India affairs under Parliament scrutiny and Indian Company critic
A letter to the printer argues Parliament must diligently probe India governance and the East India Company. It accuses the Company of tyranny, misrule, and abuse of power, calling for retrospective inquiries and accountable ministers amid unrest in Bengal and Jamaica reports of Spanish aggression against British ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Bolts
Dow
Leadenhallftreet
the India Company
Bengal
Inuja
America
Atic
Minister's Speech Promises Peace Amid Spanish Aggression
The writer questions the King's ministers claim of peace with Spain citing repeated hostilities in the West Indies. The Spanish guarda-costas have seized and imprisoned thousands of British sailors, undermining the pacific disposition professed from the Throne. The account contrasts official assurances with ongoing tensions affecting England's subjects abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Spain
Montego-Bay
Cuba
Earl of Oxford
England
Port-Egmont
Falkland’s
Pacific
West-Indies
Guarda-Costas
Critique of Royal Marriage Bill and Tudor Parliaments
The writer voices strong opposition to the Royal Marriage Bill, arguing Parliament granted Henry VIII power over royal marriages and that judges and bishops of former reigns condemned actions seen as tyranny. It laments German pride and Scotch folly behind the current bill, cites Lords judges and Sir Fletcher Norton, and condemns premunire penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry the Eighth
Catherine
House of Lords
Fletcher Norton
House of Commons
Anglesea claim postponement amid a Danish and political mail
Postscript from London details a late April postponement of the Anglesea case due to a new claimant, Mr Salkeld, who asserts his mother was married to Lord Anglesea in 1743. The document recounts a lurid origin story, then shifts to ministry attacks on the East India Company, with notes on royal business, Haymarket music, and parliamentary proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Anglesea
Salkeld
Lord Anglefea
England
Harry
Cheapside
East India Company
James Hodges
East-Indian House
St. Batrick
Huard
Denmark
Spithead
Lord North
George
Dr. Arne
The
Coopers
Yarmouth
House of Peers
Society of Free Masons
St. Martin’s
Richard Draper
House of Commons
C. D. Efg
Portsmouth
Bulleigh
Fareham
Pye
Lily
Vale
jJordai
Sring
Jauik
Icarus
Mafic
Chrochan-y
Derby
Apollo
James Elwood
Tothil Fields Bridewell
Justice Bynafton
Whitechapel
Bishopsgate Street
Mitton
Lancashire
Samuel Pollard
Halifax
Yorkeshire
Roger Moser
Aldersgate-street
London
Miss Roads
East Retford
Nottinghamshire
Simpson
Sampson
Kirton
West Retford
Newington- Butts
John Dawson
Ely
Las Night
Mortimer Street
Cavendish S Square
Margaret Somerset
Creamer
Gibraltar
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London Evening P.ft
London Evening Pott
London Evening Post
Postscript
Chatham
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Chester
Wales
William Skion
Guinea
Philadelphia
Humanus
St. Botolph’s
Aldersgate
Robert
Killaloe
Tuting
Dr. Lowther
Hatton Garden
Sin
Salisbury
Richard Keynes
Speechman
Arundill-street
Strand
Condon
Teffeyman
York
Syeedimny
Smyth
Dycé
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