Ancestry clash over Popery and French laws in Hanover realms
A Plain Dealer denounces a union of Scotland with England and Rome to spread Popery and French law in Hanoverian dominions. It condemns Protestant bishops for supporting perceived tyranny, warning of enduring sectarian strife and future bloodshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahomet
Binth
Scotland
England
Rome
Friends of
TRUTH
Humanity
House of Peers
America
Europe
Plain Dealer
Pro and anti Popery clash in careworn London debate
The Printer of the London Evening Post reports a heated factional clash over Lord Chatham's motion with Scots, bishops, and peers split. The piece denounces Papists and the Crown's allies as tyrants, warning of religious persecution, Catholic influence, and a grim path for liberty in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Chatham
America
Bonners
Gardiners
Popery
Fegson
Canada
Jefferies
Prince of Peace
Leat
Church of England
Rome
Agrve
Lord B
Edinburgh
Protests Against Civil War in American Provinces
A London broadside argues that war in America endangers British public credit and property. It urges merchants to petition Parliament, criticizes Lord Dartmouth and Rockingham, and portrays a clash of ministers over measures supporting or opposing a Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
America
England
House of Lords
West Indies
Scotland
Lord Rockingham
Lord Dartmouth
Rockinghams
Dartmouth
Goa
Lord Mansfield
Lord Shelburne
Duke of Richmond
Pomfret
Combes
London
South Carolina
St. Helena
Rotherhithe
Walter Rawlinson
Dowgate
Sheriff Hart
Bridge Within
George Smirthwate
Sieur Delpech
Count de Guignes
Douane de Calais
Holderneite
Holderneff
Goodchild
Twickenham
Lileworth
Queran
Gifto
Galloway
Duke of Cumberland
Lewis Chauvet
Richard Astleywore
Surry
Henry Seymour Conway
Gondchild
Guildford
John Bonnade
Richard Green
John Armer
Islington
Holloway
Constable
Kingsland
Tho Haines
Kilburn Wells
Hugh Boyd
Pedge
Prioner
Joshua Morris
Surrey
Brixton Causeway
Joshua Thomas
George Swettman
William Burlett
Doughty
Kenuthtown
Burlett
Dowsztity
Cairk-lane
Bridewell
Mamilton
Colchester
Skelton
Cumberland
Joseph Wood
Alton
Mills Fletches
Skelton Wood End
Fither
Lamb
Loyal Address to Crown and Court Fires up in London
The London news reports a royal address to His Majesty praising loyalty and promising obedience to laws and Parliament. It notes Commons action on militia costs and a mutiny and desertion bill pending next Thursday, plus shipping and robbery trials, flued with local chatter and court updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clionate
America
House of Commons
Hague
Berlin
Petersburgh
Contempt for Subterfuge in Lords Civil War Clash
The London Evening Post reports scorn for ministerial ploy to push England’s trading policy to the Coventry Committee. Lords resist. bold Commons seeks Civil War escalation, with a conference on Tuesday as the Lords withhold formal response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Coventry
House of Lords
Commons
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