Proposals for University Improvements by Academicus
A lengthy Postscript argues for public discussion of Controversy and presents Propositions to guard youth virtue and improve literary study at Cambridge. Proposals urge emulation, examinations, honorary distinctions, and student discipline as means to raise morals, reduce idleness, and enhance learning, with a plan to form a Syndicate to seek the Chancellor's view and public support.
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Academical Senate
Cambridge
College of St. Joan’s
Amlar
Senate
Academicus
Trinity and St John’s as sole colleges for private Examinations
A letter argues that Trinity and St John’s are the only colleges able to provide sufficient Youth for annual admission numbers and to host Examinations within the private walls of a single Society.
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Tris
Trinity
St. John’s
Evening Post notice to Featunures Young Ladies
Charm, age, and virtue praised as guidance for young women. The verse admonishes modest dress and wisdom, warns against vanity and flashy attire, and urges sincerity in matters of love and friendship. The poem hints at parental influence and challenges to romantic aims without explicit actions or dates.
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General Evening Post
Warlika
Cupid
Furer
Nucgart
Parliament Session Reports Shaftesbury Poll and Poole Inquiry
The House of Commons ballot for a Select Committee on Hans Wintrop Mortimer’s petition over Shaftesbury election results. Debates on the Bamison Inclosing Bill, Hindon electors, and insolvent debtors followed. Lords heard a Chancery appeal about Frances Hancorn with trustee failure. News covers Poole election ruling, Shaftesbury scandal hints, recent fires, and market prices.
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House of Commons
Hans Wintrop Mortimer
Shaftesbury
Dorset
George Younge
Lord Guernesey
Do. Clive
Hongerford
Mr. Carzon
Wm. Drake
James Sutton
Annesley
C. Holte
George Robinson
John Duntze
G. Vin. Vernon
Richard Worsley
Asmyth
Dashwood
Northampton
Coussel
Sir George Sa
Hindon
Geo. Savile
House of Lords
Court of Chancery
John Bartlet Allen
Frances Hancorn
Bedford
Flego
Charles Spencer
Poole
Eyre Coote
Mauger
Thomas Spence
Fox
Solicitor General
Rigby
House
Witney
Penvin
Crawford
House of Peers
New-England
Thames
Isis
London
Cricklade
Wils
Poole Committee
Poole Arft
Punch
Boston
Massachusetts Bay
Henry Seymour Conway
Bury St. Edmund’s
Earl of Bristol
Yeterday
Half-moon Tavern
Lima
Cadiz
Ickworth Park
Suffolk
Géorg Earlof Bristel
York
John Bolton
Elizabeth Rainbow
Ackworth
Leadenhall Market
Lamb
Whitechapel
Tom
Scolefield
Fowler
Turner
Butler
Simson
Haydon
Frankland
Fogil
Haas
Light
Jameson
Earle
Cooper
Cooperage
Queenstreet
Alderman Shakespear
Stepney Causeway
Mr. Fernandez
Devonshire
Houndeitch
Lot-Mayor
Poultry Compter
Woodstreet
Searca
Mecklenburgh-Strelitz
Monmouth
Henry Popple
Lace
36Th Regiment of Foot
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Postscript
Pace
SPOCK
India
Ithur
Inca
Hutch
Bank Ann
Navy
C. Air
Bank
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