Scathing Broadside Attacks Sir Gilbert and Lord Bute
A hostile pamphlet denounces Sir Gilbert as a royal intriguer and praises despotism while attacking Lord Bute and the Duke of Cumberland. It accuses the Northward faction of corrupt politics, mocks the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and warns Newcastle freemen against parliamentary oppression and print censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlo Perico
Gilbert
Bute
Cai
Duke of Cumberland
St. James’s
Tweed
Luttrel
Earl of
Spain
Charles Jenkinson
London
Carlton-House
Newcastle
The Printer of 4e London Evening Post on Sir Walter Blackett
Northumberland letters discuss party history since the Revolution and accuse Sir Walter Blackett of shifting loyalties. The writer condemns his support for royal projects, corruption, and tampering with public liberty, contrasting past Tory resistance with present courtly alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Hoever
Walpole
House of Hanover
Walter Blackett
Brunswick
Walter
Liberty
Newcastle
Barthen
Controversy on human life and theatrical notices in London
A London Evening Post letter debates reform arguments and church toleration, urging open subscription and noncoercion, while a separate review covers Craddock’s Zobeide in Leicester and Goldsmith’s prologue with Mrs Yates, plus local notices on dirt, prizes, smuggling, and ship arrivals.
Petition to criminalize insult to Scots badge order of the thistle
Intelligence Extraordinary reports that Scots fear English resentment possibly as strong as German Jews. A petition by Lord M and Sawney Weldon seeks a bill making it felony to insult a Scot in thought word or deed and proposes every North Briton wear a badge bearing the motto Nemo me impune la cikt Touch me if you dare to deter offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
M—f
Sawney W
Order of the Thistle
Tragic note quoted from Voltaire and court exculpation news
The excerpt discusses Voltaire’s self criticism in a preface and notes a recent conference between the Earl of Bute and the King at St James's after a levee break. It also reports Beccles letters dated December 7 and the exculpation of Francis Matthew Schutz, Esq. before Lord Chief Justice De Grey regarding a grave accusation by his brother John.
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Zobeide
Sylvia
Atham
Persia
Indater
Athamand
Hasan
Afan
Cyrus
Hermedon
Seyfel
Jadater
Hermodon
Goldsmith
Murphy
Schutz
Benjamin Reed
Stockton Upon
Tease
Durham
His Majesty’s Court of ‘Common Pleas
Westminster
Piccadilly
Duke Street
St. James’s Street
Voltaire
Earl of Bute
St. James’s
Beccles
Francis Matthew Schutz
de Grey
John
Testimonial on Diuretic Drops for Dropsy Cure
Richard Keynes from Salisbury writes to Dr Lowther thanking him for a cure via diuretic drops for his wife’s dropsy after unsuccessful prior treatments. He reports she recovered after three days of use and gives consent for public publication to help others with the fatal disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisuury
Richard Keynes
Frcs Drop Patent Medicine Advertised at Holborn Sale
An 18th century advertisement describes FRCS DROP for pains and obstructions in the urinary passage with excrescences in the urethra and perineal discomfort. It warns against hoagies irritation, claims relief from a corbatic humour in conflitation and promotes the medicine as useful despite painful use. Prepared by Matthew Holand and sold at Holborn and Royal Exchange outlets with a sixpence price and a short essay on disorders of the urena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Holand
Soli
Ss. 3d
Flexney
Opposte Gray
Ian Gate
Holborn
Richardson
Urquhart
Royal Exchange
Mr. Durham
Boos
Charing Cross
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Sir Griprkr Extor, Bart
Northumberland
Clerus
Dean
Theatre Royal Covent Garden
Scythian
Scythia
Mr. Fiher
Imaus
Vesta
A I R
Mr. Reinhold
Guildhall
Milbank
Portman-square
Deptford
Dalbiac
William Forrester
6Th Regiment of Foot
Rufane
Foxall
Oatlane
Windsor
John Scott
Flintshire
Jatt
Harrow
John Ingram
Master Sinclair
Joseph Sinclair
Excise
Deal
Wind S
Pantheon
Hormodon
Clark
The
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Don
Dr. Lowther
Hatton Garden
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