Postscript to Editor on Polygon Hotel Rumor at Southampton
A London Prodigal denounces a General Evening Post account of the Polygon hotel and a masquerade as false and malicious. The letter argues the hotel is within three furlongs of town, that hackney fares are not excessive, and outlines a subscription plan to fund a hotel and tavern to lower lodging costs and improve country accommodations.
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General Evening
Southampton
London
Southamstan Ht
Voltarre
Pupin
Nature
R. P
Wirksworth
Derbyshire
L. S
L. Se
Reforming Gentry and Confessional Debate at Cambridge
A Cambridge letter from August 26 defends religious reform and religious liberty against harsh critics. It urges reading both sides The Confessional and its proponents to understand the petition to Parliament and the gospel’s role in church freedom. The writer attacks flattery and partiality toward Orthodox or heterodox views and urges fair judgment.
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Ex Orats General Evening Post
Mr. Jones
Dawson
Dr. Dawrson
Gilly
Lady Mayer
Dhr
Cambridge
Mail from Holland and strange experiments at Versailles
A Europe note describes Ali Bey rumored to be backed by a powerful group and likely to push campaigns toward Al. Marseille. Spaniards capture Algerine galliots and sail to Barcelona. M Tunnelstrick, from England, performs a bizarre Versailles experiment driving a nail into animal skulls and reviving them with a self made spirit.
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Holland
Ali Bey
Marseilles
Algerine
Barcelona
Paris
M. Tunnelstrick
England
Versailles
Death of Robert Wood Under Secretary and MP for Brackley
Last night at ten o'clock Robert Wood Esq died at Putney. He was an Under Secretary of State, Master of the Revels in Ireland, and MP for Brackley in Northamptonshire. A report had spoken of a possible visit by the king to this kingdom, but the troubles in his country may force him to retreat from the Continent, deemed a dangerous service.
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Ale
T.ady Dorothea
Bots
J. Coore
T. Evans
Paramalter
Theodora
L Ondon
Putney
Robert Wood
Revels
Ireland
Brackley
Northamptonhire
St. James's
Morse
Poole
Chefer
Mr. Wetton
Digges
Edinburgh
Pinto
Macklin
Polly Gates
Gates
Old Swan
Mr. Whitaker
Mendham
Suffolk
Paoli
Count Barzynski
Inverary
Highlands
James Boswell
Glasson
Smith-hills
Paisley
Henry Baillie
Cambrew
Gloucester
Rodway
Upton S. Leonard's
Rudway
Anglo-Irish affairs and commerce in a political survey
A wide ranging piece surveys Irish governance from the Lord Lieutenant’s agents in London to the planned winter parliament supply of half a million, plus commentary on parliamentary privilege and Cadfeul’s finances. It contrasts English and French manufactories, argues for domestic land improvement, and touches on local incidents in Chatham, Semley, Mendham, and Paisley, with notices of weddings, deaths, and a Paoli trip to Inverary.
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Ireland
St. James’s
Privy Council
London
Portsmouth
Dublin
Junius
Lord Holland
Lord Chatham
Cadfeul
France
Sawbridge
Crosby
Dudley
Britain
Portsmouth Dock
England
Marquis of
Halifax
Wilkes
Pratt
Court of Chancery
Oliver
House of Commons
Lord Camden
Portugal
Conde de Oeyras
Mr. Locke
Algiers
Spain
Turkey
Barbary
Italy
Baltic
Hamburgh
America
East Indies
East-Indies
Great Britain
William Petty
New Essence of Earl and Pearl Centrifice for Teeth
Wean Hemet the dentist and Princess Amalia present a new Essence of Earl and Pearl Centrifice claimed superior for teeth and gums. It promises enamel safety, whitening effects, loosened teeth firming, decay prevention, and fresh breath, with sales by Hemet’s agents in Cockspur Street and Leadenhall Street at 2s 6d.
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Hemet
Amalia
Mr. Hemet
W. Bayley
Per'amer
Cockspur-Street
Haymarket
J Price
Perfumer
India- Police
Leadenhall-street
London
Market Prices From Mark-larre Corn Market Report
Yesterday prices across corn and grain goods show Wheat 42 to 49s per quarter Barley 22 to 26s Rye 31 to 43s Oats 16 to 20s Finest Flour 39s per sack Second fort 36s Third fort 43s Br Malt 29 to 33s Pale Malt 32 to 35s Pease 76 to 32s Hog Pease 26 to 28s Beans 23 to 22s Tares 24 to 28s Rape Seed per barrel Afternoon at One o Clock South Sea Old Ann New 85 to q percent 1751 3 per cent India Ann India Bonds 54s Navy Bills 14a Bank Long Ann 26 Tickets 13 12s 6d
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India
Pr. Navy
Bank Long
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Golden-Cross Inn
Charing-Cross
Chester Post-Coach
Newport
Whitcurch, &c
G. Boulton, and Co. N.B
Areve
Boston West
Boston
White-Hart Inn
Bolton
Michaelmas
Boks
M. Vitruvius Pollio
W. Newton
J. Dodsley
Pall-mall
Dreets
Dana
Prise
Henry Pemberton
Gretham College
Fello
Royal Society
Berlin
Ames - Wilson
J. Nourse
Catharine-street
Strand
Price
Enius
Warenius
Iiaac Newton
Rollin
L. Hawes
W. Clarke
R. Cullins
Becket
Nicoll
W. Nicoll
St. Paul's Churchyard
T. Becket
R. Davis
Piccadily
T. Durham
Charing-c
Baume de Ve
Postscript
Spectator
Mark-larre
Consok
Long-Acre
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