Pay and merit reform for soldiers proposed in royal letter
PHILANTHROPOS reports a London Evening Post excerpt urging higher army pay, immediate salary increases for all ranks, and a merit order to spur discipline and honor. It proposes a Knights of St George decoration and calls for an end to hardship, arguing improved pay sustains valor and reduces corruption.
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England
Knights of St. George
Ot. George
Cela
Knights of Minerva
St. George
George
Potter
Excife
Mrs. Greeve
Blyth
Mary Jarvis
Piccadilly
Burlington House
St. George’s Hospital
Portsmouth
Ridsdale
Jonaston
Suns Derland
Jane
Roper
Newcastle
Olive Branch
Wells
Eltham
Elliat
Venice
Williamson
London
Marys Sparks
Plymouth
Be Fey
Britteftosy
Rotterdam
Philadelphia
Quebec
Reynolds
Bonetta
Squires
Tryal
Mackenzie
Charming
Sally
Moore
Stettin
Providencia
Nickong
Christiana
Industry
Purcell
Carmare
Sunny Side
Belley
Sunderland
Laft
Baldermock
Stotland
John ‘Culquhoun
Edinburgh
Alpest Munro, Esq
Couil
Wisdom of Sovereigns in Bath Knighthood Debate
Printer of the London Evening Post laments the era of rewarding individuals with honours and badges that outshine wealth. He defends a list of Knights of the Bath as a rebuke to current grumblers and magnifiers of past glories, presenting it as both flattery and proof.
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Knights of the Most Honourable Institution of the Bath
Royal honours list praises against the White Boys
A lengthy praise list honors noble figures for loyalty to the crown and government. Sir John Mordaunt, Lord Onflay, Sir W. B. Proctor, Sir G. Warren, Earl of Bellamont, Earl of Inchiquin, Lord Clive, Sir Charles Frederic, Sir H. Mann, Sir F. Lindsay, and Sir G. McCartney are lauded for defense of the king, support of order, and public virtue amid ongoing unrest or political strife.
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Caeateo Kwicuts
John Mordaunt
France
Lord Onflay
W. B. Pro&or
Middlesex
G. Warren
Earl of Bellamonta
Charles Frederic
Board of Ordnance
H. Mann
F. Lydsay
King’s Bench
G. M‘cartney
To be Sold at Beachworch Dale in Surrey
The estate at Beachworch in Surry is offered for sale by order of Christopher Kinby Esquire. A plan and particulars may be viewed by applying to Robert Taylor Esquire at Spring-Gardens Charing-Cross. The property lies twenty miles from London and three miles from Ryegate and Darking.
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London
B.C
Adams
Walbrook
Bard
Felix
Sheriff Bull
Sivorn
Queenhithe Ward
North America
Newcastl
New Quay
Whitehaven
Cheesman
Greenland
France seeks Asiatic ascendency via India plans
Postscript argues that France aims for Asian dominance but questions reports of French troops leaving Mauritius and India. The writer accuses authorities of puffing up rumors to raise prices, notes the Bengal monopolies, and laments British plunder of millions of subjects in those regions.
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France
Mauritius
Europe
India
Bengal
Great Britain
London gossipy column notes titles and railings
London gossip recounts Premier's visit to Lord Chatham over a condemned Mr. Jones slated for execution next week, Roscius and Torre stagecraft near destruction, royal favors to physicians, and theatre schemes thwarted by Bow Street. Local misrule includes Piccadilly street debris, a rider injuring a pedestrian, and port news from Newcastle to Portsmouth with fires and deaths.
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Lord Chatham
Mr. Jones
Woolwich
Pitt
Ireland
Miss Munro
Gool
Duke of Gloucester
Italy
Monsieur Torre
Roscius
Drury Lane
Torre
England
Hampton
Ranelagh
Timothy Tallboy
Marybone
Bow-street
Conway
Freworks Royal
Churchill
Unprincipled adventurers and tyrants abroad and at home
The correspondent laments outrages by tyrants abroad and argues for redress, criticizing abuses in laws and the company governance. He cites Bolts’s doctrines as vindication for insisting on justice and condemns public papers for spreading falsehoods and impeding reform. Honestus signs with concern for mankind and the British name.
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Bolts
C. Honestus
Wilts Independence Queried in Lord Bruce Appointment
Intelligence from the London Evening Post reports Lord Bruce named Preserver of the Independence of Wiltshire. The piece questions peer influence in elections, noting two noble lords backing a candidate aligned with court interests and contrasting independence with residency and religious associations. It also mentions a noble lord facing resistance from northern freeholders over electoral mandates.
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London Evening Post
Lord Bruce
Wilts
Goddard
Herbert
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