Herod and ministerial conduct judged by English press
The London Evening Port warns England about Lord North's finances and policy. It accuses the minister of血blooded measures and misappropriation, likening him to Herod and criticizing taxation, naval reforms, and public offices. The piece argues for an impartial examination of Pitt and Cornwall’s model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord North
Herod
E c. Herod
Rome
Augustus
England
Fats
Naval Department
Radshaw
Legge
Duncan
Chan Cellor
Mr. Pitt
English Shepherd Ends Hidden Records of Achievement
Fragmentary excerpt references a British shepherd and loss, hinting at a distillation of human achievement records. The text is garbled, with stray phrases about ministry, braking, and a shepherd, lacking coherent events or names to confirm a news item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry
Anthey
Criticism of a New Tragedy Attacks Female Authors
A letter to the printer of the London Evening, dated May 10, 1779, rebukes a recent review in the St James's Chronicle that targets a new tragedy’s author for being a woman. The writer accuses the critic of resentment and scapegoats celebrated women writers while suggesting the critic’s motives may stem from personal injury or sourness, possibly blaming a Soho coal man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague
Carter
Heroe
Soho
Witness to Reynolds Glass Works at New College
An extempore remark on seeing Sir Joshua Reynolds figures used in stained glass for New College Oxford. The piece critiques Reynolds’s prominence in the Royal Exhibition and defies denial of his influence, citing Jorvais and Punch as references while the Observator persona rails at being called an egregious ass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Joshua Reynolds
New College
Oxford
Jorvais
Political selections in Harwich and surrounding boroughs
The piece surveys political figures aligned with or against ministerial power, naming Robison and numerous MPs from Gloucestershire to Hertfordshire and Leominster. It portrays supporters of the Crown, oppositionists, and Tory loyalties, with notes on contracts, offices, and parliamentary behavior.
Fragmented 18th Century Borough Election Sketch
A garbled record lists Teawkebury and Cirencefer borough figures with party leanings. It mocks independent and ministerial aligned voters like Sir Willas Cedington and James Martz while naming Gloucester activists Charles Barrow and Georges Augustus Selecyn as opposed to reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teawkebury
Willas Cedington
Batt
James Martz
Rockingham
Borough of
Cirencefer
James
Lord North
Gloucester
Charles Barrow
Eig
Eealous Ogpo
Tionik
Georges Augusius Selecyn
Eigg
Minster
LugeerSiail
London dispatch warns Admiral Arbuthnot blocked at sea
London reports orders to stop Admiral Arbuthnot from sailing to America. Torbay fleet unavailable for home defence, Portsmouth ships stripped to fit him out. Government intelligence from Georgia suggested skirmishes between Generals Prevost and Lincoln with Lincoln prevailing. Clinton unable to reinforce Prevost, war criticized as mismanaged and failing to resolve Irish issues amid commerce stagnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbuthnot
America
Torbay
Portsmouth
Admiralty
Georgia
General Prevost
Lincoln
Henry Clinton
Prevott
Ireland
Custom House
Dublin
Marquis of Rockingham
Debates on Ireland Crisis and Tax Proposals in London
Extract from Liverpool May 10 notes distress over Ireland resolutions and a planned compromise. Lords and ministers clash over opposition to a new house tax and executive powers. Reports of privateers, prize ships, a London accident, and local marriages complete a crowded financial and political update with stock prices and notices from Nicholson and Co. Stock-brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Clements
Ieeland
Treasury
Lord Suffolk
Lord Lyttelton
Marquis of Rockingham
Lord North
Sea Service
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Pok
Sir
Dunie
Psa
James Paterson
Gracechurch-street
Robert Cox - Frapp
George Hickes
Geare Church Freer
Londoy
Robert Cox Trapp
Toby
House of Commons
Curiaf
Harwich
Felin Robinson
Feumbe
East India
Robinson
Duke of Northumberland
Duncan Campbell
House of
Gloucefershire
Sir William Guise
Ele
Willian
Bromley Chester
Ely
Herefordaire
Sir George, Cornmail
Hereford
John Scudamore
Richard Symons
Bart
Borough
Leominster
Viscount Bateman
Stag Hounds
Rederick Cornwall
Wisches
Charles Cornwall
Weobly
W. Lynch
Turin
Lord Weymouth
Bedford
John St. Leger Douglas
Rigby
Hertfordshire
William Plamer
Duke of Portland
Thomas Hally
Hertford
John Calvert
Paul Fielde
St. Albans
Richard Suttoe
Spencer
Foba Radclife
Lord Carlile
Liverpool
Resolution
London Bridge
Cone
St. Mary Woolnoth
Lombard
Treet
Adolphus ‘Wilson
Mills Priscilla Langon
James Bateman
Manchester
Margaret Nicholson
Snow-Hull
Devins
Wilthhire
Bath
Thomas Middleton Trollope
Thomas. Trollope, Bart
Calwick
Lincolnshire
India
New Navy Assurance
Nicholson and Co
King’s Arms
Nice
W. Bayley
Gockpur Freer
Haymarket
A. Rochwelly
Ciyet
Jahn
Grosvenor Perfumer
Chancery Lane
Holborn
J. Price
Leadenhall-Itrex
Cocksper-street
William Bayley
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