Mulgrave speech on parliament independence and powers
The Earl of Mulgrave argues that representation must reflect the people and warns against MPs trading duties for offices. He critiques the Commons for pay, excise, and military procurements, while defending royal prerogative and the need for free votes. He condemns Sir William Pynsent’s pension and attacks political corruption, urging accountability in governance.
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Earl of Mulgrave
The
Chronicle of Liberty
House of Lords
House of Commons
France
Monsieur de Lemvoy
Monsieur Colbert
Senate-house
Marlborough
Rome
Cato
England
William Pynt
Benigno Populo
Benigna Numine
William Pynsent
Letters From Great Yarmouth On Liberty And Trade
A letter to the public from Great Yarmouth dated May 14 1769 discusses cordwainers plans to petition Parliament over leather manufacture costs. It critiques recent advertisements and reflects on efforts to relieve the community and reduce leather export drawbacks amid uncertain results.
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N.B
Ditto
Great Yarmouth
Yarmouth
Great VV
Adnaittanse
Kent News Brief Larceny and a Farmer’s Fatal Fit
Canterbury reports western Kent areas plagued by four unknown horsenappers on mounted men stealing wagons and carriages as law directs. In Hadlow Common, wealthy farmer John Whittham collapsed and died from an apoplectic fit, authorities noting the event.
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Canterbury
Kent
Merce
Coe Gee
John Wititham
Hadlow Common
Court notes and society events in early modern London
This item surveys royal age, court arrivals from Paris, noble movements abroad for health, and grand entertainments at Guildhall and Goldsmiths Hall. It notes potential titles for Lady Fletcher Norton, parliamentary strategy around the Middlesex petition, and the Wilkes Halifax case. It also describes Eaton scholars’ Montem procession with a host of peers and dignitaries.
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Sqnodon
Duke of Northumberland
Prand
Bursgesses
Westminster
Duke of Newscastle
Goldsmiths-Hall
Denmark
Fletcher Norton
England
Old
Middlesex
Richmond
Ier
Wilkes
Lord Halifax
Padlie Dévertiser
NoBsemen
Eaton {Choo
Montem
Lord Granby
Duke of
Mulgravey
Photius
Townshend
Frag
Damer
Conway
Phippa
Katab
Barits Townshend
Duwidas
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Middlesex Journal
Mr. Fell
My Lord
Ireland
America
Sve
Samuel Kittridge
Sir
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