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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 06, 1737
Page
2
The passage argues Britain is divided between creditors and debtors across classes including landholders merchants and shopkeepers. It questions long standing distinctions and warns against avoiding debt repayment to preserve government, suggesting true strength lies in a ruler who imposes the fewest taxes while maintaining public credit.
May voyage notices show vessels and destinations including Guiney Geneva Malaga Cadiz and Oporto with wind at five. Several ships like the Polly Dunning Berry Duncom and others are listed as preparing to sail or fail.
London news recounts state affairs and social events. Edward Trelawney sails from Portsmouth aboard Eltnam. Bishop Wynn takes oaths. marriages and deaths in Buckingham and Staines. Turpin pursuit ends fatally near Epping Forest. a brutal infant murder near Hog Lane. executions and transportation orders. trade imports and exports from Cadiz Calais Holland and other ports. stock and commodity prices tick up at South Sea and Royal Exchange.
A high water event near London Bridge was observed shortly after 4 PM with authorities noting rapid rise in levels. Emergency services prepared containment measures as nearby streets faced temporary closures and residents were advised to seek higher ground.
Fragmentary notice lists a coach and fixable horses departing from Mr Coe s at the Red Lion in Cold Bath Fields on the tenth or eleventh instant.
The Cold Bath at the Himmams in Charles Street Covent Garden has been enlarged over a third part from one of London’s finest springs. Gentlemen and ladies may expect good attendance and clean linen with reasonable rates for their use.
The text defends grocers in London against false advertising claims by rival advertisers. It asserts chief grocers have always sold as cheaply as any advertiser and warns the public that cheaper but inferior goods have misled buyers. It notes that better goods exist which require no advertising.
This Day is public'd and priced at four shillings. A poem titled RDEK A Poem Dedicated to the Right Hon. Charles Ear of Carlisle appears in Melor Litera Naturadiremit. Printed for J Brindley bookseller to the Prince of Wales at the King's Arms New Bond Street. Sold by Mrs Doddwich Temple Bar Mrs Nutt and Mrs Cook Royal Exchange and at London pamphlet shops. Also printed for J Roberts near Oxford Arms Warwick Lane for speedy relief of the National Debt and taxes.
Listing of the second and third volumes of a general dictionary with translation of Bayle life sketches. Names include Hobbes Holyoke Hooker Horneck Howell and others. References to publishers Strahan Clarke Gray Batley and Fleet Street shops across London. Indicates continued collaboration and thanks to contributors.
Publication notices describe two legal works by Sir Matthew Hale and others, with references to manuscripts, notes, and a later reprint. Listings note binding, large paper copies for curiosities, and separate works on English law including antiquarian and legal commentaries.
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