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Newspaper
Daily Courant
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 11, 1731
Page
2
A conflicted speaker warns against scurrilous retaliation and threats of personal attack. He notes the danger of shifting allegiances and predicts that attempts to extort aid will fail, comparing the adversary to Proteus who fails to elicit aid from Aristeus despite adopting many disguises.
A dated 1731 epigram letter to Mr. Osborne by Tom Trufty cites three sons of dullness and mocks figures like D’Anvers Fog and Grub. It lists names and ships such as Amelia Howes Jamaica and Gallant Enterprize Comby from Oporto, with arrivals Salisbury from Lisbon and the wind noted as N E.
Reports from London note John Pitt named Surveyor of Tobacco at the Custom House replacing the late Evans, with a 200 pound annual value. Parliament watchers report royal move from Richmond to Hampton Court for the king’s accession celebrations. Details cover guards, treasury meetings, arrests, and a pillory punishment for a forgery case. Stock prices, bonds, and insurance rates are listed for market readers.
The Directors of the Million Bank announce that transfer books will be open from June 22 until July 7 for the election of 24 directors for the year ahead. The meeting will occur at their house in Nag's Head Court, Gracechurch Street, London from ten thirty to one, with results declared at one o'clock. Robert Harle, Secretary.
The Trustees under Parliament seal announce the sale by auction of Richard Farr of Ranelagh’s freehold mansion and gardens Chelsea with appurtenances and household goods, and a second freehold mansion in King Street St James's with appurtenances. Sale set for Wednesday the 13th of June at 10 in the forenoon at the Lottery Office Whitehall. Details and sale conditions available at Mr Belley’s in Norfolk Street Strand and at the respective houses.
Fleetwood edition praises a larger, finer print and notes its usefulness to devout readers. It lists additional works recently printed by publisher Walthoe including sermons, dialogues, and religious treatises by Stevenson Fenelon Nichols Rymer and others with notes and revisions for broader appeal.
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