Crawford Defends Honor Amid College Dispute
Charles Crawford of Queen’s College Ganbridge asserts his innocence against a letter that accused him of spite and cowardice. He says he met the author with two witnesses and offers to prove the truth, promising cane-flaid proof if needed. He challenges the writer to come forth and defend his accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St” Dent
St. Peter’s College
Hell
Charles Crawford
Queen's College
Ganbridge
Mont Voltaire Plans French Satire on London
A correspondent from France reports Mont Voltaire has been drafting a comic piece for the French stage titled Les Demagogues de Londres and awaits the Lord Mayor’s day for final touches. The work targets English hypocrisy with caricatured roles such as Atheist Parson and Brutal Tyrant, amid anticipated additions like Worsted Stocking Villain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenine Post
SSR
France
Mont. Voltaire
Londres
Debates at our vestry and a quarrel over religion
A letter describes a heated vestry meeting after morning service. A reverend lecturer is accused of harshly judging Socinians and Arians. A curator is rebuked, Milton is cited, and a heated exchange ends with appeals for calm and clarity on religious sentiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D4f Retter
Drv
Iim
Verdes
Deancan
Disorderly Record of Trials and Foreign News From 18th-Century London
A compact summary of legal arguments before the Recorder in Guildhall regarding the arrest of judgment in a City matter with Serjeant Burland and others leading to a postponed judgment. Includes the Queen’s levee at St James's, Drury Lane theater outing, military dispositions in Poland, details of Turkish and Tartar forces, Unghar’s victory near the Danube, and a Johnson Boswell anecdote with Highland travel, plus political candidacy and a harsh critique of a Justice of the Peace appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Plimbe
Guildhall
Burland
Baldwin
Ladd
Dunning
Davenport
Post
Alleyne
Council-Chamber
Kew
Queen's Palace
St. James’s
Queen’s Palace
Drury-lane Theatre
Albumazar
Warfato
Poland
Danube
Romanzow
Podolia
Octacow
Inverary
Johnson
Boswell
Isle of Sky
Scolmhill
Isle of Coll
Coll
Isle of
Mull
Allan Maclean
Duke of Argyle
Glasgow
Auchinleck
Highlands
Lord Elibank
East Lothian
Peckham
Austin-friars
Coleman-street
Robert
Bridge
Calico-Printer Found Dead and Local Thefts in London
A calico printer at Kennington Common hanged himself after supper leaving few belongings. A wife discovered a lover in bed with her husband on Oxford Street, then nakedly driven into the street by a mob. A Thames-street sharper stole a gold watch and 13 guineas from a walker. A ship captain from America cut his throat at dinner in Rotherhithe. Two women pickpocketed a lady near Gilead Square, while a shopkeeper traced the purse. Rev Dawson presented to Bolton rectory. Ambrose Humphrys marries Miss Jackson at St. Ann's Soho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Callico-Printing
Kennington-common
Oxford-street
Thames Street
America
Mr. Dawson
Lincoln College
Oxford
Bolton
Yorkshire
Christopher Dawson
Bolton-hall
St. Ann’s
Soho
Ambrose Humphrys
Miss Jackson
Poultry
High Water at London Bridee Theatrical Listings
Notices announce high water timings for London Bridee and theatre ads for Daury Lang plus Covent Garden shows Albumazar Love in a Village Tamerlane Comus and Pigmy Revels with prices and bond listings for India bonds and Navy bills in 18th century style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London-Bridee
Daury-Lang
Albumazar
Tamerlane
Covent-Garden
Love
Comus
Confol
Banky
Ann
Gofat
India
Pte Navy
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James Stephen
J. Towers
Foig-street
Cripplegate
R. Baldwin
Paternofter-row
W. Owen
Fleet-street
T. Longman
J. Buckland
C. Dilly
T. Field and Cor
Asia
Africa
Oterry
England
London
Thense
Frederick Watson
M.A. Wigar
Sutton
G. Kearfly
Fleet Street
Great Britain
Iceland
Caracawandvns, &c
Dulness
Tinfel
Polanhian
Eh Twa
Christ
Egfamle
Shen
Messina
Fenite
Brescia
Consantinole
Leghorn
Genoa
Dennis
Turin
Baar-Key
Joseph How
William Marshall
Wheaton Fk
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Houfhold
Ib.oz. di
Theis
Indies
M. G&iland
Royal Academy
Paris
Ty Bongatan
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