Political faction and cabal endanger English liberties
An opinion clashes with the notion of public good as motive in party action. The author warns that when a party monopolizes power through offices, honours, and court favour it degenerates into faction and cabal. Such rulers undermine liberties and must be opposed to dissolve the confederacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darling
Iito
Cabal
Yeur’s, &c
London
Evening Pott
Westminster
London Evening Post letter on Granadan lands sale to English buyers
A reader disputes public reports that French landholders on Granade sold properties to English buyers for 800 000 to 900 000 pounds, arguing British subjects paid dearly and that peace terms favored French interests. The writer Goosequill criticizes a correspondent for ridicule and asserts the need for solid peace guarantees beyond mere promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granade
Great Britain
Despised War Aftermath Promises Jobs in Bloomsbury
In a late war oration the speaker says former foes now seek peace and friendship and that anyone meeting the criterion may learn of good employment by inquiring at the Bedford Arms in Bloomsbury Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomsbury Square
Promise and truth in a royal pledge cited
A fragmentary verse discourse questions whether a king keeps promises and whether a forged oath can bind. it defends speaking truth, asks if any king ever broke a pledge, and reflects on honor, trust, and the weight of a word amid political speech.
Proposals and payments stir European and colonial tensions
Reports from Amsterdam Dresden and Warsaw discuss Sardinia’s sale of Agovanasco to the Empress Queen, Polish Diet indecisions over Poland debts, and potential shifts threatening court relations. In Granadoes notes, Jamaican planters buy Caribbean lands, British fleets expand in Havana, and Newfoundland fishery grows. Antwerp and Bristol report new tea and coffee duties and Spanish dollar frauds. Local incidents include a bedroom incident in Rutland and a daylight wagon robbery near Finchley Common. Imports and exports list commodities. ships arrive at Riga and Virginia. High water marks and tide timings noted for London Bridge.
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London
Leghorn
Sardinia
Agovanasco
Amsterdam
Elector Palatine
Dresden
Warsaw
Prince Charles
Vienna
Versailles
Augustus III
Republic of Poland
Poland
Granadoes
Jamaica
Leeward Islands
Havannah
Old Spain
King’s
Newfoundland
Great Britain
Colonies
Antwerp
North America
Fisher
Duxford St. Peter
Cambridge
Trott
Highgate
Turku
Holland
Portugal
Norway
Sound
New York
Dun and Webster
Capt
Smithson
Whitehaven
Riga
Tolman
Virginia
History of Parliament extracts from Anne to George II
Extracts from a history of Parliament discussing the death of Queen Anne and the reign to George II. It notes 1730 speeches on the Seville peace and parliamentary reactions. The text mocks royal praise and Ministry conduct, highlighting debates on constitutional propriety and liberty. The 1749 remarks praise peace effects on commerce and public credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne
George IL
Spain
Robert Walpole
Seville
John Hind Corton
Great Britain
Courts of Justice
House of Commons
Truth shall be released from the toils of corruption
The writer defends Mr Pit against bribery accusations and condemns administration leaders for stifling truth. He predicts a day when truth frees itself from shackles and exposes base, deceitful, avaricious, and profligate figures who seek to plunder and enslave the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pit
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goosequill
P.S
Solomon
Caviliers
Burt
Honduras
London Bridge
Mornaip
Old An
Dicto New Ann
Consol
India
C. Conlon
Ct. Navy
Navy & Via
Hill
Baldwin
Bookielet
Roward
Ridley
Bookiellr
St. James’s Screet
Bardana
Nx. Hill
Edinburgh
Manind
Kiowa
Ava
Wathout Feirs
Crise
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