Coronation Oath and Sovereign Rights Across Nations
A colonial voice argues the British coronation oath mirrors the Hungarian pledge sworn by Maria Theresa in 1740. It warns future rulers to honor peoples' privileges, praising defenders of civil rights and urging vigilance against royal overreach and tyranny. The piece links historical precedent to contemporary political defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ately
Voltaire
Lewis
Maria ‘Theresa
Hungary
Winpress
Germany
Great Britain
Maria Theresa
Francis of Lorrain
Tuscany
Austria
Vienna
Italy
Bohemia
Seccessors
Hunga‘ylang
Maria’ Theresa
L-Bad
Noble Judge Conduct and Sacred Duty Urged
A notorious tirade extols judges as the nation’s interpreters of law urging unwavering fidelity to justice and equity. It condemns anger, passion, bribery, and fear as corrupting influences and warns that judges must swear to God and conscience to preserve peace through fair proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron
Guildford
Sars
Westminstér- Bridge
Jyst
Grievances and the Fight Against Evil Monitors
Fragmentary OCR text discusses grievances and the removal of evils that produced them. It mentions a monitor and a lord of virtue, with unclear references to seat, fate, and merit, suggesting an old period tone but lacks concrete names or events for precise summarization.
An Anecdote of Duke of Cumberland and Races
The Middlesex Journal reports an anecdote about the Duke of Cumberland and Mr Fid keeping running horses under Fid’s name at Ascot Heath. Nabob, the Duke’s horse, was entered for a plate with no opponent, prompting the Duke to order a groom to run a horse to ensure the win and pocket the prize. Advertisements reportedly had to state no hiring of horses to fill numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Journal
Cumberland
Fid
Ascot Heath
Nabob
Secret dispatches to Ireland and European tensions rise
Postscript reports multiple secret messengers delivering dispatches to and from Ireland and Lisbon orders for 20 000 muskets to Birmingham. British naval powers in the Mediterranean are described as weak, with regiments assembling in Ulster for America and noble travels noted amid royal arrangements and a Richmond fever tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
East India House
Leadeshall-Street
Holland
Lisbon
Birmingham
Portugal
Plymouth
Pertmshon_ vo
Tarwich
Germany
Mediterranean
Crénance
Wealwinch-in
Victualling Office
America
Ulster
Duke of Cumberland
Helvoerfluys
Wales
England
Turbulent Times of Trades and Tragedies Across London
A chaotic snapshot reports numerous incidents. Fishing boats from Fife caught herrings in one day, accidents claim workers in Spitalfields and Wormwood Street, a jealous murder in Clifton Court, two houses collapse near Wormwood Street killing a boy, a man found dead with money and a letter at Norwood, and a tobacconist pays wages before dying. A highwayman robs Gregory’s Upholsterers at Bounslow Heath, a captain marries Miss Roche in Crutched Friars, and several deaths include Charles Emanuel Smith, George Thornton, and William Handynde, all tied to fortunes and new wealth from Jamaica or inheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Anstruthers
Fife
Gan-street
Spitalfields
Southwell
Peter de Carlin
Clifton-court
Strand
Wormwood-street
Norwood
Bedford
Norris
Lambeth
Stone
Saltpetre Bank
Lewis Belladen
St. James’s-street
Piccadilly
Gregory
Bounslow-heath
Eltham
Staines
Adams
Lad Roche
Atlington
Charles Emanuel Smith
Wenn-street
Moorfields
George Thornton, Esq
New Bond-Street
Jamaica
Croydon
Wiliam Handaynde
Foreign Intelligence From The July Dispatches
Reports from Madrid and Florence describe British protests to London over Barbadoes hostilities. A Turin hermit’s confession reveals a Count Cesar Solari once married with a son. Rome notes 1402 Christian slaves freed by Redemption fathers, with heavy ransoms paid. Moldavia plagues prompt frontier fortifications and border burnings. Constantinople speaks of a fierce sea clash between Turkish and Russian fleets with heavy losses and ships blown up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Madrid
Barbadoes
London
Florence
Montemignaio
Cesar Solari
Turin
Villanova
Rome
Society of Redemption
Sterling
Great Britain
Fienna
Transilvania
Moldavia
Constantinople
Unclear OCR fragment hints at maritime names and figures
Fragmentary text references Plymouth Sunderland Margate and Longfoun with captains and brigates. Several names appear with partial quotes and numbers such as 152. 5 and 1 750. The passage resembles a damaged shipping list or naval ledger item with multiple personal names and vessels but lacks coherent events or dates.
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Paris
Portmouth
Beth
Hedy Blakiston
James
Mi Weltcome
Horbiey
Lor
Cettebound
Guerns
Spercens Bank
Cn Ce
Chester
Higl
Barnet
St. Alban’ S
Dunab Stratford
Stony Stratford
Davent
Luton
Towceller
Rob
Louis
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