Slavery Preceded by Sleep Says Montesquieu in Harsh Bill Debate
In a heated session a Georgian-era speaker denounces a bill empowering the King to seize and detain suspects without trial across Britain and its dominions. They warn of Habeas Corpus suspension and urge unity against arbitrary power, citing liberty, Parliament, and constitutional rights. The exchange links imperial policy with home defense and Papist fears.
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Montesquieu
Spirit of Laws
Mnifekten
North Caeterica
High Seas
America
Amistodes
Jt? Ie
Privy’Council
Farry
Britain
Commons
Thesj
Deferice
Fferty
Hinx
Inivain
Oron
Montesquie
England
France
Spain
Permisson Toshink
Council of
Grenada
Ireland
Leike
Persia and Ottoman tensions threaten Baghdad
Dispatch from Constantinople reports growing Persian pressure near Baghdad with fears of capitulation if timely aid does not arrive. Tartars near Couristan are urged to stay neutral as Porte ministers engage Ruffian envoys in ongoing conferences. Skirmishes hint at wider conflict if the Porte cannot restore order.
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Hollands Ty
Telli- Constantinople
Porte
Persia
Avis
Bagdad
Courdistan
Fragmented British news on General Lee and Caribbean reports
The piece surveys rumors about General Lee’s fate and a court martial rumor, notes ministerial optimism and later doubt, and reports Antigua Mercury items from Port Royal to Martinique about American privateers, captured ships, and naval maneuvering plus a British clergyman’s plight and public sentiment.
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Lee
Ford
Abe
Peter Parker
Lord’ Howe
Peter
Leetis
Oficer
Asia
Providence River
Willi
Antigua Mercury
Baffierre
St. Kites
Avius Nibbé
Vorto
St. Pierre
Martinigo
Nibbs
Martinico
Mig Nibbs
Giadalodpe
Dikange
Ratnam
Oxford
Foreign War Reflections In A London Chronicle
A dense ledger of snippets reports a foreign war mood and naval preparations. It notes seamen recruitment incentives at Newcastle and Deal, shipping orders from Fort and Greenock, and warnings of evolving conflicts with dispatches on ships and arrivals to Senegall and Dublin, interwoven with local deaths and a farmer accident.
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Philip
Duke of Wharton
Bar Beles
Paris
Ian
Les Gorton
Reiment
Royal
America
Pine Place
Américi
Greenock
Deal
Polly
Kigfon
Senegal
Edward
Pender
Dubin
Hope
Bates
Liverpool
S. W
Park Wall
Grosvenor Square
Charles Palmer
Chelsea
James Wheeler
County of
Surry
Ron Mathews
Mzsers
Brick-street
Mayfair
Taylor
Hatton-garden
Ludlow
Avas
Iby
Che
Amelia
ByorWiga
Kenson
Angelie
London
Prine’ Fan Ff
Alinon
Nigd
Nori Am.rica
Adix
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Potts
Black Sea
Altina
Fan
Great Britain
Hanover
Kingdom of
Norway
Ardetter
Newcatle
Font Bourdeans
Chace
Ardeat
Lord Mulgrave
Seith
Tacres
Downs
Mein Ce
Newgais
Miz
Ays
Clact
Ditto
India
Navy
Jae Vi Wall
Newealtiz
Jonn Pyne
H. Sient Wall
Soros
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