Do Noble Minds Hold Compassion in Princes Secretly
A letter to the printer discusses Mr Murray's claim that compression is inseparable from noble minds and questions whether compassion truly belongs to lords. It recounts a Warwickshire incident where a lord ordered a greyhound slain and argues for legal accountability and preserved English rights.
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Murray
Lord Mansfield
House of Lords
Lord Lévat
Stourton
Ferrers
Tyburn
Surgeon’s Hall
Warwick
Worcester
Earl Ferrers
Addison
Debates at East India House Preview Company Affairs
The paper notes debates at East India House have been irregular in timing. Before Parliament meets, the writer will summarize the true state of the Company's affairs from its minutes and correspondence to inform readers.
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East India House
Parliament Plans and Distillery Opposition in 1689
A Freeholder laments King’s push for military power and new taxes before Christmas while Parliament considers funding debts. He argues against prohibiting corn distillation, warning it would raise sugar prices and burden households, and urges enclosure of waste lands to boost grain, noting the folly of imported corn.
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Bath
India
Conway
Canada
Wilkes
Oliver
Nash
West-Indies
West Indies
Old England
Argu
England
North America
Atlantic
America
Great Britain
London
Halifax
Mr. Nash
Contested Address Plan Stirring City Affairs
Extract notes that applications were made to the Lord Mayor to obtain a complimentary address from the Bond of Aldermen to be presented to Lord Townshend on his departure, which the Corporation would block. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs refused, some aldermen offered money to secure concurrence, but most declined, angering the departing Viceroy. The item also reports shipwrecks near L'île d'Yeu and Yarmouth, numerous seizures since July, and a Scottish expedition by Banks Solander and Lind visiting Staffa with its cave, plus scattered criminal and local incidents.
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Dollison
Limerick
Bourdeaux
L’ile d’Eau
Dormouie
Hunter
Yarmouth
Copenhagen
Yorkshire
Edinburgh
Joseph Banks
Solander
Dr. Lind
London
Bingal
Ireland
Stonhenge
England
Orlock
Oxford-road
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Newgate Market
Bureau
Prices of Stocks at Two O Clock in Bank and Annuities
Prices of stocks and bonds quoted at two o clock include bank stock at 144 1 half Praia ditto 170 South Sea ditto Old Annuities New An nuites 86 1 half 4 per cent Bank Annuities reduced 7 86 3 4 hs a 7 8 th Ditto Confer 8R m8th 4 88a r 8th Ditto 1726 Ditto 1751 86 a qth Ditto india Annuities 32 half ditto 1758 9 7 Bths a go 4 q per Cent Costol 1762 92 1 4th a 3 Bths In dia Bonds tos 2 118 a 8s prem Navy and Vi untine Bills 2 dir Long Annuities 26 18th a as4th Lottery Tickets
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Praia
South Sea
Ditto
India
Inidia
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Postscript
Gall
Bishopsgate-street
Holborn-hill
Captain Donellan
Pantheon
Molesworth
Becket
Donaldson
Thompson
Earl of Carlile
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