Letter to Lord Clare from Bristol Citizen 1772
A Bristol citizen writes to Lord Viscount Clare denouncing his support for ministry and condemning the treatment of Mr Peach. The writer accuses Clare of private gain over public duty, praises Mr Peach, and urges integrity amid calls for septennial parliaments and American liberty. Dated Bristol February 29 1772 and Bristol February 26 1772.
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Lord & Clare
Peach
Bristol
Lord Viscount Clare
Snowbridge
House of Commons
Peacé
Daniel Harfon
Collecor
Tom Pine
America
Lord Clare
Amorous Lord Gr with a Masquerade Wench
Printer of the London Evening Post recounts Cornelys masquerade tale where Lord Gr-r, beguiled by a beauty, seeks marriage terms then discovers the concealed wife in Pall-Mall. The scene ends with shocked recognition and laughter as truth unfolds.
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London Evening Post
Sir
The
Cornelys
Gr——r
Pall-Mall
Gentlemen and Freeholders Urged to Withhold Votes
A historic Salop county notice requests the gentlemen clergy and freeholders not to engage their votes in the next general election. It states that a gentleman who previously enjoyed broad support may again be proposed for consideration, urging restraint in political campaigning.
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County of
Salop
Notice of General Court of the East India Company
East-India House on March 6 1772 announces a General Court of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies will meet at Leadenhall Street on Thursday next the 14th instant at eleven in the forenoon for special affairs on behalf of several proprietors.
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East-India House
United Company of Merchants of England
Leadenhall_street
Ramsay
India
East India Company
Bengal
MacDonald
Calcutta
England
Eri
Queen of Denmark found guilty of adultery trial ends
The Queen of Denmark has been convicted of adultery and Count Struensee is ordered to be beheaded before the window of the castle where she is confined. The sentence follows a trial that has drawn wide attention.
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Denmark
Count Struensee
Royal Marriage Debate Moves to Committee Stage
The Lords discuss whether the crown has legal care and approbation over marriages of descendants of King George II. Judges’ opinions vary on scope, with debate over grandchildren and presumptive heirs. Reports say opposition to the royal marriage bill may grow, and speculation links to Denmark and Struensee.
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George II
Baron Smythe
Geo
Minutes in Parliament and local notices in Clifton
Lords read time and adjourned on bills including inland tea duty and Plymouth street cleaning, with petitions for private bills. Commons deferred insolvent debtors, dissolved Ligonier marriage, and considered naval oak timber and Sunday trade bans. Local notices mention Lam beth rejoicings, a market stall fore stall, drownings, and marriages. Cambridge and Oxford university actions on subscription and 39 articles. Clifton tale of a delayed marriage and a widow’s infant.
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Plymouth
The
Commons
Lord Ligonier
London
Westminster
Lambeth
Whitechapel
Catne
Essex Road
Watts
Wapping Oldstairs
Cambridge
Desgrees
University of Oxford
Latt
Saxethorpe
Norfolk
Ambroke-Hall
Salle and Caufton
Deal
Wind S
Hooper
Bristol
Johnson
Portsmouth
Fanny
Swines
Lymington
Clifton
Olney
Magenis the Dentist at Batson’s Coffee House
Magenis, a dentist in Buffel Court near Drur Lane Play-house, offers pain free tooth extractions in thirty minutes and can fit real or artificial teeth. He uses tinctures and dentifrices, claims to cure gum curvature and restore gums, with no fee until satisfaction. Available Thursdays 12 to 3 at Batson’s Coffee House near the Royal Exchange.
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Acob Hemet
Amelia
Hemet
W. Bayley
Cockpureimer
Haymarket
J. Price
India House
Leadenhall-street
London
Miss Purdie
Bath
J. le Brun
Rue Dauphine
Paris
Magenis
Buffel Court
Drur
Lane
Batson
Royal Exchange
Parliament Weekly Narrative Promised for Tuesday Next
An authentic narrative of the proceedings of the House of Commons during this week will be inserted on Tuesday next as a detailed record for readers. The notice emphasizes a formal summary of debates and actions for the public.
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Praegepines
House of Commons
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Yorkshire
Durham
Newcastle
Northumberland
Miss Franckfort
Lord Offery
Miss Rivers
Constantia Pembroke
House of Lords
Royal
Regium Donum
George Onslow
Treasury Board
George
Great Britain
Lord
William Hutton
Lords
Godfrey
Olivers Dale
Oliver Fitzgerald
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