Port News Reflections on Liberty and British Governance
A period piece essay protests corruption and defends liberal governance in Britain. It laments political mist, praises a mixed constitution of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, and warns against arbitrary power while invoking Continental history and British providence. The piece ends with Port News notes of Dec 1, including the Lions Transpoct sailing to Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison
Cologn
Germany
Longinus
Europe
Benjamin Hoadley
Britain
Andromeda
Consolidated London Notices and Local Doings
Court and market briefs from London including property sales by Edward Taylor broker in Tower Royal Watling Street and a notice of Henry Snagg elected Common Councilman for Faringdon Without. Obituaries for Lady Nairne and Mr Rutland, shipyard and poulterer deaths, and the Lord Chancellor naming James Morgan to a Welsh see. Ice dangers on Westminster stairs, link-boys’ thefts near the Mansion House, and a Beefeater porter’s fatal fall. Theatre bills, stock prices, and Canary Birds for sale at Cross Keys London Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Taylor
Tower-Royal
Watling-Street
London
House of Peers
Tuskay
St. James’s Church
Rutland
Hermitage
Bloomsbury
Richardson
James Morgan
Lanilid
Lamharam
Mansion House
Leadenhall Market
Tower-hill
Young Man Wanted for Merchant Accounts Letter Offer
A notice seeks a reputable young man skilled in merchants accounts and English writing to submit a self description by letter directed to A.B. left with Mr. Willock, bookseller, Cornhill. If approved, a place will be offered immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.B
Willock
Cornhill
Sale of CoocoLate by CHURCHMAN at Covent Garden Warehouses
Mrs ADDERLYs Warehouse in Ruffel Street Covent Garden and at John Young jun in St Pauls Church Yard continue sale of CoocoLate by Charles Churchman Bristol sole proprietor of the invention. Chocolate coffee and tea to be sold at equal terms at both warehouses and Broad Mead Bristol also.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Young
St. Paul’s
Broad- Mead
Bristol
In Paris Parliament Case on Wardenship and Marriage
Proceedings in Paris Parliament discuss the Ravishment of Ward case involving Philip Journeaulx guardian to Deodata and Elizabeth Roach and Richard Quane. The dispute centers on secret detention in convents and a clandestine marriage to Quane’s son, with pleas to annul the marriage under English crown interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frice
Paris
Philip Journeaulx
Deodata
Elizabeth Roach
John Roach O
London
Deceas
Fort St. George
Richard Quane
England
Quane
Courc
M. Gueau de Reverfaux
Journéaulx
Great Britain
East Indies
Advocate and Guardian
J. Robinson
Ludzate-Street 5
R. Hett
D. Browne
Temple-Bar
T.trye
Gray’s Inn Gate
J. Stagg
Westminster Hall
Firtu Nicur’s Estate Auction of Books and Scurvy Treasures
An auction at Hamlin's Coffee-House items a large bound stock from a bookseller leaving trade. The list includes many folio and quarto volumes from authors such as Racine Bayle and Platon. A unique manuscript History of the Royal Society is offered as the final item with no other copy. The J Gray house at the Cros-Keys is for lease. Priced to sell from five o'clock this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firtu Nicur
Hamlin’s
Royal Exchange
J. Gray
Booxfeller
Royal Society
The Spiritual Crisis and The Religion of Salvation
A dated advertisement for religious works by George Strahan at the Golden Ball. It lists priorities including a Dissertation on Deistical and Arien Corruption, a Letter to a Deist, and an Essay by Locke, with notes to correct erroneous doctrines and revive authorial reforms. The items explore obedience to scripture, eternal state, and distinguishing true religion from false sects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Locke
Mr Climb
George Strahan
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Port News
Deal
Portsmouth
Downs
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Covent Garden
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
London-Bridge
Woodward
Wiseman
Wake
Creech
Lucretius
Senece Opera
Dampier
Camden
Lightfoot
Liogenes Laerrius
Hederich
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