Parliamentary Budget Speech on Pensions and national finances
A London Evening Post excerpt discusses a budget debate during King William's era, urging pension cuts and thrift to ease the Crown's finances. It cites a large surplus, a sinking fund, and East India Company interactions, detailing income and looming expenses for 1773 and beyond, with figures for naval, ordnance, land forces, and miscellaneous costs.
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Charles Sedley
William
House of
House of Commons
Hart-India Company
East India Company
S. A
N. B
Letter to the Editor on Lord North's Administration
A reader defends Lord North in a critical review of his rule. The letter praises his discipline of troops, electoral reform, relief to royal authority, and restraint of mob dynamics. It credits him with stabilizing policy, restraining royal branches, and subduing opposition in America without violence.
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Lord North
Prs
Europe
John
Afta
Leadenhall-street
America
Penite
Adriatick
Epirus
Morea
Corfu
St. Maura
Cephalonia
Zante
Ork
St. David
Lycurgus
Greece
Barry’s Picture of King Leary at Royal Academy
London Evening Post notes Mr Barry’s King Leary exhibit prevails at Pall Mall RT with rival criticisms. The piece shifts from Shakespearean influence to a reformist stance as Barry adapts the poet’s image, drawing from each favored actor while fearing posterity’s judgment.
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Mr. Barry
King Leary
Royal Academy
Pall-mall
Shakespeare
Tony
Barry
Poshua Reynold
Moen
Couetey
Mc Garrick
Douglas
Edmund Burke
Cumberland
Derry
Joshua Reynold
G.kearily
Flett-treet
Debate on Massachusetts Bay Bills and Boston Port
Postscript reports Monday debate on third reading of the Massachusetts Bay civil government and Boston port bills. George Savile sought leave to present a petition from American natives opposing the measures, denouncing royal authority and alleged tyranny. the petition was ordered to lie on the table.
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George Savile
America
Malachusets Bay
Massachusets Bay
Dunn
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