Free Citizen voices against Worcester bribery and British misrule
A letter to the London Evening Post denounces Worcester election bribery and the national cost of corruption. The writer condemns Lord Clive’s influence, Lord George Germaine’s zeal to uncover truth, and the Nabob culture fueling luxury. He warns Parliament’s future, taxes, and misuse of funds imperiling England, urging electors to act in the next general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Worcester
George Germaine
Monney
Janto
Manifeld
Burt
Carlton-house
England
Masquerades and riotous scenes alarm London readers
The letter denounces winter masquerades and licentious revelry as a scandal and urges the civil power to intervene. It condemns the tolerance of such public disorder and calls out two venues as outlets for folly and immorality, urging action to curb these amusements.
Note of Hand or The Trip to Newmarket at Drury Lane
A new farce called A Note of Hand or The Trip to Newmarket is staged at Drury Lane. Rivers, a rich young man ruined at Newmarket, contemplates Ireland but is drawn into a scheme with Mrs Chievely. A note promise leads to a comic chain involving Revel, an Irish tenant, and Rivers, with Revel eventually uniting Rivers and his mistress as the plot resolves. The piece mocks Newmarket black legs and gambling among townsfolk, and is attributed to Mr Qumberland with sharper humour than many sentimental comedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Lord Clive
Worecester
Asia
Watkin Lewes
Newmarket
Drury
Hare
Rivers
Ireland
O'Connor M'Cornick
Qumberland
Victorian era political clash over Wor cester election forces stand
Postscript laments Sir Watkin Lewes may fail to win Wor cester amid a power alliance of Colonel Lechmere Lord Coventry and Mr. Rous. Bribery accusations surface as General Clavering's appointment to India sparks debate. Major Grant moves to nominate Col. Monson to succeed Clavering, provoking procedural clashes and adjournment fights among proprietors.
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Watkin Lewes
Worcester
India House
Duke of Richmond
Clavering
General Clavering
Grant
Col
Notable Irish Farmer Farce Earns Strong Applause
The troupe delivered a lively performance with Moody as a refined Irish farmer and Dodd as a city apprentice turned gentleman. The show united education and life circumstances in a humorous way, receiving widespread approval and likely to bolster the stock list of farces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E World
Mr. Moody
Mr. Dodd
Prentice
Appointment of General Clavering and desired Monson successor
The piece criticizes the disorder in British India’s military leadership after ending a Commander in Chief term. It praises General Clavering as satisfactory to East India Company friends and argues for Colonel Monson as a conditional successor, highlighting Monson’s amiable character and respected military standing, urging support from rational proprietors.
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Court of ‘Directors
George Monson
John Clavering
India
Clavering
Bengal
Bahar
Orissa
Parker
Col. Monson
General Clavering
Creighton
Adair
Court of Directors
Proprietary
British India
Friends
The
East India Company
Monson
Prices of SFOCKS and Annuities at Tuso o Clock
Prices of stock and bond names appear with fractions and notes such as Bank Annuities reduced to 6 and 1 half, Long Annuities 25 4 3 8 half, India Bonds 24s with 258 premium, and references to Consul bonds 1762 with various half per cent figures.
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India
South Sea
Circo
Dito
Indig
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London Evening Post
Bath
Postscript
London
James Cockburne
Moore
Coutts
Pall Mall
Stevenson
Whitby
Greenland
Joshua Crump
Gift Regiment of Foot
Lee
Portsmouth
Willingmind
Hingham
Exeter
Eleanor
Farmer
Plymouth
William and Mary
Harrison
Dartmouth
Orpheus
M‘bride
West Ward
Venture
Cearney
Mearteilles
Abraham
Rose-Alley
Bishopsgate-street
Kirby
James-street
Thames
Iron-Pate
Lowden
Haberdasher
Charles-street
Rotherhithe
St. Sepulchre
Jeremiah Sexton
Susanna Marth
Hampstead
York
George Palmes
Naburn
Joseph Field
Bankside
Southwark
Deal
Wind N.N.W
Westmoreland
Kentith
Mary
Johnson
Jamaica
Adamant
Chown
Hillford
Planter
Bowers
Virginia
Sabina
Clark
Senegal
Unity
Thompson
Pool
Maria
Priett
Bri Ab
Richmond
Hutchinson
Liverpool
Elizabeth
Owen
Dublin
Earl of Sandwich
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