Middlesex militia drafts and assorted London notices
Middlesex deputy lieutenants order enlistments, Dec 18. Lords promote Mesfis, Nelme, Lambroke, and Davis to seats vacated by other appointments. Dispensation enables Rev. Thomas Foley to hold Ashley and Holt rectories in Worcester diocese. Marriages and robberies reported, including a Cockshall Chelsea Common break in, a mad bullock, and thefts in Stockwell and Bow Street.
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Middlesex
Lords Commissioners of Trade, &c
Mesfis
Nelme
Lambroke
Davis
Thomas Foley
Christchurch College
Oxford
Duke of Portland
Lord Foley
Ashley
Holt
Worcester
Birch Hall
Colchester
John Keeling
Clerkenwell
Miss Round
Janes Round
St. Dunstan’s
John Walon
Middle-Temple
Goldstone
Gwyn Goldttone
Howard-ftce
Strand
Thomas Duckett
Calne
Wiltshire
Andrew Fletcher
Haddington
Miss Myrton
Robert Myrton
Gogar, Bart
Matthew Langley
Queenhithe
Lloyd
Battle-bridge
St. Andrew, Holborn
Cockshall
Chelsea Common
Smithfield
Vine- Street
Goodman’s Yard
Rosemary-lane
Romeo
Isaac Curiel da Costa
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Mark- Lane
Godalmin
Surry
Stockwell
Tole
England's decline and reform urged in a Cobler's tale
A London Evening Post fragment rails at national decay mixing satire and sermons. A cobbler narrator recalls religio moral decline, laments luxury and bribery, and hints at a reform method to restore virtue, citing Horace and Francis translation. The piece condemns corruption in church and state, urging timely repentance.
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Hoover
Oman
Temple
Jack
Cobler
Cripplegate
Jacob Henriques
St. Mary Hill
Merchant Taylors Hall
Wor—r
Hawk
Horace
Spettaiers
Prine
Nis
England
Rome
Francis
Tam
Chancery-Lane
Parliament to Restrict Rising House Rents in Metropolis
A report claims Parliament intends to lay a restraint on the steep ascent of house rents in the metropolis, noting current levels are out of proportion. The measure aims to curb unfair pricing as housing costs surge in the city.
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Cornwall
Easler
Essex
Mippesex
Kent
Havering
Dagenham
Ripple
Barking
East Ham
West Ham
Layton
Walthamstow
Bromley
East March
Landing
Eli
George Inn
Westbury Level
Baring
Jous Bkadleyy
Great Iiford
Effex
Psralaven
Manind
Leake
Bath
Prince
Oxford
Meff Pletcher and Hourey
Cambridge
Baker
Tunbridge Wells
Brighthelimstone
Collins
Salisbury
Chafe
Norwich
Etherington
York
Price
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Crampton
Spin~nage
Charing-Cross
St. George's
Fields
John Bradley
Walker
Earl of Harrington
New Prison
Sir John Fielding
John Spinnage
Bow Street
Peter Twist
Liverpool
Clerkenwell Bridewell
Bowstreet
P.a.e
Joan Spinnae
Edward Shirley
Alford
Lincolnshire
George Jnnin
Truithorp Wold Gowr
Serail
Raur Waiéhoul
d'Baily
U S
TatesFitas
Postscript
London
Post
Aland
Great Britain
Vince
London Evening Port
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