Intelligence Extraordinary A Gratitude to the Great Commoner
The piece satirically notes how the late Great Commoner's elevation to a peerage relieves many indigent authors by providing meals and porter. It describes a proposed address of thanks and urges frequent ministry changes to prevent corruption, framing readers as grateful yet critical of political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Baldwin
Paternoster Row
Crogether
Great Britain, &c
Locke
Tillotson
Clarke
Hoadley
S. Ryley
M.D
Crowder
J. Conne
King’s Arms
Grea
Britain
Ireland
Advic
Mr. Crowder
Hr Nottor
Dr Hill
Hil
Coltsfoot
Hill
Bormaave
Shaw
Quincy
James
Royal Family News and Military Plans From London
London reports Prince Henry William enters his second year as expectations mount for Marquis of Granby to survey Hanover fortifications. Clive-backed plans to educate an East India Nabob’s son in England surface alongside noble patent grants for Sir William Johnson in America. York arrival of royal lodgings and a large nobility gathering precede a busy social week. Frigate and bomb-ketch ships reach Toulon as Canada money rises. horse racing notes and a cock fight between Yorkshire and Derbyshire gentlemen close the digest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince Henry William
Marquis of
Granby
Hanover
Clive
England
Sir William Johnson
America
City of
York
Col. St. John
Hamilton
Duke of York
Marine Department
Toulon
Genoa
Guinea
Canada
Paris
Hambleton and York Races Notes and Other News
Race results from Hambleton and York including 100 guineas plates for mares and four mile heats won by Nannetta and Crescente with top placers listed. Also Coventry and Manchester area purse events, Excise seizures, ships, imports, a Lisbon to Hull report, a river collision, and mid-August port movements with accidents and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hambleton
York
His Majesty’s
Mr. Fenwick
Nannetta
Farnham
Shadow
Puffman
Mr. Pearson
Ld. A. Hamilton
Obi
M. Chartotte
Mr. Parker
Bay H
Jerker
Mr. Bethell
Black
Prince
Mr. Waters
Br. H
Ees
Alry
Mr. Wentworth
Bay
Helvidius Sa Ag
Crescent
Mount Airy
Black Prince
Aurelianus
Charlotte
Noblemen and Gentlemen
Mr. Atkinson
Brilbane
John Lister Kaye
Mr. Thompson
Sampson
Mr. Beatson
Regulus
Mr. Stapleton
Brandling
Coventry
Wm. Webb
Elgr
Howe
H. Eelfkin
Bayley
Smith
John Moore
Fenton
C. Wolf
Philpott
Bourdeaux
Lundy
Baffora
Gulf of Persia
Berry
John Hall
Hull
Greenland
Maidstone
Portsmouth
Yfron Sophia Aguilla
Ratcliff Cross
Greggs
Fleming
Tower-hill
Temple- Bar
Fleet- Ditch
Exeter
Prices of Stock and Exchange Rates in 18th Century Ledger
Itemized currency and stock prices across Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Paris Bourdeaux and Iberian markets with notes on Old and New Annuities and various fractions. Includes Bank Red and Consol prices, and exchange rates for Cadiz Madrid Bilboa Leghorn Genoa Venice Lisbon Porto Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
South Sea
Cadiz
Madrid
Bilboa
Hs Leghorn
Genoa
Venice
Lisbon
Porto
Dublin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cair
Chesterfield
Mr. Coulson
Duke Kingston
H. Shadow
Mr. Cox
Cade
John Pennington
Mr. Boyer
C. Laurent
Lister
Redfern
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Mexico
Adals Exch
Long Ann
Bea
Are Wari
St. James's
Whitechapel
London Bridge
A. Miciar
T. Cadell
Catherine
Treet
Catrick, Lowth and Whitby
Burkitt
Sharp
Gion
Wishart
Abernethy
Duchal
Skelton
Difin
Matthew
Nollet
Ditto
M‘donnell
Moses
Lincoln’s Lain
Julian
Bolingbroke
Warlurton
Gloucester
Locre
Robertson
Scotland
Svar
Busching
Blackwell
Augustus
Strange
Rafer
Roe Llama E Revere
Loti K
Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke
Harrington
Miltn
Stott
Ludlow
Algernon Sydney
Neacon
Engeland
Elden
Ycoe
Bacon
Royal Peper
Gates
Folin
Ferarate
Harris
K. Cnalec
Ober Cromewell
Charles Young
Barbary
de Levan
Haris
Hanway
Russia
Siberia
Caspian Sea
H.neville
Molheim
Mac Clane
Long-Acre
Burrchell
Bu Ween
Royal Exchange
Chameberlen
Owland
France
Denmark
Cornhill
Lovven
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