Bells at St Peter's Cathedral Ringed All At Once
May events recount a grand demonstration at St Peter's Cathedral where 33 bell ringers rang all ten bells, the largest ring in Europe, weighing over 27,000 pounds, in Exeter reports dated May 30. Bristol notes a murder inquiry at Newgate. Dublin reports murder trials. Canterbury covers horse racing wins and diversions. various residents named in cases of crime and tradesmen across Ireland and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
London
St. Peter's Cathedral
Europe
Bristol
Newgate
William Bennet
Thomas Wendsley
Canterbury
Romney
Mr. Winter
Mr. Wood
Dog
Mr. Brook
Chance
Mr. Deering
Monkey
Humphry Wightwick
Touch-menot
Dublin
David Broughal
Ormond Market
Cork
N. B
John Green
Patrick-Street
Thomas Quale
Stock Prices Report From a Historic Market Page
Market prices list various stocks and bonds with values such as South Sea at 80 1 4, Old Ann 104, New d 104 1 half, Bonds 71 14s, 3 per Cent 93, Bank 136 7 8 to 137, Circulation 7, India 147, Royal Aff 98, English Copper 2s 2d, Salt Tallies 2s 15s, Ex cheq Orders 1 per Cent, Discount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea
India
London
Church Vindication and Salters Hall Sermons Examined
In a few days a pamphlet defends the Church of England from calumny and reveals true views of dissenters demands for repeal of the Corporation and Jesus. It offers remarks on sermons recently preached as lectures against Potery at Salters Hall, reprinted from the Weekly Miscellany May 17 and 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Jesus
Salters Hall
Platoan Pleasures Over Senses Dialogues and Books
An itemized listing of period publications and prices includes A Dialogue in the Manner of Plato on the superiority of understanding pleasures to sensual joys, printed for T. Cooper, also noting works such as A Dialogue on Beauty in the Plato style, Telemachus adventure, Madame de Sevigne letters in two volumes translated, and Virginius phrase Extending Palmas Ripe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plato
T. Cooper
Pater-nofter-Row
Beaty
Telemachus
Madame de Rabutin Chantel
Marchioness de Sivigne
Countess de Grignan
Hague
Price
Second Edition Publiced with Alphabetical Index of Epigrams
A long catalog announces This Day Publiced enlarged with an Alphabetical Index of epigrams and prefixed critical dissertations. It lists multiple volumes and authors including Philips, Welsted, Savage, Mallet, Odingfell, Creech, Blackmore, Stirling, and Gildon, detailing prices and formats across titles on poetry and prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Walthoe
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
A. Philips
Philips
Humphry Duke of Gloucester
Welsted
Longinus
V. Oikographia
Duke of Dorset
Welfted
Pope
Timon
Earl of Burlington
Earl of Pembroke
Welfled
Wanderer
Savage
Mallet
Robert Henley
Sir Robert Walpole
Order of the Garcer
E. Young
Mr. Odingfells
T. Lucretius Carus
Thomas Creech
Richard Blackmore
Hero
Leander
Mufus
Mr. Stirling
Price
Duke of Buckingham
Earl of Roscommon
Lord Lansdown
Gildon
George Granville Lord Lansdowne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph King
Cobham Island
Suffolk
White Smith
George Kent
Worksop
Nottingham
Chapman
William James
Reading
Berks
Rapee Snuff
Hoxton
Tuo. Oxtyer
Fetter-lane
Savoy
E. and
R. Nutt
R. Gosling
Edw. Sayer
J. Osborn
Paternotter Row
Prince of
Wale
N.B
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