King’s Bench
de Grey
Posibie
Shipping notices and arrivals across English ports list
On Monday April 22 reports show wind S W with no ship in the Downs and several arrivals from London or South Carolina. Queen Charlotte and Rose arrived at Hastings from South Carolina. Fourgueux Le Borce and Glasgow Craig at Dunkirk from Charante and Glasgow. Lady Hannah Qurback at Kre men from London. Friendship Marsham at Gibraltar from London. Mobile Packet Mae Min at Mobile from London. Cato Copnet at Portsmouth from Cork. Houghton Godshaly at Figusta from South Carolina. Winnehaus Jansen at Elbe from London. British King Walleh at Pensacola from London. Clibkem Coldstream at Cork from South Carolina and Jn Margaret Road Atkins from Cadiz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Polly
Creamer
Maryland
Downs
S. W
Hastings
Queen Charlotte
Rose
South Carolina
Dunkirk
Fourgueux
le Borce
Charante
Glasgow
Craig
Kremen
Lady Hannah
Qurback
London
Gibraltar
Friendship
Marsham
Mobile
Mobile Packet
Mae Min
Portsmouth
Cato
Copnet
Cork
Figusta
Houghton, Godshaly
Elbe
Winnehaus, Jansen
Pensacola
Royal amnesty and parliamentary tension amid
The text reports on a wartime era sigh of amnesty between Turks and ref fans, stock movements rising, a Lynn crew feared lost after a gale, and a Stafford address urging defense of law and liberties. It notes King’s pardon promises and a brutal assault on Daniel Clark, with threats by anonymous letter writer Ten Thousand promising fire and ruin if justice fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coure
Great Britain
France
Spain
Louth
Packer
Jes. Burleigh
Lynn
Salifeer
Lincolnshire
Heerthipfel Brass Crosby, EY
Day of
London
Richard Oliver
Diderman
Tower
House of Commons
Daniel Clark
David Wilmot
Middlesex
Wilmoc
Bethnal Green Road
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Barth
Stafford
Richard Whitworth
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