Public dispute over Mr Horne and Lord Chatham
A verbose polemic from JUNIUS criticizes Mr. Horne’s conduct and writings, defending Lord Chatham and Wilkes while attacking the Duke of G. and Horne. It discusses parliamentary reform, suspicions of signatures, and calls for consistency, with digressions on politics, virtue, and national policy. The piece also laments turnip husbandry's impact on meat and wheat markets, noting rising sheep prices and land use shifts.
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General Evening Post
Aucuflte
Duke of G
Mr. Horne
Horne
Junius
House of Lords
Woodfall
Lord
Leas
Furius
Wilkes
Orne
Verdes
Morne
Tiar
Charles
Mrr
Oliver
Mr. Sawbridge
Sawbridge
Lord Chatham
Funius
England
Lord Rockingham
Mzhe Tabie
Aaming
Lunderstan
Charles the
Iineakof
The Old Fashioned Farmer Warns of Famine and Ruin
The Old Fashioned Farmer laments declining yields from fifteen to twenty stricke per acre versus forty to fifty under traditional methods. He blames modern “new improvements” and warns that artificial famines threaten the nation unless rulers restore prudent husbandry and stockpiling. A hungry, enraged multitude may follow.
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England
Coin value and monetary reform in early England
The piece discusses the value of current coinage in England, urging regulation of crown and half crown prices by proclamation. It notes silver shortages due to Dutch trade, recounts historical price shifts from Elizabethan to Jacobean times, and highlights needs to adjust fineness or weight to maintain interior value. It also contains miscellaneous antiquated notes and anecdotes.
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General Evening Post
England
Queen Elizabeth
James
Holland
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Yee Literary, PoxiTrear, and Miscellaneous Repository
Friends of the Constitution
London
Farringdon
Middlesex
D Cn
Mr. Wilkes
Cambridge
Treasury
Anou
Nero
Rome
Junious
Company of Haberdashers
Hoxton
Philip of
Macedon
Nicanor
Hillory
Patter Quasnel
MM. de Voltaire
St. Ives
Mills St. Ives
Aziss Kerkabon
Miss Abacaba
Abacaba