Enteleigene Ke and Court News From Vienna to Madrid
The report from Vienna notes the king’s health. Count Oginski travels to meet him, escorted into the Empress’s dominions. Madrid dispatches warn of Spain embargoing French ships at Cadiz amid a suspected merchant collapse. Jesuit affairs and royal concerns surface in correspondence. Hamburg coverage details magistrates lowering bread prices, aiding the poor with work, subsistence, and strict help for idle dwellers.
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Warsaws
Janay
Oginki-fer-duc
Vienna
Peter
Poland
Oginski
the Hague
Madrid
Spain
Bahic
Casiz
Cadiz
Queer
France
Hamburgh
Weathered convicts? No, ship news from Feb 18
Deal reports a morning gale disabling several ships including His Majesty's vessels Graf ton Monarch iheent Flora and the Duke of Albany and Cumberland East India men Henry Richardson bound for Jamaica. Wind from east-northeast.
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Deal
Majesty
Grafton
Monarch
Iheent
Flora
Duke of Albany
Cumberland
Henry, Richardson
Jamaica
E.N
Reform of freehold estates bill and naval estimates debate
In the Commons on February 18 and 19 1772 a bill to create freehold estates to pay debts was read and ordered printed. The Committee of Supply approved naval and colonial expenditures for 1772 including ships, repairs, civil establishment, and colonial outlays. Rumors of Fox’s motion delay and multiple judges’ illnesses were noted with a push for parliamentary inquiry into India. Letters from Naples and Denmark revolutions reached St James's but were not acted on until further news arrived.
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House
Nova-Scotia
Ditto
Georgia
East Florida
West Florida
Senegambia
North America
Fox
Lord Mansfield
de Grey
Court of Exchequer
Justice Gould
Lord North
Tate
India
St. James’s
Jebb
Duke of Gloucester
Naples
Denmark
Copenhagen
Bow-Street
Wilsden
Middlesex
Tey
John Fielding
Weet
Tiverton
Devonshire
Weets
Altho
Richard Meax
Cole
Meux
Burh
Tethilfields Bridewell
Westminster
Trindal
Queenstreet
Clarke
John Sloah
Great Poland Street
James.Cummings
Horse-Guards
Millbank
Mr. Churchill
Mazesty’s Board of Works
Bath
George Smith
Barons of the Exchequer
Ireland
Mrs. Power
George Power
Colneyhatch
Westminster electors prepare for royal support motions
An 18th century report describes Westminster electors gathering to approve several popular motions in the House of Commons. It notes a proposed bill to curb impressment for the Navy, hinted by Lord Bute to the Duke of Grafton, and a May meeting of the Bill of Rights supporters at the London Tavern.
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St. James's
Westminster
Representatives
House of Commons
Lord Bute
Duke of Grafton
London
Watkin Lewes
William Temple
Trowbridge
Wilkes
Alderman Wilkes
Reynolds
Ellis
Joseph Mawbey
Denmark
Christian the
Christian
Bierne
Brunswick
Uch
Breslau
Trzeciak
Kniagowski
Dobrowolski
Dantzick
Vaft
John Nichols
Francis Déege
Richard Rich
Thomas Wilkinson
Doctors Commons
St. James’s
South Wales
John Williams
W. Whitaker
Law
Radnorshire
Presteign
Breconshire
Brecon
Glamorganshire
Cowbridge
Hicks’s Hall
Harwich
River Thames
Caldecott
Custom-house
Christ Church
Surry
Glatton
Portsmouth
East Indies
Thames
Capt
Lockyer
Ditto
Ireland
Stratford
White Raven
Old Bailey
Thomas Crofts
Samuel Gates
Peculiar Danish Constitution Sparks Reforms Discussion
A letter to the Printer of the Middlesex Journal critiques Denmark's constitutional shifts from aristocratic to absolute monarchy. It notes the recent revolution about a century ago, compares ancient Gothic and Vandal origins to England, and reflects on the people's historic role in monarchy.
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Denmark
Europe
England
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Stafford
Salop
Hereford
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Northumberland
Westmorland
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Avonmouth
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Sussex
Kent
North Wales
Scotland
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