An Address on Morals and Royal Power in Britain
The piece argues reform must be broad and moral, likening to Nineveh, warning that bribery and corruption in Prime Ministers and MPs threaten the monarchy and nation. It calls kingship to virtue, limits on arbitrary power, and urges universal repentance and reverent governance under God. The text then shifts to a legal debate on libel, falsehood, and scandal in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nineveh
England
Great Britain
Theophilus
Truth and Falsehood Debate Libel Law in London
A dialogue in the London Evening Post, Truth and Falsehood spar over defamation law. They discuss whether truth excuses libel, reference Lord Mansfield and Coke, and note a new third-Helf penny duty forcing newspaper price rise to three-pence, with printers arguing the shift covers only duty costs and requires more capital.
Masquerade Markers at Carlisle-house Preview
A fragmentary notice lists principal masquerade markers and proposed characters in a forthcoming event at Carlisle-house hosted by Mrs. Cornelys. The list includes a tableau of titled figures and costumes such as the Goddess of Fancy, Rembrandt’s Gaid Weigher, and a Bachanalian, with several other aristocratic personae and roles hinted at in a dense, antiquated prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle-house
Ives
Buce
Duke of
Gloucvster
Duke of Cumberland
Lord North
Lord Mansfield
Lord Barrington
Devonthire
Duchess of
Devonshire
Dorser
Rembrandt
Gage
Old Keckfey
Weymouth
Lord March
Mr. Rigby
Broughton
Lord Maynard
Lord Sandwich
Sir John Fielding
Tisesias
G——r
Maidenhead
Five Bells
Strand
Lord Rochford
Ensign Richardson
B. H—k—ns
His
Alderman Wilkes
Blau’s
Bosecdik
British dispatches claim Lee and Arnold near major cities with large forces
London reports authentic intelligence that General Lee is entrenched before New York with 15,000 men and Arnold near Quebec with about 20,000, while Cherokee tribes have taken up arms in defense of the colonies. News from Halifax was withheld as government vigilance prevented deliveries at Falmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Falmouth
Plague of war strains supplies in Grenada and London
Extracts from May letters describe reliance on Providence as Grenada’s provisions dwindle under American warfare. Reports note a Somerset repair in Plymouth, Priscilla returns from Davis Strait, and Londoners react to Wilkes and Liberty politics while parishes tally the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenada
Providence
Plymouth
Somerset
America
England
Priscilla
Franks
Shields
Davis’s Straits
Massachuset’s Bay
New England
Royal Exchange
Doctor Hutchinson
Board of Trade
London
Montesquieu
Middlesex
Wilkes
Mr. Wilkes
France
Spain
East-Indies
Old England
Liberty
Guildhall
Kirkman
Plumbe
Parody Duenna Opera Sparks Political Debate and Sales
A newly published Duenna parody mocks Covent Garden performances while praisingits wit and morality. Articles urge temperance in entertainments and note a push to promote trade and manufacture through refined pleasures. Wenham and Co announce tickets and stock shares for sale at No 11 Poultry with various bank and annuity prices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covent-garden
Charles
Bacchus, Wenham and Co
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London Evening
King’s Bench Conantry
Coke
The
London Evening Post
Truth
Postscript
Buardig
Wirkhoues
Clerk
North-America
Robinson
Foote
Hick’s Hall
John Sangster
Jones
Stepney Green
Whitechapel
Epsom
Sarah Blagrove
Blagrove
Elys
Holborn
Ann Clements
Clements
Coppin
Bunhill-row
Morfelds
Deal
S.W
Portsmouth
Friendship
Wormel
Newfoundland
Swan
Jeffreys
Liverpool
India
South Sea
Gank
Imac
Consol
Pr. Navy
Dir
Dr. Price
S.ae
Price
Suephen Sayre
William Henry Earl of
Westminster-hall
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