Vessels Arrive and Tradesmen Warned inLondon and Riga
A London letter notes arrival of Parker and Mills from Newcastle and Wedel Rymer and Holliday from London at Riga. The Chance captained by Smith, from Rotterdam to Philadelphia with 218 Palatine passengers, reached Cowes last Monday. Lisbon reports a 74 gun man of war built there was launched unsuccessfully thrice and stuck on sand. Several English armourers returning from Portugal are expected home. Coventry and Warwick receive the Earl of Pembroke’s dragoons for quartering. Clergy and church appointments include Richard Terrick chosen Bishop of London. University admissions list Oxford and Cambridge intake, with replacements named. Marriages include David Swaile and Isaac Winter, with several deaths in London and Essex. The Tower moat will be cleaned. grain prices at Bearkey listed. A fire at the Horse and Groom destroys the inn and stock. a young woman’s fortune is mentioned. Eight executions are ordered at Newgate with several others respited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londoun
Parker and Mills
Newcastle
Wedel
Rymer
Holliday
London
Riga
Cowes
Smith
Rotterdam
Philadelphia
Leters
Lisbon
Portugal
England
Earl of Pembroke
Conway
Coventry
Warwick
Thomas Skinner
St. Paul’s
Richard Terrick
Peterborough
Osbalderton
Westminster School
Oxford
Bernard Hodgson
Wadham Knatchbull
Robert Burr
Achibald Macdonald
Cambridge
Cirl Jackson
Charles Grant
Edward Medley
William Sneyed
Wiliam Jackson
William Sifton
Edward Smedley
Richard Moore
Thomas Herring
James Ford
Gerard Andrews
John Willis
Linton Church
Skipton
Yorkshire
David Swaile
Miss Hewitt
Hewitt
Isaac Winter
Southwark
St. George the Martyr
Howard
Elizabeth Dent
Dent
Highgate
Holbrook
Cock and Bottle
Well-yard
Little Britain
Hampstead
Snoxell
Long- Acre
Stratford
Essex
Stephen Stephens
Whitechapel
William Partridge
Blackwell-hall
Aldermanbury
Wigmore
Saffronhill
Bearkey
Horse and Groom
Willowwalk
Tothill-fields
Excise Laws Opposed by Trenchard and Merchants
The letter criticizes Excise taxes as oppressive to freedom, arguing they undermine Parliament’s independence and threaten private households. It cites history, warns of nationwide reach, and condemns abuse of power by excisemen, urging a return to constitutional liberty. A second note questions pawnshop usury and high profits harming the poor.
Parliamentary Patronage and Public Employment Concerns
The speaker notes that lucrative public posts, ecclesiastical civil and military, are largely controlled by Parliament’s circle and their allies. He warns this patronage corrodes rights, liberties, and the constitution, estimating around twenty thousand offices in Crown gift and accusing ministers of manipulating appointments for gain.
Tartuffe and the Ruler’s Hypocrisy Exposed
A fragmentary verse critique targets the ruler and his entourage. The speaker denounces pedantry deceit and religious pretense masking ambition. The passage pivots on contrasts between virtue and power, labeling the state as hypocritical and corrupt.
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Joseph Redman
John Pennington
John Larey
David Ross
George Knight
Thomas Lawson
John Ives
George Rice
John Fairbrother
Thomas Elis
David Overton
John White
John Dixon
Michael Sampson
Boldero and Co
Richard Gray
Mr. Rice
Mary Watts
Mrs. Helms
William Smith
John Boyland
John Saunders
Rosemary-lane
Bupcer
Coreriee
E. Sumpter
Bible and Crown
Shoe-Lane
Fleet-Street
Right Rey
David Hume
A. Millar
Strand
A. Kincaid
A. Donaldson
Edinburgh
Duke of Newcastle
Great Britain
Ane
Groves II
Utrecht
Paris
Pitt
G+ Kearfly
St. Martin’s Church
Ludgate
J. Almon
Burlingson House
Piccadilly
J. Williams
Aga
America
Kitchen
China
London Magazine
Major Adams
Lord Egremont
Bengal
Tillage
Westminster
Mr. Wilkes
East India Company
Switzerland
R. Baldwin
Hill
Baldwin
Bookfeller
Pacernofter Row
Lifon
Commons of England
Genlemen
Cyder
Y4oe
Hein
London Evening Pott
Meres
The
London Evening Police
TFT
London Evening Post
Hall
Emerson
George's Coffee-Hous
Criticus
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