Address on Spirits and Government Finances
A letter argues that government abuse defrauds the people through spirit liquor sales. It laments ministers who failed to restrain distillers and cites rising spirits consumption as harming health and increasing costs. The writer urges a temporary duty reduction to ease hardship, linking corn used in distilling to rising prices and national misery. Pro Patria.
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London
Meres
Niamer
Orion
Fener-Ati
Lethmaovicuy
Cors
Debate on Physic Harms in Modern Eloquence School
The London Evening Post reports Mr Meres opened a Monday debate at a Temple Bar hall on whether present medicine harms more than it helps mankind. A Quaker introduced the topic, a speaker recounted a tale of poison and cure, and a critic argued contemporary practice often saves more lives yet many physicians lack proper study. The discussion featured Mr Coleman defending physicians and a concluding note praising medical service despite flaws.
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London Evening -Post
Meres
Temple-Bar
Glyfer-pipe
Devery Ptack
Pas Otterbe
Luan
Steyy
Soeceter
Coleman
Physe
Eyene
Wen
Rumor of political shifts and curious machines in town
From the West End comes intelligence of a rising number of Calonian and Caledonified members likely to enter Parliament, with bets on a change. An English Jesuit in the city may renounce Rome for the Church of England, aided by friends. A cabinet maker claims to have invented a horseless carriage engine and a breath-powered lifting device, planning public demonstrations like the Sigur Comus.
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Church of Rome
Church of England
Quere
S&s
James Harrison
Statiovere Hall
G. Kearfly
Ludgate Street
J. Robson
New Bond Street
J. Walter
Charing-Cross
H. Parker
Courtly Levee and Royal Travel Headlines
This morning the Earl of Shelburne hosted a large Levee of nobility at Berkeley-square. A messenger arrived from Ireland with a bill for Sectnal Parliaments tied to the Money bill to push its passage. Various peers departed on journeys from London houses to counties, including Conway, Calvert, Vernon, and the Duchess of Richmond, with several others following to Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Suffolk locales.
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Earl of
Henry Seymour Conway
Earl of Hertford
Coventry
Upper Offory
Fragmented 18th Century News Briefs on Trade and Accidents
Readable items report diversions of naval press gangs, recruitment for the East India Company, and complaints about sailors on long trading voyages. Notices cover ship movements, parliamentary deaths, accidents, robberies in Berkeley Square, and local elections in Newcastle.
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Cyre Fyne
Lars
Ahikter
P.S. Knaves
Grooze
Daphne
Chloe
Florella
Damon
Phillis
France
Spain
Perot
Wit
Minorca
America
Highlands
Scotland
Hon. East-India Company
England
Fe’nnight
Bush
Tuckfield
Johny Tuckfeld
Tulford
Devon
Exeter
William Gould
Downes
Fetterlane
Charles Spooner
M’ Ardell
Holborn
James
Earl of Winchelsea
Bond-tstreet
Burnet
Cie High
Cuangery-lane
Berkeley-Square
Newcastle
Francis Ferster
Efa
Cuthbert Smith
William Coulson
Alderman Forster
Earl of Selkirk
University of Gi Iew
Elizabeth
Jamaica
Sevile
Annison
Malaga
Trya
Budden
Philadelphia
Bottock
Thomas
Chester
Triumph
Finchal
Liverpool
Lothaio
Horatio
Betterley
Lavisia
Lefinghaay
Yates
Jerleyan
Faustus
Mahon
L Lipaner
Leongon Bridges
Tomormew Messing
Pric Bank
Ifs
Tadia
South Sea
Indizs An
Lottery
Mary & Via
Tiurfaay
Rhea
Bund
Amilius
Sophia
J. J. Rousseau
T. Becket
P. A. de Hondt
Strand
Mr. Rousseau
Eloiffa
Eres
Dictionaire de Musique
Hay-Market
Orlife
Drury- Lane
Flora
Ovent Garden
Sciolio
Altamont
Hoastie
John MacPherson
D.D
Isle of Sky
J. Balfour
Edinburgh
Beaume de Vie
V.tenrees
Great Britain
Ireland
Europe
W. Nicol
St. Paul's Church
T. Becker
Straud
T. Durham
Richardson and Co
Royal Exchange
R+ Davis
Piccadilly
W. Flexves
Holbourne
Scovtaml
Tyce
Faye Tai
Nieve
Berle
St. Paul's Couies
Grea Gricat Iyi
Hepertinon
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