23 Jan 1729
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 23, 1729
Page
1
A letter to the Daily Post condemns unrestrained censure of the government and warns against schemes to stir unrest. It quotes Dr Stanhope on judging the King’s measures and preserving secrecy, then reports royal and parliamentary responses, court notices, and local theatre adverts amid a January 1728 London scene.
Vienna reports that the Great Conference at Count Zinzendorff's will gather all chief Ministers of the Emperor to discuss commerce across the hereditary dominions. A Moscow trade treaty is said to allow free trade in Russian forts and duties-free quicksilver for Siberian mines, with 59,000 Moscow troops ready for the Emperor. The Great Duke of Tuscany favors Bavaria as successor, but the Imperial Court opposes this per a recent convention.
The House of Lords yesterday presented a humble Address to His Majesty reacting to the King's Speech. The Lords, Temporal and Spiritual, conveyed respect and urged support for the agenda outlined in the Throne’s Speech.
An 18th century advertisement lists Young's Masquerade attractions at Pall Mall with masks and costumes and notes three bear and bull shows at Whitechapel and Hyde Park, plus a theft reward and various auctions including the Earl of Lincoln's plate sale and a large estate in Glamorgan with clocks, chariots, and curios.
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