Obituary and incidents from London and Sussex notices
A Columbus of death and misfortune recounted from Sussex and London includes the death of Ingram of Curzon-firest and May Fair, Rev Dr Manningham of Jevington, and Henry Simpson of Camberwell. Also noted are drownings, a woman burned by a spark, a cart accident, and a brutal murder in Lower Holloway. Public notices describe incendiary letters to Taunton officials, park gamblers and prostitutes cleared, a death at Tyburn, and royal entertainments in Richmond Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Greenwich
Kent
James Chaloner
Royal Navy
Rotterdam
Thames
Limehouse
Wapping
Deming
Whitechapel
Marbles
London
James Poole
Taunton
Somerset
Taunton Dean
Mr. Poole
Poole
Coalition
Presbyterian
St. James’s Park
Westminster
Blue Anchor
Croydon
Surry
Poultry Compter
Francis Gorman
Thomas Griffiths
Lower Holloway
Tyburn
Gorman
This Day in QUARTO Rural Prospe Delineated Poem
A four book poem titled DGE-HILL or the Rural Prospe delineated and moralized appears in blue covers with ornaments by Wale Grignion and Ronker. The publication notes price and edition details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wale
Grignion
Ronker
Inclosures and public reform confront London voices
A reader letter complains about a public notice listing would be reformers joining government posts while denying rapid ministry changes. Another piece attacks inclosure advocates and parson Knowland, arguing against common-field enclosure and rent-focused schemes harming the poor. Private letters discuss courtship, portraiture of Love, and inquiries into a genteel fortune for marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Mzrys
Parson Knowland
Sam
C. Buckingham
Bribery and Corruption Threaten State Security
London Evening Post warns that bribery and political corruption undermine government, arguing reforms since the Revolution fail to curb it. It laments that voters sell votes for short term gain, while those in power profit and block stronger laws. The piece urges leaders to renounce the vice as the surest antidote to national decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Mary
Delightful May Letters to Delia from London
Extempore London Evening-Post fragment praises Delia with fabled travel yearnings for Rome and France. It invites May scenery, flowers, birdsong, and pastoral imagery to celebrate love and the springtime mood in a light romantic verse. The text evokes meadow scenes, lambs, cows, and a sultan of the field, concluding with a playful claim of love’s triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening-Post
J-W
Rome
France
Spain
London
Delia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ffather
Villian Pearseall
Church of England
Lloyd's
Richmond Gardens
Dukes of York
Gloucester
Cumberland
Prince of Bruns
Vigo
Principality of
Catalonia
Carthagena
Mediterranean
Jamaica
Leith Harbour
Reid
Aberlady
James Burn
Dysart
Covent Garden
Carmarthen
Richard Stephenson
John Thorton
Lancaster
Fanny
Betty
Liverpool
Wales
Benjamin Wilmot
Mercer
Round - Court
Chandois-street
Covent-Garden
N. B
Thom
Dimsdale
Hertford
W. Owen
Fleet-street
Temple-Bar
Sir James Steuart, Bart
A. Millar
T. Cadell
Strand
Richard Jago
A.M. Salve
J. Dodsley
Pall-mall
Fletcher
Oxford
Pearson and Aris
Birmingham
Jobson
Coventry
Sharp
Warwick
Keating
Stratford
Morgan
Litchfield
Smart
Wallal
Enclane
Julius Cesar
David Humf
Ato
Great Carter Lane
Doctors Commons
Cook
Cornhill
Bourgeois
Haymarket
Middleton
New Church
Mr. Leake
Bath
Easton
Salisbury S
Clay’s
Cambridge
Mr. Meres
Miss Lovewell
Jack
Coldstream Regiment of
Campaign
Burgundy
Venus
Bacchus
Jack Hopgrot
B.S
Cotuin
Deva
Joley Tars
Grimstone
Tol de Ra, &c
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