Kings, ministers, and the danger of court influence
The text laments ministerial deceit in royal rule and warns kings are surrounded by people in palaces who distort truth. It contrasts rulers governed by ministers with those who govern themselves, urging vigilance against French influence and the risks of party-driven governance and compromised foreign intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles UH
Europe
England
Charles
James
France
William
Insolent French Admiralty Actions Condemns British Merchant Ships
Letter from Antigallicus calls out French Admiralty courts in the West Indies for condemning British merchant ships driven ashore by weather. He denounces the actions as hostile and unjust, urging the ministry to demand redress and uphold English justice and friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Monett
West Indies
C. Antigallicus
Londown Evewntne Post Style Note On Names Decline
The fragment mentions AID SAWNEY-JOHN and Lord B stepping away while Yer still you rave and make four ronr. The text also references dye and quoth JOHN and a line about ANGLUS behind the curtain. The passage reads as a garbled historical note with unclear context and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawney
John
Lord B
Anglus
Noted Names and Promises in Freeholder Discussion
A fragment mentions MeEcHANnicus Puppius a freeholder and an Englishman receiving various favours. The text suggests favors will be inserted promptly and with all convenient speed as part of a broader discussion among named actors and unnamed supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meechannicus
Puppius
Memeirs
Erin
Ry & Chamel Psers
Bones
Minar
Risiorton
Whiton
Wate
Payne
Pola Clarke
Coline
Johalbon
Uwen
Calley
Der
Horsheld
Longman
Ivar
Stoo
Giltug Kidhsrutona
Shickhburgh
Unsettled London News and Maritime Reports
London dispatches report a late month arrival expected for a foreign dignitary, legal actions against officials, and multiple city incidents. Updates cover a funeral in Boulogne, security court proceedings, a pastor appointment in Leeds, a wedding in Newgate-street, and a death in Wandsworth. Additional notes discuss electric experiments, a fatal street murder, fraud schemes, robberies, trade cargoes, and ship arrivals and departures. The text also lists theatre showings and river-level tides for London Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Mecklenburgh
Churchill
Boulogne
Humphrey Co
Dover
Sauiay
Paris
of la Trappe
Augustine
East Florida
Carolina
West Indies
Mentin
Manillas
Europe
Bay of
Manilla
Malaita
St. Diego
St. Andrew
la Vera Cruz
Guildhall
Newgate-market
Partick
Newgate-street
Macquillin
Nightingale Draper
Wandsworth
Greenwich
Laney
Old Street
New Norfolk Street
Grosvenor Square
St. Martin’s In the Fields
Cox
Bridewell
Prentice
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Sympson
East Smithfield
Tower-hill
Straits
Russia
Sweden
Holland
Fox
Martin
Quebec
Philadelphia
India
Oporio
Lisbon
Hamburgh
Madeira
Bremen
Chavesend
Dea
Noz
Industry
Aveary
Sevile
Orangefield
Morris
Lowry
Midia
Havre de Grace
William, Thompson
Poole
N.W
Drury -Lane
Cy Mbelyne
Covent-Garden
Thomas and
Sally
Drury-Lane
Covent - Garden
S&s
London Bridge
Synopy
Icsband
Wiowwlew
South Sea
Ebouw Oa
C. Consol
Ct. Navy
India Konds
Navy & Vy
Yeass
STRAW
Whitechapel
Khalf Bank
St. James’s
Hay
Hill
Aid Che
John Page
Joshua Ward
White
L’ofterman
Marsh
Charing-Cross
Withy
Dunciad
Cornhill
Westminter
Joan FiaLipino
Rospest Dingeery
N.B
Ariel
Londen
John Quiney
Stagorius
Edith
Curney
Wale
Clowes
Neumsper I. Price
Will'am Luk
New Brentford
Pembroke College
Yalord
Tr. Catlon
Waiah
J. Cooke
Oxford
Cambridge
Society of Arts, &c
Yull
Elizabehh
Farner
Comber
R- Davis
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