Antiquary Reflections and London News Summary
In a scholarly note, the writer argues against forced explanations for ancient designs such as a lamp and cupids, urging respect for craftsmen’s caprice but seeking further remarks from Sir about remarkable ancient marbles. The missive then shifts to social and political updates: the Prince of Wales hosted Moufick in Pall Mall with royal attendance, a new Commission of the Peace was issued for Westminster and Surrey, and notable deaths and trials are reported. Stock market figures and financial notices close the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montfaucon
M. Rigord
Wokman
Paris
Royal
Prince of Wales
Pall-Mall
Amelia
Caroline
Viscount Montjoy
Clifford Street
Burlington Gardens
St. James’s
Westminster
County of
Surry
Roehampton
Cornelius Arnold Elg
Walthamstow
Barber
Henry Hart
Estate Sale Notice by South Sea Company Directors
The Court of Directors of the South Sea Company announce the sale of an estate late Sir Lambert Blackwell Bart deceased. Located along a navigable river between Yarmouth and Norwich in Norfolk, the estate is about fifteen hundred pounds per year. Sale at the Old South Sea House, Broad Street, London, on Thursday June 7, 1733. Details available at the House from Friday May 11 until sale.
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South-Sea House
London
South-Sea
Lambert Blackwell
Yarmouth
Norwich
Reedham
Freethorp
Wickhampton
Limpenhoe
Brazenhall
Strumshaw
Old South-Sea House
Broadstreet
Reprints and New Editions from 1731 London
Advertisements list several books and journals issued by J. Walthoe and others, detailing the life of Sethos, translations from French, moral essays, poems, plays, songs, epigrams, and a multi-volume collection. It notes weekly numbers and prices, with publication delays due to holidays, and promotes subscriptions and specimen pages.
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J. Walthoe
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
M. de St. Evremond
Richard Steele
The
Guardian
His. Philips
Humphry Duke of
A. Philips Esq
Pr. Gs. l
Wellted
Longinus
Ortographia
Duke of Dorset
Welfted
Pope
Lord Timon
Earl of Burlington
Price
Earl'of Pembroke
Welfred
Wanderer
Savage
Ina Books
Mr. Maller
Sir Robert Henley
Robert Walpole
Order of the Garter
E. Young
Mr. Odingfells
T. Lucretius Carus
Tho. Creech
Richard Blackmore
Duke of Buckingham
Earl of Roscommon
Lord Lansdown
Gildon
Examination of the late Conduct of the Ministry on Tobacco and Wine
A historical pamphlet published by T. Cooper in Ivy Lane near Paternoster Row. It critiques the ministry's duties on tobacco and wine, reflecting the era's policy debates and governance.
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T. Cooper
Ivy Lane
Pater Nofter
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Lon Down
Moorfields
Fleet Prison
Thomas Grifiths
Chelmsford
Christopher Smith
Chester
Post
House of Commons
White Talbot
Gloverstone
House of Lords
South Sea
Bank
Prem
Thalf
India
Royal Assurance
London Assurance
Henry VIII
England
Rapinde Thoyras
N. Tindal
Great Waltham
Essex
James
John
Paul Knapton
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Gate Street
St. Paul's
N.B
Sethos
Teratfon
Royal Academy of Sciences At
Lediard
Lancelot
George Granville Lord Lansdowne
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