Fragmented pamphlet argues for Spanish claim over island
A fragmentary text cites a ministerial conduit and praises Lord North and Dr Johnson while criticizing the Duke of Grafton. It defends avoiding war over an uncertain right and links financial policy to national happiness, invoking arguments tied to an island dispute and fiscal science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eslloreia Cornet
Eis
Minstry
Falkiana
Hatarch
Nordie Briton
Samuel Johnson
Spain
Duke of Grafton
Lord North
France
Cotsert
Europe
Printer
Johnson
Card from Rev Horne Promises Second Letter For Liberty
The Rev Mr Horne, always ready to oblige the public, sends compliments to Liberty friends and says he is collecting materials for a second letter. He will publish once enough shattered matter of accusation is gathered, but cannot yet name the month or year. His pledge is to seek truth, not untruth, and his delay is tied to collecting evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horne
R. Horne
Friends of Liberty
Plain Answers Sought From Assembly Members on Minister Influence
A London Evening Post inquiry questions MPs placemen and pensioners who consistently back the Minister. It asks how a large body can vote identically, whether they are under ministerial influence, and if their voice can be called the sense of the nation, hinting at inherited claims of falsehood.
Motion in House of Commons on Falkland's Island dispute
Lord Beauchamp moved an Address thanking the King for the Spain papers and ministers’ conduct over Falkland Island violence. Mr Dowderwell proposed an amendment restricting praise, urging examination of facts from the correspondence before any resolution, listing thirteen resolutions detailing Spain's disapproval, failures of representation, and demands for reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Beauchamp
House of Commons
Spain
Falkland’s Island
Dowderwell
Ratification from Spain Expected This Night or Tomorrow Morning
Reports say the ratification from Spain may arrive tonight or tomorrow morning after a private Sunday note claimed the King of Spain agreed to the ambassadorial declaration. Other items note political shifts in Ireland, a costly pension dispute, and preparations to maintain twenty five ships of the line in peacetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Richard Rigby Esq
Bangor
Exeter
Dublin
Ord Shannon
Barpaysies
Soho
James Hume
Georgia
Charles Price
Jill
London
Lord Hillsborough
Thames
Ludwick
Newfoundland
Lisbon
Rothole
County of
Huntingdon
Logd
Viscount Hinchingbrook
Wooden
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Dyer-street
St. Giles’s
John Collins
Isington
Brigstock
Court of Chancery
Deal
Downs
Romney
Cerberus
Juno
Cornwall
Senegal
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The
London Evening Post
Falkland’s
Enclish
J. Almon
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Postscript
Marquis de Grimaldi
Crown of
Hunt
Great Britain
Court of
Mr. Harris
Lord Weymouth
Fort Egmont
Buenos Ayres
Lufisty
Captain Hunt
Weymouth
We Londlands
Falkland’s Islands
Port
Lord Rochford
Harris
Madrid
LORDS
Regulus
Hinchingbrogk
Bell-Inn
Brandon Ferry
Sufflk
Sarah Spark
John Spark
Church of England
Thomas Secker
Lord Archbishp
Canterbury
Bertayr Portrus
George Stinton
Oxford
Price
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