Law on prisoners fetters cited from old penal law text
A letter to The General Evening Post quotes passages from a out of print book on penal law. It discusses whether irons may be used on prisoners from arraignment to trial and critiques the torture of body in mental distress, citing Layer and judges. The piece frames the rights of the unhappy and references the 1680s era legal debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Evening Post
Flave
Wilkes
Akerman
Layer
Sayer
A. B
Desperate villains to be tried at Old Bailey next sessions
An old notice from an unnamed jury member warns that criminals will be tried at the Old Bailey with no irons and fears comrades may attempt to spirit them away in triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Evening Post
London
Old Bailey Court
A Young Trader’s Odd London Venture Revealed
A letter from a young tradesman in a London firm describes how he quit his own trade to partner with a leading dealer. He details bold advertising puffery, street improvements, mob tensions at a grocer’s shop, and questionable actions as a justice of the peace, including a pompous letter to constables. The correspondent confesses unease, then cautious optimism about weathering the voyage and the rogue partner’s reckless methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Evening Post
Conatt
Reynard
Lime-street
London
John Bull
Bu Ines
Puffing and threats in a shopkeeper's smug letter
A fragmented letter from John Bull reveals a shopkeeper praising puffed notices to attract customers while lamenting crowding, theft risk, and mobbing at examinations of pickpockets. He discusses biased entry, the loss of gentlemen customers, and the cunning of a colleague who signs the puff pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craces
Srvants
Jose
Tyburn- Road
John Bull
Contemptible Dispute Over Debt Imprisonment Mirrored
The speaker argues for debt imprisonment as essential to enforce contracts, declaring wrecked notions of debtor liability unworkable. He dismisses reforms as impractical, cites parliamentary acts recognizing confinement, and asserts long practice has become legally propriety to safeguard trade and security of payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A&s
Fragmented philosophical reminiscence from a sixteenth century figure
The excerpt reflects a preoccupation with freedom and intellect, tracing a life shaped by believed birth in Paris and a cradle in court and Jesuits, then listing influences Bayle Locke Shaftsbury and Eolingbroke. It situates Lyceum and Bastille as marks of early lyric effort and imprisonment, naming Corneille and classical schools near Athens and Cicero's Turculan academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anite
Paris
Court of Parliament
College of Jesuits
Lyceum
Bayle
Locke
Shaftsbury
Eolingbroke
Legion of Casuists
Nine Mules
Turr
Otto
Melpomene
Corneille
Lyceu
Aristotle
Athens
Cicero
Turculan
Clandestine Marriage at Drury Lane Receives Mixed Review
The Drury Lane performance of The Clandestine Marriage on October 12 drew praise for Powell and Yates in key roles while denouncing Mr. Love as unsuitable for Sterling. Critics lament the loss of Mrs Clive and Mrs. Palmer, noting Mrs. Hopkins lacks the former drollery, and applaud King for Lord Ogleby, with Dodd and Kniveton rated below the original.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mers. Powell
Holland
Palmer
Yates
Clive
Plym
Powell
Lovewell
Cautherly
Mr. Holland
Sir John Melville
Aickin
Sterling
Mr. Love
Brush
Mr. Palmer
Fanny Sterling
Mosland
Heidelberg
Hopkins
Dodd
Kniveton
Baddeley
Canton
Frvant
Jealous Wife at Covent-Garden in October 77
A historical review praises the October 77 Drury Lane version of The Jealous Wife, noting its borrowings from Henry Fielding and the blended plots. It discusses character portrayals by Yates and Bensley, remarks on jealousy as a motive beyond love, and laments the loss of eminent performers while praising the play’s judicious handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury-lace Theatre
Poundling
Henry Fielding
Sophia Western
Lady Bellarton’s
Oakley
Mia
Major Oakiey
Harry Beagle
Capt
Cutter
Ays
Yates
Drury Lane Theatre
Major Oakley
Charles
Harriet
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Testament PoLitique
M. de Vizmo
Geneva
de V
Voltaire
Paradise
St. Francis
St. Dg
Rancour
Drury-Lane Theatre
Covent-Gambis Theatre
Ofober
Mr. Codse
Kitchen
A. F. Bushing
D.D
University ‘of
Gottingen
Duifverg
T. Cadell
Strand
Long-Acre
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