Lively London Notes Report On Public Affairs And Obituaries
Various items from Deptford and London society: wages paid at the Royal Yard, licensing of publicans in Bishopsgate, court examinations of the City Surveyors, Buckingham fair cattle prices, ship captains and merchants embarking or departing, marriages and deaths in multiple households, a fatal riding accident near Temple Bar, lost goods, a pirate-like sharp thief in New Bond Street, and notes on Corsican independence sentiment and naval procurement. Also mentions a Russian ship launched at Kronstadt, wheat price drops at Tenby, and succession changes in Irish peerage including Lord Wisc Mayo.
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Deptford
Morey
Kant
Cheap
Buckingham Fair
Riddle
Pocock
Charles-Hopkins, Esq
Charles-fired
Berkeley-Square
Susan Rudson
New Bondstreet
St. George’s Church
Hanover-quare
Rob. Findgate
Swallow-street
Piccadilly
Mifg Ewet
Roger Hesketh
Josephr. Brockholes
Mains
Lancashire
John Newton
Bear Aldgate
Hart-street
Bloomsbury
Benjatin Spackman
Royal Navy
Mr. Hill
Broadway
Westminster
Mr. Nailor
George-and- Ballalehouse
Yetterday
Temple
George Arkins
Duke of St. Alban’s
Francis Braint
Shoot-up Hill
Kilburn
Walthamstow
Es- Tex
Prentice
Wollel
Coleman Street
Hackney
Stephen Mee
George Colebroke
John Lesingham
Tankard
Rochester
Jace
Temple Bar
Great Britain
Cronstadt
Prince Menzhoff
Reid
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Calcutta
Thompson
Latham
Moffat
London
Madeira
Florence
Tenby
Pembrokeshire
John Lord Wisc. Mayo
David Bourke
County of Mayo
Ireland
Wigtown
Scotland
A Letter Against Women’s Tetes and Monstrous Wigs
A 18th century correspondent signed Benedict criticizes women’s wigs as offensive and harmful to society. He urges heavy taxation on fashion and mocks elaborate head coverings, comparing them to colonial styles and Hutten tots. The missive laments the loss of natural beauty and decorum, proposing simpler attire.
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The
London
Commonwealth
Sc. Benedict
Political Body and Natural Body Compare in Moral Treatise
In a letter attributed to MeEpicvs, the author argues politics mirrors medicine. He warns that constitutional disorders such as corruption and standing armies threaten dissolution, likening governance ills to fevers, consumption, and mortification, and urging timely reforms to avert collapse.
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London
Meres
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Gravesend
Scantey
Henton
Bedfordshire
Ebden
S. Bedford
Lampsford Mills
Wood-street
Berks
Newgate
Reading
Ambridge
Newgate -Market
Jonathan Roberts
Kent
New Bond-street
Fron Lloyd’s
Marth
Bookfeler
Charine-Cross
Arthur Rothwell
Qid
Bond-Street
Griffin
Bookfeller
Catherine-Street
Strand
Wilkieokfeller
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Turpin
Bockeller
St. John’s
Cook
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
Hugg
Wapping
Billitary Square
Fenchurch Street
John Cooper
Camberwell
Wilts
Pewie Clatterbuck
Bath
Daniel. Clatterbuclk
Bradford
Woddhouse
Bridewell
Pervil
Charles Smith
Portugal Street
Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
Turky
Wilton
Japan
Alfo
Northfleet
Dartford
Thames
Gregory
Clifford’s Inn
William Banister
Northfest
M A WE
Duke of Leeds
W. Griffin
Catherine Street
Bucks
Maffay
J. Pridden
the Feathers
Fleet-Street
Harris
Philips
Exter
N. Bailey
T- Osborng
H. Woodfall
J. Beecroft
Strahan
Jo Histon
J. Rivington
R. Baldwin
Wafton
Hawes
Clarke
Huthamdr
Cookery, &Cs
London Evening-Post
Mr. Meres
Yam
C. Benevolus
Fieschier
Conferce
Amu