Retire Lord Lieutenant or face Parliament's ire
A reformist speaker warns the Crown’s influence risks liberty and property by mass disfranchisement and urges constitutional limits. He questions legislative power to disenfranchise boroughs, defends Commons primacy, condemns amputation of representation, supports Lord Chatham’s health cure, and urges political restraint. He scathes aristocrats like the Conways and ends with a sharp appeal to retire the governing lord.
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King
Lords
House of Commons
Commons
Wilkes
Houses of Commons
Lord Chatham
Anonymous Letter Stirs Debate in Treland Cade
Postscript reports an authentic copy of an anonymous letter sent to Lord T in Treland that has sparked a great battle in the Cade. The letter urges Lord T to listen to truth, warning it may sound harsh but is worth hearing.
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Thias
Gusev
Ben
King
Lords
Commons
House of Commons
Ireland
America
North America
Great Britain
London
R-Ge
Phaeton
Engand
Treland
T——c
Luttrell to vacate seat amid ministry probes on Cromwell era politics
London reports Colonel Luttrell intends to solicit the Chiltern Hundreds to vacate his parliamentary seat. He plans to reveal ministry proceedings on the Middlesex election if denied, while dispatches reach Duke of Gloucester in Rome and Count de Gaignes’ envoy arrives in London. Proceedings touch on Cumberland marriage as constitutional critics warn of German ties and national debt.
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Luttrell
House of Commons
Middlesex
R. H
Duke of Gloucester
Rome
St. James’s
Paris
Count de Gaignes
Great George Street
Lord Hinchinbrooke
Lord North
Admiralty Office
Chatham
Prince George
Royal
Duke of Cumberland
Gisborne
Germany
Great Britain
Brunswick
Charles Tynte
Somersetshire
Hounslow Heath
Hill
Hanworth
Princess Amelia
Jamaica
Sir George Bridges
Rodney
Union
Plymouth
Orford-Ness
Grace
Sheerness
France
Brest
East-Indies
Falkland’s
Portsmouth
Mediterranean
Axe ‘Bridge
Deptford
Parliamenté Street
William and
Mary
Graham
Riga
Portsmouth Harbour
Motherbank
Portmouth
Thomas and
Ann
Marshall
Providence
Smetham
London
Thomas
Anne
Luke
Johnson
Frederick
Harvey
Stettin
Queen Charlotte
Ratch
Dantzick
Friends
Thompson
Whitby
Hibberts, Boyd
Turkish Janissaries blamed for defeat at Constantinople
The correspondent reports that the Turkish defeat is blamed on the Janissaries for withholding pay and supplies. The Sieur Carta is named Dragoman to the Porte replacing Sieur Caradagia. Two Pachas are ordered to Adrianople to fortify and mobilize forces. Peterborough December 10 notes Empress and Grand Duke visiting chapel, clergy kissing hands, and a citywide celebration with artillery, followed by Moscow reports of heavy snow and frost halting contagion.
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Constaninole
Sieur Carta
Porte
Sieur Caradagia
Grand Signior
Adrianople
Moscow
Stock Prices and Bonds in Mixed 18th Century Terms
Auction-like quotes show various stock and bond figures with per cent yields and classifications. Widely indexed items include Bank, 3 per cent government issues, and Navy and Victualling Bills, with scattered denominations and dates implied by old notation.
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Postscript
S. S. Ann
India
Navy
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