Loyal Address From Old Sarum Demands Harsh War Measures
A spoof London Evening Post piece from Old Sarum pleads with the king to press the war in North America with vigor. It praises ministers, calls for harsh action against rebels and disloyalists, and imagines punishment of American dissenters to revive English trade.
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Old Sarum
chiesBogs
Lingland
North America
Manchester
Liverpool
Lancashire
Samuel Johnson
Shebbeare
Macpherson
John Dalrymple
Quebec
Canada
Georgia
United Provinces
England
Picrochole’s grand war scheme mocked by Senate of ministers
In a mock dialogue from Rabelais, King Picrochole learns of ministers Duke of Moncrail Earl Spadafin and Captain Mordaile proposing a vast campaign. They plot conquering Grardgoufier and sweeping across Europe, with promises of glory and world dominance, while a wary adviser questions the plan’s feasibility and sanity.
Picrochole and contemporary foibles in a satiric glance
The excerpt contrasts a fictional tyrant with modern governance, noting how past and present rulers reflect absurdities. It critiques weak leadership and impudence through sharp, period-voiced sarcasm and allusion, ending with a Latin reference to the VELUTIIN SPECULUM.
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Picrochole
Frantc
Earl Spadahn
Velutiin
Winchester county meeting provokes voice from heaven on mercy
The London Evening Post reports a Winchester county meeting where a voice from heaven or purported priestly utterance questioned which party seeks neighborly mercy. The piece lists numerous clergy names and mocks the Addresse as signed by about a hundred, then sent to the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, with a jab about its birth in the church and a final dig at the bawdy-house.
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Meeiing
Winchester
Thurday
Hampshire
Fortis
Ashe —Gabel
P. Rivers —Balguy
Stevens
Baker
Lear — Tawney — Barley
Mulfo — Willis —Cotton —Nott ——Wharton
Dennis —Penton — White —Dunlod
Price —Webster
Prie&s
Queen Mary
N. B
Israel
Isle of Wight
Parsons
Iland
Portsmouth
Friends of
Berks
Lord Craven
America
Imposed On and Attacked Lords in Senate Address
A dramatic public Papers passage denounces noble officers allied with administration for imposing on American aid and resistance. It questions who imposed the error, mocks credulity, laments costly consequences to families, and urges the Senate to speak boldly for Britain and America with clemency and resolve.
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Bed
Printers argue for royal supremacy in British empire
The London Evening Post advocates claim that all governments require a central supreme authority. It argues the King, Lords, and Commons hold unlimited legislative power over the empire, making any notion of limited sovereignty incoherent.
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Texaton
Great Britain
Tha
Debate on American taxation and British liberty echoes in Liverpool
The piece argues that taxation without representation destroys liberty, contrasting British constitutional balance with American subjugation under Parliament. It claims Americans are unfairly taxed, calls for lenient measures over coercion, and cites Burkean pacification efforts, with notices of local petitions, a fire at a bakery, and a Gretna Green marriage expedition.
Lottery scheme promises prizes up to 250000 pounds
A prospectus describes buying Pope and Co tickets at the King s Arms Lombard Street and other streets to win prizes in a lottery. The plan offers a 16 pounds 16s cost per ticket with a two week draw window. If the ticket is blank Pope and Co will refund 15 pounds or repurchase at 15 pounds if not drawn, with 439 additional prizes in the state lottery. Tickets can be divided into halves quarters eighths and the originals kept at a bank for pending payment. The drawing begins on Monday next.
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Berks
Hatte
Price
Poney
Craven
Abingdon
Burke
Duke of Gloucester
Bedford
North America
Pope and Co
Pope
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