Riots and Royal Declarations Amid Swedish 1772 Crisis
The article compiles royal proclamations from Stockholm dated August 1772, detailing Gustavus III’s pledge to end despotism, restore ancient liberties, and urge quiet obedience. It notes the King’s oaths, the 58-article Form of Government, and subsequent public reactions, including a council clash and military oaths. It also reports English notices on Rome’s religious upheaval, parliamentary updates, and war-time dispatches, plus local crimes, marriages, deaths, and a siege narrative involving the Nabob Surajah Dowla and the betrayal at Fort William.
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Stockholm
Rgth
Life Guards
Corps of Artillery
Stockhaln
Gustavus
Stokholn
Sweden
Norway
Slerwick
Holstein
Charles
Prederick Acephys
F. Wallencreutz
Council of State
Hellichius
Christianstadt
Committee of Secrecy
Funk and
Kalling
Baron Cederstrom
London
Express
Calcutta Black Hole imprisonment details revealed
Testimony recounts the Black Hole incident during the mutiny, describing 150 prisoners cramped in a dungeon with crushing heat and stench, many dying or going insane. It covers Mulchulka terms, trade permissions, and inquiries into actions of Kiffindals, Omichund, Drake, and Holwell, with questions about Nabob’s indifference and post recapture restitution.
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Allah
Watts
Collet
Black Hole
Mulchulka
Surajah Dowla
Drake
Kifindafs
Omichund
Kiffindafs
Kiffindats
Sirear
Calcutta
Black Pole
Mr. Holwell
Muxadavad
Holwell
Nabob
Olivell
Army
Bengal
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Great Britain
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Reformed Church
Robert Jones
Newgate
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Order of the Garter
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Drury Lane
Fig-lane
Arthur Pyrne
Catherine Buttey
St. Giles’s
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St. James's
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Livan
Dromore
Leigh and Fernes
Edward Young
Kite
Ganting
Ralph Wall
Lond
Cas
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Charles Fort
John Stelle
William Fielding
Foot Guards
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Weadminster
Thompson
Lisbon
Mary Thomas
Hatton
Treet
Holborn
Henley Upon Thames
James Peller
Wingfeld
Wingfield
Ennight
Brougham
Westmoreland
Thomas Aylmer
Middle Temple
Anna Brougham
Henry Brougham
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Cornwall
Wm. Borlase
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St. Fut
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Richmond
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Piccadilly
Brockmer
Mr. Talbot
Smyrna
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Commons
Cooke
Memckchund
Hollweh
Buchannan
Saratah Dowla
Betwen Six
Sarah Dowls
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