Strolling Politician Narrates a Turbulent Market Town Sojourn
A wandering writer recounts fleeing London for a Kent market town, facing ecclesiastical scorn, a village quarrel over road taxes, and comic misadventures. He endures colonial jest, a church sermon nap, and a public dispute between a land-jobber and an attorney, before plotting pacification in a country troubled by authority.
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Cainta
la ‘Maticha
London
Muggleton
Sin'Rohere Filmer
Br. Barrow
Filmer
Aeolege
Ceunselog
Per Pays
Peru
Garcilaso de la Vega
Rly
Alkilte
Kent
Goodwin
House of Correction
Sapport
Epigram on Bedford election humor
In the General Evening Post an epigram remarks on Rev. Mr. B d of Bedford who attacked the Vicar of Bray at the recent borough election. The speaker questions why B d was once a friend but is now cursed, and another reply cites the death of His Grace the Deke as the cause.
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Evening Post
Bedford
Bray
Tom
Deke
Lynn
Yarmouth
Olive Branch
Michelson
Liberty
John Watts
Oats
London
Cranmer
Active
Henzel
Elizabeth
Mary
Miller
Yarmouth Roads
Glynn
Strannock
Petersburgh
Thomas
Geagawain
Charante
Dunkirk
Sainthil
Cadiz
Bay of Biscay
Spain
Court of Kings Bench
Charles Gilbert
Henry Burtenshaw
Gilbert
Burtenshaw
Sussex
Speaker Earns Public Backing as Parliament Reopens
Yesterday the Speaker announced royal approval of his reappointment and affirmed two goals for his chair: faithfully executing House directives and listening to every member. Oaths were administered to members from Bedford to Dorset, with vows of allegiance and abjuration, followed by qualification declarations. The House adjourned after a quarter past four.
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Londo
House of Commons
House of Peers
Commons of
Great Britain
Bedford
Berks, &c
Cornwall
Cumberland
Derby
Devon
Dorset
Speech Read In The Lords On Cabal Government
The Upper House cleared yesterday Pay of the Ladies and several Lords took oaths. The King’s Speech was read by the Chancellor and then by the Clerk. Earl of Hadleigh rose and delivered a long aidable speech outlining the cabal and the mother country situation.
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Earl of
London Debates on Address and Middlesex Election
Report of debates in Parliament on the royal Address and measures related to Middlesex election. Lords argued temper and reconciliation, with votes on the Address and potential expunging motions. Also coverage of mandamus issues at Guildhall, the mayor and aldermen, and legal proceedings in King’s Bench.
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Shire
Duke
Den
Burne
St. James’s
Commons
Guildhall
Yeserday
Akkirman Bull
House of Commons
Bull
Landbridge
Hayley
Lewes
Newnham
King's-Bench
John Hart
William Neate
Dunning
King’s- Bench
Hart
Ewet
Townsend
Alderman Kennett
Alsop
Asgill
Harley
Turner
Shakespeare
Esdaile
Kennett
Kirkman
Oliver
Thomas
Rawlinson
Hopkins
Plomer
Bridgen
Crosby
Sawbridge
Hallifax
Plumbe
Peckham
York
Sheffield
Duke of Norfolk
Market Prices and Execution Report Loudly Told
The document lists prices at Leadenhall and Whitechapel markets for beef veal lamb and hay straw with figures and ranges. It then describes a mail robbery near Wakefield, a felonious act at a Bow pub, and finally a detailed account of executions at Newgate Tyburn with crowd size attire, ceremonies, and aftermath including a pocket-picking incident and a church appointment to E Compton in Dorsetshire and the death of Walden Orme in Peterborough.
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Barrett
Lucas
Peckham
Dunning
Lade
Mr. Morgan
Leadenhall Market
Houlison
Bow
Newgate
Coleby
Tyburn
Rann
Jones
Lane
Trotman
Lewis
Kensington
Collins
Worceser College
Oxford
John Pitt, Baty
E. Compton
Dorsetshire
Peterborough
Walden Orme
London Bridge High Water Times Report
A London Bridge water report lists tidal times for tomorrow morning and afternoon with several references to minutes after specific hours. The notes indicate a sequence of high water events with values around five to twenty two minutes after indicated times on a Saturday.
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London Bridge
Indian and international bank stock prices and bonds report
Afternoon quotations show SFOCKS Bank stock at 14221143 in India and 149122 for South Sea. Old and new South Sea annuities listed, 4 percent bank stock decreased, Consols, various Indian bonds at 52a cs. Navy bills, lottery tickets at 161-6s. a1 45.
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Sfocks Bank
India
Bank Dni
Egfaga- Ditto
Qne
o’Cleckk
Inilia
Consol
Bank Ann
Gage India Bonds
Cs. Pr. Navy
C. Bilis
Zardif
Bank Long
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America
Germany
Paris
Boston
Priestly
Agath Naboba
Duke Apest
Littleton
Hinduttah
Parfan Horne
Treasury-Benth
Béatti
W———non
Moses
Becket
Neri
Xavier
Borromeo
Bob
Rusticus
Bear-Key
Josefa How
William Marshall
City of London
Sss
Th. Oz. Dr
Houthold
Avas
Odfrey
J. Dodilsy
Mali
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