Restoring Triennial Parliaments and India Company quarrels
A letter to the London Evening Post discusses the push to restore Triennial Parliaments despite protests from peers. It notes fifty years since rights were removed and compares ongoing danger to the Great Mogul, urging action before the danger returns. It then comments on the East India Company, highlighting internal quarrels after its vast Indian gains and urging parties to heed the biblical warning that a divided house cannot stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Publicus
London Evening Post
Meres
East India Company
India
Europe
C. Pacificus
Wholesalers Accuse Rumor Of Wheat Price Sting
Cheltenham March 28. A reader signs as Philo-Pauper disputing a recent item about wheat selling at 4s 6d a bushel at Tewksbury. He alleges the price reports misstate markets in Gloucester and surrounding towns, blaming a hoarder farmer and warning Parliament may curb thrashing. He questions the informer’s motives and notes wide unthrashed stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Cheltenham
Tewksbury
Gloucester
Philo-Pauper
Epigram on Pamphlets Targeting Earl of Chatham
London Evening Post reflects on a swarm of pamphlets against the Earl of Chatham and the ministry. An epigram by M. F. on steel awakens its fire as effort sharpens its shine while brazen critics burn brighter with every strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
the Earl of Chatham
Admonitory Verses to Dexia in London Evening Post
A fragment of verse from the London Evening Post addressing Dexia Celia Goddess of thy race. It extols inner beauty wisdom and wit over outward charm and warns against trivial suitors while praising a virtuous match chosen by fate. AMOROSO.
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London
Dexia
Celia
Wisdom and Folly Stage a Moral Duel in Verse
An 18th century verse tale pits Wisdom against Folly in a crowded street drama. Minerva condemns vanity and vice while Folly mocks morality, rallies crowds, and declares she will die for amusement. Wisdom resumes lecturing, but Folly leads a swift exit as the crowd disperses, leaving Wisdom alone.
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Minerva
Miss Prue
Mark
Vasily Gaves
Alons
Oakman
Plan to augment Crown revenues via trade and Hudson's Bay
London reports a government plan to increase English trade profits and Hudson's Bay settlement revenues. It outlines carriage sizes and wheel specs for wagons, carts, coaches, and private carriages, with flexibility for country closeness and limits on axle lengths. Additional items cover church gifts from the late Dauphiness, Jesuit canonisation in Rome, and noble theatricals in Parma. The India commander refused a royal share, honoring his former superior.
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London
Hudson’s Bay
Paris
Chartres
Verdun
Royal Abbey of
St. Denis
Cardinal de Luynes
Countess de la Marche
Rome
Europe
Francis de Jerome
Cardinal Camerlingue
Parma
Royal College of Nobles
House of Farnafe
Calais
de Belloy
India
Earls and fleets across the seas and a Bristol theft
Reports from Worcestershire to Bombay describe the Earl of Plymouth arriving in Town from Hewel Grange, Capt. Gower to command a small squadron, and the East India Company eyeing Greenland Dock as a safer port. News details include a Maratta forts expedition, Bristol brandy seizures, deaths in Warsaw and Turin, a Beauchamp Windsor marriage plan, a Chelmsford wedding, public misfortunes, and a violent daylight robbery with murder near Newgate.
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Earl of Plymouth
Hewel Grange
Worcestershire
Gower
Tague
East India Company
Greenland
Blackwall
Bombay
Malabar
Bristol
Lundy
Warsaw
Zaluski
Kiev
Ermeland
Poniatowski
Prince Poniatowski
Nam’d Ignatius
Joseph
Lord Beauchamp
Earl of Hertford
Mills Windsor
Lady Mount Stewart
Lord Viscount Windsor
St. Andrew’s ‘Church
Holborn
George Pochin
Essex Militia
Molly Bate
Chelmsford
Bate
North Fambridge
Essex
Barton
Veere
Abraham Gerritsen
Waiehi
Countess de Salafque
Savoye
Turin
Constance
Celestine
St. Gal
Beda Anghern de Hagenwyl
St. John de Toggenburgh
Bow
Stratford
Worgan Thomas
Argyle Buildings
Hutton
Edward Popham
Swallow-street
Oxford Road
Wood
Oney
Newgate-market
Smith
Griffiths
Mutton - Lane
Holloway
Griffith
Wager on water flow and odd street inscriptions
A Strand wager questions how long a mile of water would run to waste at a fixed rate, sparked by a misread inscription about a water pipe laid deep in Grosvenor Street. The item recalls maritime notices, theatre listings, and stock quotes typical of a London newspaper, with references to Down winds, Lent preachers, and recent city notices.
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Grosvenor-street
Deal
Downs
Admiral Pocock
Joseph Fox
House of Commons
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Evans
Aldersgate Street
Shoe-lane
Jack
Queen’s Arms
Chapel Royal
Tottie
Whitehall
Douglas
St. Paul's Cathedral
Robert Gibson
Drury-Lane
Alexander
Powell
Lysimachus
Benfley
Clystus
Holland
Roxana
Yates
Duce
Covent-Garden
Mr. Smith
Mr. Ross
Lady
Bellamy
King’s Theatre
Haymarket
London Bridge
Ricls Bank
South Sea
Old
Ann
Bk Re. Fhur
Consol
UCKS
Ditto
India Ann
Navy
Duchess of
Orleans
F. Newbery
Turlington
Aktha Wray
William Wray
Robert ‘Turlington
Mary Sqpp
Robert Turlington
Ing’s Arms
Birchin-Lane
Royal Exchange
Martha Wray
Mary Sopp
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