Reform of Post Stages and Roads for the Kingdom
COSMOPOLITE argues for shortening post stages to ten or twelve miles, standardizing rates at six pence per mile, and mandating licensed post houses. Proposes county registries, levies to fund road repair and patrols, and uniform postillions’ livery to curb delays, murders, and abuses while boosting commerce and national prestige.
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Maage
France
Germany
Austria
Empire
Naumerous
Igedera
Bath
Times
Charles II
George II
England
Europe
Intelligence Extraordinary in Town Raises Trade Collapse
Reports claim the Gaming Trade suffers a fatal blow from a Saxon influence in Town. Several prominent figures in the fraternity are bankrupt, with speculation that many more will follow. Soon the entire company may dissolve and lucrative trade ruined.
Address of Thanks to the Throne and Arrival Notes in London
The House of Peers presented its Address of Thanks to the King, who replied with a gracious message urging relief for the poor amid high corn prices. Reports mention visits and arrivals of leading nobles in London and Grosvenor Square, including the Earls of Chatham Aylesbury Coventry, Sir James Lowther, James Mackenzie, the Duke of Dosset, and Commodore Palliser arriving from Newfoundland and Portsmouth.
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London
House of Peers
Corna
Duke of York
Ley
Earl of Chatham
Bath
Earl
Ayles
Grosvenor-square
Packington
Warwickshire
Lucy Knightly
Northampton
Grosvenor Square
Rawsley
Dorf
Duke
Dosset
Arlington
Knowle
Kent
Barnfaple
Devonshire
Dennis Rolle
Eig
West Florida
Commodore Palliser
Gover
Portsmouth
London and Edinburgh gossip mix in a crowded postal tale
Reports from Edinburgh say Lord Clive plans to buy a large estate in southern Scotland while Paris confirms Count Chatelet Lomont will depart for London to assume a British embassy post. Scilly and Woolwich note naval movements and a Texel transport wreck near Belleisle. London vessels seize goods in the Channel and at Deptford. Local life events include marriages, drownings, injuries, theft, and a Devon county election nominee pairing of Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde and John Parker.
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Edinburgh
Clive
Scotland
Count Chatelet Lomont
Paris
London
Great Britain
Constantinople
Woolwich
Senegal
Scilly
Texel
Brest
Cape Athiant
Belleisle
France
Fowey
Tregarthen
Penzance
Deptford
Queen's Arms
Newgate-street
Church of
Rome
Hawley
Highgate
Simpson
Carpenter
Cox
Chelsea Beach
Hunter
Fleetmarket
Fleet-lane
Guy
Richard Warwick
Bampfylde
Bart
John Parker
York
Liverpool
Ireland
Northallerton
Hunfingore
Philip Acklam
Eccleston
John’ Hornby
William Robinson
Sparic
Howden
Downs
The Provok'd Wife at Drury Lane and Covent Garden
The notice lists performances Yesterday in London theatres including The Provok d Wife with Garrick and Abingtons, The Recruiting Officer at Covent Garden with Pal mer and Reynolds, Harlequin's Invasion, The Roman Father with Yates, The Oxonian in Town, and Love in a Village with Hawthorn and Morris. It also notes High Water at London Bridge tomorrow morning and stock prices for banks and India bonds.
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Drury-Lane
Sir John Brute
Garrick
Constant
Caimberley
Heartfree
Mr. Palmer
Abingtons
Brute
Palmer
Register- Office
Plume
Brazen
Mr. King
Malinda
Harlequin
Covent-Garden
Mr. Powell
Publius
Smirk
Horatia
Yates
Oxonian
Morris
Justice Woodcock
Shuter
Young Meadows
da Bellamy
Margery
Baker
Lucinda
Mattocks
Rose
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Veredarian
London Bridge
India
South Sea
Witto
Navy
Navy & Vict
Long Ann
S&s
Feinaes
Whitechapel
Earsley
TrapesMan
Commission of Brokerage
Bank and East India Company
G. Kearfly
Ludgate-Street
N.B. Kearfly
Afs
Long-Acre
Royal Exchange
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