The Carmelite Friar and the French Marriage Scandal
A London Evening Post letter from Paris April 17 recounts a harrowing tale of a 12,000 livres yearly couple wed by a Carmelite Fryar, the bride Fatigued by feast and dancing, the friar exploiting the bedroom, a ruined marriage, and a suit to declare the union null. The piece condemns clerical authority and family scandal in the aftermath.
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London Evening-Post
Paris
Bugetagne
Hais
Mr. Garmelite Fryar
Kher
Mathers
Max
Fragment from a Victorian letter about marriage precedent
A fragmentary quotation presents a playful contrast on marriage duties and authority, remarking that no husband will permit certain behavior unless he himself has had a child. The tone is satirical and to the point, with a narrator signing as Harry Briton.
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Riage
Tam
Harry Briton
Deaths News From Ireland and Shipping Incidents
Ireland items report the deaths of John Beecher junior esq of Affidown and Anthony Shepard junior esq mp for Longford. Also noted is a ship stranded near Haggardstown with Indigo and Sugar, crew saved, and a St Ives sloop driven into harbour with part cargo saved by Capt Vernon.
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Longford
Haggard’s
Lowth
Vernon
Notable Executions and Clergy Deaths Reported Across Counties
Ipswich records the death of the Rev Robert Beaumont A M minister at St Laurence in his 53rd year. Trials at Bury St Edmunds recount Wallage and Bicker executed for house breaking with confessions of robberies and accomplices. Committals include Clements for robbery at Juby of Syleham and others for breaking into Thurston's chamber at Hoxne. An Ipswich item notes Arthur Barnardiston heir to Brightwell Hall dying of consumption in Uxbridge, with entail implications. Gloucester reports the death of Rev Saunders of Wotton Underedge and the execution of Arthur Jotham for returning from transportation, urging caution by example.
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Ipswich
Laff
Robert Beaumont
St. Laurence
John Wallage
John Bicker
Bury St. Edmund’s
Wallage
Bicker
Crisp
Siffer
Jonathan Clements
Edmund Juby
Syleham
John Hawes
Thomas Shreeve
John Thurston
Hoxne
Uxbridge
Arthur Barnardiston
Brightwell Hall
Samuel Barnardiston
Brightwell
Nathaniel
Barnarditton
Ely
Brightwell-Hall
Gloucester
Mr. Saunders
Wotton-Underedge
St. Peter’s
Antigua
William Saunders
St.’ Michael’s
Bristol
Arthur Jotham
Charvil
Untimely End of a Reckless Heir at the Gallows Site
A wayward youth, once the darling of his parents, exhausted their fortune through extravagance and neglect. Now friendless and ruined, he lies buried near the gallows as his tale ends in tragedy.
Notable Obits and Arrivals in London Society
London society roundup with deaths and marriages including Edward Strother and Samuel Dashwood. Lady Schutz bears a daughter at Brook Street. Lord Hobart buys the late Yarmouth estate in Norfolk. Goodyer and Booth wed. Tilbury vicar William Blake dies. Ship master cites Sir John Nortis near Lisbon arrival. Marriage rumors link John White Younger of Titley and Miss Wilde of Hereford with a £10,000 fortune. Lilliard and Perkins wed in Hampstead and Fenchurch Street. A quarrel at Charing-Cross ends with a jovial couple’s procession disrupted by a horse mishap. Peregrine Hogg weds Miss Newham with £10,000 fortune at St. Bride’s. Hampton Court palace to be redecorated for summer use. Four more Navy ships ordered to West Indies. Newmarket meet looms with the Cock Match between Dr Rust and Capt. Chapman.
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Soho Square
Edward Strother
College of Physicians
Augustus Schutz
Brookstreet
Lord Hobart
Earl of Yarmouth
Norfolk
Goodyer
Essex
Booth
Barron Booth
Drury-Lane Theatre
Grosvenor-sfreet
Samuel Dashwood
Earl Powlet
Tilbury
William Blake
East Tilbury
Lisbon
John Nortis
John White
Titley
Herefordshire
Perkins
Fenchurch-street
Annabella Silliard
Lilliard
Penhill
Bletchingly
Surrey
Charing-Cross
St. Bride’s Church
Peregrine Hogg
George-yard
Royal Palace
Hampton- Court
West Indies
Newmarket
Rust
Capt. Chapman
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