Defense of Shylock in Merchant of Venice disputes
A correspondent Rusricus is critiqued for misreading Shylock’s case in The Merchant of Venice. The writer argues the Duke acts within law, Portia’s arrival crucially rescues Antonio, and the court should not dismiss without Bellario’s opinion. The piece defends the author’s original stance amid legal-critique rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusricus
Shakespeare
Merchant of Venice
Antonio
Shylock
Rusticus
Council
Venice
Buffanio
Portia
Bellario
Bellamo
Ruffeus
Newisense
PutRich
Baffanio
Lotep
Vipon
Rhetam Tonn
Drama and Reform Debates Stir Covent Garden Echoes
A reader letters column critiques theatrical taste and political reform, praising the General Evening Post and debating church, education, and Parliament. The piece condemns corruption, urges civil renewal, and contrasts private virtue with public duty amid London’s political tensions.
Ordinary Trumpeter to the Theatre
A reader’s remark compares a performer to a trumpeter in the Drury Lane tradition, noting little merit in the public performance and implying the correspondent resembles an Ordinary Trumpeter rather than a distinguished figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadasics
Ordinry
Drury-lane
Westminster marriage and naval obituary notice in digest
A notice from Westminster records the marriage of Mr Richard Dallon, clerk of Woolswich dock-yard, to Miss Peake, daughter of Henry Peake, and notes the death of Mr David Towry, purser of His Majesty’s ship Antelope at Chatham after a long illness. It mentions three new operas planned for the Haymarket. works by Pugnani Bach and Secchini. Also reports a Henley inventor’s fire escape machine promising rapid, independent egress from upper stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Europe
Breash
Compthouse
Royal Exchange
Eaton
Westminster
Cambridge
Oxford
D.D
Church of England
House of Commons
Metropolian
Sam
Lagdicean
Richard ‘Dallon
Woolswich
Peake
Henry Peake
His Majesty's
Retta
Pobaht
David Towryy
His Majesty
Chatham
Aaymarket
Pugnani
Valig
Bach J
Secchini
Henley
Thames
Theatrical Entertainments and Market Notes
The program lists Drury Lane and Covent Garden offerings with The Same Tragedy Alonzo and The Golden Pippin, plus A Peep Behind the Curtains. A high water London Bridge notice appears with timing and pricing. Market items cover corn and grain prices, bank stock, bonds, and annuities with varied quotations and regional rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury-Lane
Alonzo
Covent-Gardens
Alzuma
Golden Pippin
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Postscript
General Evening Post
Sir
Coventgarden
Goviat-garden
Draryre
Evenrea
Corporation of London
London
Hastings
Wilkes
Florence
Tuscany
Naples
Academy of Mantua
St. James's Place
Dutchess
St. Alban’s
America
Earl of
C.E
London Bridge
Mark
India
Bath
Arthor
Navy
Bank
Long Ann
C. Dilly
J. Robson
New Bond-street
Newcaste
Earlisitt
Thomas Hawkins
Magdalen College
Thomas Hanmer
Clarendon “Press
S. Seacroft
Charing-cross
S. Bladon
Paternofter-row
D. Prince
J. Woodyer
N. BE
David Garrick
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
J. Grosvenor
Angel and Crown
Holborn
F. Newbery
J. Burrows
D. Fole
Os William Chipman
Burrows
M‘kinnon
Capel-court
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