Curious 18th Century Whitehall Notices From Hertfordshire to Cadiz
A long miscellaneous column reports on people of note and various incidents: a man once in Electorate of Hanover now under royal inspection at the Queen’s Palace, aging and not savage. appointments of Rev. James Allen and Rev. James Biffin to church livings. multiple obituaries and marriages including Mrs Leigh and Mrs Shaw. naval and coastal news from Africa to Sardinia. weather, floods, drownings, and ship actions. a Gravesend boating accident. masquerade bans in Copenhagen and Stockholm. bread-and-butter notices of shipyards and a Royal bounty distribution. and an advertisement for Rowley’s British Herb Tobacco detailing benefits and prices.
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Hanover
England
Berkhamstead
Hertfordshire
Queen
Montague
James Allen
James Biffin
Moreland
Leicester
Lincoln
Wife
Harlow
Essex
Stebbing
Rayner
William Ball
Salisury
Thomas
St. Wedaft
Foster
St. Michael le Quern
Cape Coast Castle
Donnellan
East Indies
Mazulipatam
Kingdom of
Golconda
Marquis de Conflans
Brox- Mead
Esfes
Beckford Cater
Kendall
Cater
London
George II
Canterbury
Leigh
St. Margaret’s
Hatton Garden
Mead
Pall Mall
Shaw
Sir John Shaw
Eltham
Kent
Mr. Richardson
Meff. Fletcher and Hunt
Teamen
Mr. Vanderplank
Little Bartholomew Close
Mr. Robinson
Dunmow
William Raymond
Black Notley
Braintree
Esex
Raymond
Collins
Laft
Waltham
Surridge
Laf
Ireton
Gravel Lane
Houndsditch
Philipps
Erasmus Philipps
Ware
Chapman
Sackville-street
Sarah Halifax
Fleet-street
Camberwell
Tuite
Billiter-lane
Woodriff
St. Catherine Cree Church
Leadenhall Street
Kenington
Josiah Martin
Dublin
Lockhart
Isle of Man
Stanwix
Grays
Thames
Gravesend
Boyer
Fourdatior
Taylor
Walbrook
Lee-bridge
Newgate
Ltoyp
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Dauphin of
France
Rheims
Mediterranean
Cape la Hogue
Dunkirk
Brest
Alderney
Spithead
Plymouth
Havre de Grace
Torbay
Maidenhead
Rowley
St. Paul’s Coffee House
James Rowley
No Change in Ministry Predicted Despite Rumors
A London Evening Post reader dismisses rumors of a coming ministry change as unfounded, calling them despairing factional chatter. The writer asserts the current ministers enjoy the sovereign's favor, competent leadership, and aim to fix high prices, taxes, and corruption while defending Britain's rights and liberties. Pro Patria.
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London Evening Post
Manilla
England
Ingrates and Indignant Portsquese Policy in London
A letter to the printer decries Portugueze ingratitude to Britain after the war, arguing Britain preserved the Crown and the nation, while Portugal violates solemn treaties and harms commerce. A second anecdote condemns a beer-house barber who uses news to spout conjecture and detraction, mocking petty journalists who judge princes and ministers, urging caution against meddling busybodies.
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London Evening Post
Meres
Great Britain
London Evening-Post
Mereks
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Pomerset
Somerset
George Inn
Wals
Prowse
Somer-Set
Mr/Pipe
Samuel Lan Ili.y
Checkley
Stafordshire
J. Dodsley
Pall-Mall
J. Wilkie
St. Paul’s
C. Elegally
Es Bowen
B. Martin
W Owen
Temple Bar
Swift
Dean Swift
Dre Bineu
Hawkes
Wonru
Ottawa
Addison
Lord Bolingbroke
Pope
Gay
Arbuthnot
Piccadilly
L. Davis
C. Reymers
Gray’s-lun Gate
Holbourne
Josiah Woodward
Archbishop Tiretson
Asalfon
T. Longman
Pater-nofter-Row
Isaac Barrow
Bath
Tunbridge
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