Resisting Tyranny and the Call to Union in England
A nation facing corrupt administration is urged to unite freeholders and resist Crown influence. The speaker lauds ancestors who defended constitutional rights, condemns parliamentary venality, and appeals to Ireland as a model for reform. The call is for decisive action before a new campaign and council shift render relief impossible. The piece, from The Country Gentleman, frames the crisis as a moral test for England and urges collective reform across the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
House of Brunswick
T’o
York
Sacred Mount
Ireland
Htr
United Empire
London Commons Council Debates Lords Motions in 1779
A fragmented record from a Commons council chamber noting motions in the House of Lords on December 7 1779 and December 15 1779. It covers calls for royal economy and debt reduction, with lists of peers voting against each motion and the minority, detailing many noble names and positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennett
Commons
City of London
Otice
House of Lords
Volukes of
Spencer
Devonshire
Derby
Bolton Shelburne
Grafton
Manchester
Hereford
Porland Courtenay
Richmond Townshend
Say
Lords II of
Great Britain
Ireland
Avas
HL. R.A
Duke of
Shelbusnie
Potland
Richmond
Lords Marquis of Beaulieu
Rockingham Craver
King Abingdon
Paget
Cholmondeley - Ponsonby
Coventry
Ravensworth
Effingham St. John Egremont
Fortescue ‘Ferme - Abergavenny
Fitzwilliam
Bishops of
Harcourt
Peterborough
Euap Sc
Afaph. c
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Acquittanc
Demifehia
Ce &c
William Newnam
Inner Temple
Efil
S. Bladen
Iine
HOUSE
LORDS
Om, Sene
House of Bourbon
Remembrancer
William Clark
Anna Maria Cooper
Whetstons
Barnet
Middlesex
Whetstore
Highgate
Clark
Stratford Upon Avon
Birmingham
James Smith
Newcastle
Staffordshire
Earl Ferrers
Ferrers
John Benefold
Piccadilly
Hyde-ftreet
Wischester
Richards
Adauffion
de Bae
Cotton
RED Lion
Hounslow
Illiam Roberts
Oxford
Hou Mow
Xenophont
H. Stepi
Leunclavii
AB. Port & Ernciti
Bolton Simpson
A. M
Reg
Oxon
Sacius
Lucret
Oxonii
E. Theatro Sheldonisno
Impensis J
J. Fletcher
Bibliopol
J. F
C. Rivington
Lond
University of Oxford
George Bellas
Yatterden
Afilden
Berkshire
N. Conant
Fleet-street
Parker
Knight
Reading
Willis
Newbery
Priesily
John Palmer
J. Johnson
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Fleming
James Robson
Bookielich
New Bond-Seret
Fale
Nichols
Hoyle
Bayne
White
Sapleton
Hayley
Charles Jones
J. F. and
J. Wilkie
T. Payne and Son
S. Crowder
R. Baldwin
T. Carlon
B. Law
F. Newbery
W. Damyilfe
W. Galdsmith
W. Davis
J. Ridley
Mr. Dew
Quinte
Mr. Payne
Whitt
I Hazard
Larrysenet
Mer. Dew
Ted
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