Debated measures on Cumberland marriage in royal succession
A writer argues against excluding Duke of Cumberland's posterity over his marriage to Mrs. Horton. He warns against legislating royal marriages, cites past York Lancastrian feuds, praises stable succession by blood royal, and favors a British throne over foreign alliances. The piece defends lawful inheritance and warns of dangerous popular interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Cumberland
Horton
York and
Lancaster
Mortimer
Earl of March
Bolingbroke
Henry the Fourth
Northumberland
Henry
Charles the Second
Miss Walters
Monmouth
Duke of York
Great Britain
Germany
Whart
Lord Irnham
Lord Sandwich
Navy Board
Duke’ of Grafton
Luttrell
Brunswick
Letter to John Wilkes on Petition of Right and liberties
The writer argues that John Wilkes ignores the Petition of Right and the Great Charter, condemning the confinement of debtors as a civil matter while praising Magna Carta. He traces English liberties from Henry VII to Charles I, urging Wilkes to align his actions with the era’s legal protections and to answer plainly at his London tavern meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles the First
England
Henry
Richard the Third
Harold
Elizabeth
Henry the Seventh
Charles the
London
Patriotism and Law in a Fractured Debates Letter
A dated 177% letter from James Stephen of Middle Temple denounces a minister and uses Magna Charta and the Petition of Right to demand lawful conduct. He laments supposed patriotism, condemns general warrants that imprison thousands, and urges adherence to laws and royal duties while defending debtors from “villainy” by lawyers.
Extraordinary Mass and Mud Flood Described in 1771 Letter
A Carlisle letter dated December 15 1771 recounts an unusual travelling mass observed locally and a vast mud flood from Solway Moss. The mud catastrophe devastated Mr. Graham’s estate by destroying about a thousand acres and created a lake where a brook once ran, frightening villagers overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Graham
Solway Moss
Surry
Cumberland
Longtown
Henry VIII
Oliver Sinclair
Solway Moss Event and Nearby Inundation Details
The account describes a cow saved after sixty hours in mud and water, her appetite returning but fear of water. Villages on the plain shrink as church and homes vanish, with a vast moss flood creating black peat streams. The Esk River may carry mud away, yet much remains requiring ages to remove, echoing 1744 Pelin Moss disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Esk
Lancashire
Pelin
Solway Moss
Corner of the Strand Bedding and Upholstery Warehouse
Thomas Smith relocates from Butcher Row near Temple Bar to the corner of the Strand offering Persia Turkey Wilton Kidderminster and Scotch carpets in lively colours. Rooms fully covered with blankets feather beds quilts mattresses and bedstead furniture. goods sold by piece yard or made up. large stock and low cash terms.
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Butcher Row
Temple Bar
Strand
Persia
Turkey
Wilton
Kidderminster
Cheney
Linsey
Velno's Vegetable Syrup Cures Scorbutic Scurvy Case
Edward Martin of Fenstanton, once High Sheriff for Cambridge and Huntingdon, suffered a violent scurvy with eruptions and dizziness. After seven bottles of Dr. Burrows’s Vegetable Syrup his health fully recovered, and he now endorses the remedy for all blood and juice impurities. Bottled cures available at Dr. Burrow’s Haymarket, G. Kearfly Ludgate Street, and Capel Court near the Royal Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dward Martin
Fenstanton
Cambridge
Huntingdon
Burrows
Martin
Dr. Burrow
Prince of Orange
Haymarket
G. Kearfly
Ludgate Street
Capel-Court
Royal Exchange
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John Wilkes
Sir
Middle Temple
James Stephen
Thomas Smith
VELNO
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