Polls and Dispatches From a Turbulent Era
A jumble of reports from Hamburg Rome and London notes shifts in policy taxes excommunications and staffing changes. A Primate orders guards not to display arms for a minister while Prussian envoy presses a past declaration. Citizens of Hamburgh plan a capitation tax to gain import liberty. A Tuscan regency excommunication provokes papal confirmation. Military vessels may join Mediterranean service. A chapel foundation at Pancras parish is described alongside curiously crowded trades with French workers facing shop bans. A Harrogate feast celebrates a long wedding oath while a garbled bill of fare lists many dishes and diners. A 92 year old deputy landwaiter dies and a bishop inherits a fortune via marriage. A chandelier weight collapses near the Royal Exchange. a highwaymen incident near Bristow Causeway ends with a wounded suspect.
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France
Szartorintky
Hamburgh
Rome
Pienza
Tuscany
Mediterranean
Eare
Pancras
Charlotte-tree
Middlesex Hospital
England
Paris
Sir Thomas Clavering
Major Whitmore
Mr. Pemberton
Liddal
Swin
Lovell
Capt
Powell
Bonner
Barnard
James
Townsend
Peirfon
Fletcher
Foord
Sawer
Staveley
Heron
Scott
Blackett
Carr
Douckery
Hunter
Grace
Tomlinson
Lord Cardross
Siddal
St. Katherine’s
Tower
Benjamin Purfell
Customs
Ralph Allen
Prior Park
Bath
William Warburton
Gloucester
Royal Exchange
Controversy over military dismissals and Magna Charta rights
A London Evening Post letter argues that a high ranking officer’s dismissal was politically motivated, challenging ministerial logic and highlighting the dangers of a standing army detached from the people. The writer questions parliamentary actions, cites Grey’s conduct, and warns of future public debate on military and constitutional limits.
London Evening Post Thanks Readers and Plans Expansion
A London Evening Post notice thanks readers for encouragement amid prosecutions and announces expenses to improve the paper. It invites orders via news carriers or the printer and notes advertisements and intelligence items are received at Mr. Atmon, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly, amid remarks about a Daily paper writer’s accusation of containing famities.
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London Evening Post
Mereis
Fansrry
At Mon
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Conain
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Bristow Causeway
Ayman
Tastee
Postscriespf I
Jetter
Grey
Germany
London
Faize
Sam, Sir, &c
A. B
Cyder
Perry
Coke
Court of Exchequer
Middle-Temple
Edward Coke
Sir Edward Coke
Littleton
Edward I
Evtzasetra
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