Royal Prince's pledge to unite parties for constitutional reform
A historical document records the Prince's open plan to abolish party distinctions, empower justices of the peace, establish a powerful militia, bar senior officers from sitting in Parliament, and promise inquiries into office abuses. Lords and commoners respond with grateful support, urging unity to restore the constitution and public happiness.
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T.ir Fy
Awife
House of Commons
An Anecdote of Two Kins and a Royal Pardon
An old tale recounts a king troubled by an anecdote of his ancestor the Duke of H and a pardonedCount who murdered twice. The king reveals the paradox that mercy can breed further crime, and the nobles witness the execution of the guilty lord.
Anecdote of a King’s drunken pardon refusal
An anecdote tells of a man condemned to die for murder in a neighboring kingdom. The plea for clemency claimed the man was drunk at the time. The king replied that his realm has many drunkards and that forgiving this one would spare none of his subjects, so the man should perish to warn others against drunkenness.
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Nosreman
Tizy
H—r
Empire
Correspondence from Lisbon and Poland on Controversies
Postscript reports from Lisbon that the court received disagreeable advices from Paraguay about Jesuit intrigues and indigenous rebellion, while Poland notes Czars offering premiums to Livonian youths under 27 to join Russian service. New York letters discuss provincial manufacturing debates and independence aims, and Botton New England mentions a saltpetre factory planned at Perth Amboy with optimistic undertakers.
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Lisbon
Paraguay
Botton
New England
Perth Amboy
Taft Letters and European Diplomatic Dispatches Reported
Letters received at Mobille reference a proposed alliance among Petersburgh Vienna Berlin and Great Britain. Amsterdam reports West India merchants exporting teas to Curacoa St Eustatia Surinam and Berbice with expected trade gains in British colonies. Dispatches from Lisbon and Portugal discussed at Weymouths office. A cabinet meeting at the Queen’s palace reviewed East and West Indies affairs. Foreign dignitaries attended the Commons debates as coalitions and Irish peerage talks continued. An East India Company request for naval protection and trade disruption concerns were noted amid various maritime incidents and political maneuvering.
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Mobille
Petersburgh
Vienna
Berlin
Great Britain
Amsterdam
West India
Curacoa
St.Evastatia
Surinam
Berbice
Ae of Weymouth
William Henry. Lyttleton
Lisbon
Don
Mello de Carvallo
Lord Wey‘mouth
Portugal
Indies
Count du Chatelet Lomont
St. James's
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Ireland
St. James’s
Electorate’ of Hanover
House of Commons
Col. Luttrel
Middlesex
Metropolis
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Plymouth
King’s
Boston
New-York
Philadelphia
East-India Company
East-Indies
Stockholm
Brest
Jaden
Barfleur
Cherburgh
Cape Uhhant
Categate
Thomas Clavering
Wilkes
Brunswick
Versailles
Rider
Petit at the Biko She where they may bet with encouragement
In W. Cheapside readers are directed to consider betting with encouragement noted. The fragment hints at a local wagering context and suggests further particulars may follow.
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Cheapside
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