Monopolizing trade and a tangle of London crime reports
A summary of evolving monopolies in wheat transport to inland towns and a bank note recovery case at Drummonds. The report lists crimes and mishaps including a parrot egging, a love-struck footman, a Beadles order in Westminster, a fatal barge fight, a brutal robbery near Norwood, and the arrest of suspects in Litchfield Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Sheffield
Messrs. Drummonds
Charing-cross
East Indiaman
Gravesend
Customhouse
Stewart
Axe-yard
Westminster
Sir John Fielding
Bridewell
New Guildhall
Kingsland Road
Henry Guppy
Streatham
Norwood
Surry
Mr. Dunford
Postscript letters critique French behavior amid peace and governance
A series of letters to the London Evening Post criticizes France for insolent conduct after the peace, denying payment for Canada Bills, and breaching treaties through actions in Goree and Gambia. It also alleges Scottish dominance in colonies, opposition to Crown policy, and calls for scrutiny of public offices and astronomical appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Pol
Meres
France
Canada
Tuk
Goree
Gambia
Africa
Antigallicus
Copernicus
Gallileu
Halley
Astronor
la Cailér
A Luyer
Royal Society
Flaley
Odfiaer
Royal
Simpson
Muller
Christ’s Hospital
Greenwich
Tromomer Roya
London
Duke of Devonshire
Dover
New England
Pensylvania
New York
West Indies
Quebec
Great Britain
French Islands
Martinico
Guadalupe
Wirksworth
Newell On
Trent
Burton
Two Pair of Doves and a Parrot Satirize Letters
A playful fragment sent to the printer mocks a section of the London Evening Post. It features verses about two pairs of doves and a parrot, with a coy, lovers’ exchange and a jab at a writer needed for the Ministry, hinting at Pratt and Bath city affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Pott
Pratt
Bath
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Josiah Woodward
Archbishop TimeTson
Asalfon Profett
T. Longman
Isaac Barrow
Goel
John Page
Joshua Ward
White
L’ofterman
Atronape
Marth
Withy
Dunciad
Cornhill
Pose Fielding
Obert Dingley
Postscript
The
London Evening Post
Britain
Jerre- Ries
Piric
Hardy
C. PurLo-Pratt
Coleman- Street
Coleman-Street
Greenterh
Presz
Miaskee
Halhy
Vis
Lamm
Srearedh
Mchenaticians
Evterian
Johnfor
Fupeter
Seighey
Palladium
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