The Persecution of John Wilkes Revealed in Reproof of Crown
A verbose political tract decries royal meddling in Wilkes affairs. It argues the real cause was an earlier North Briton critique of Earl of Bute and a prominent lady, not Wilkes writing No.45. It claims the Crown used falsehoods to justify expulsion and legal seizures, praising Wilkes for resilience and popular support in Middlesex and London offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilkes
Mr. Wilkes
Earl of
Wilkes
Carlton=House
House of Commons
Churchill
Crown
Itelf
Rubens
Ile
Cour
St. George’s Fields
Scotch Regiment of Guards
Brentford
Hose of Commons
Middlesex
London
Friction in Royal Mercy Over Unnatural Crime Rumors
A Country Clergyman questions reports claiming the King pardoned an unnatural crime offender and appointing him to command in America while restricting visits to the Royal Brothers. He seeks religious casuistry to justify using such phrases in liturgy and to reconcile apparent contradictions between royal mercy and public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
P. S
Anecdote of the Duke of Newcastle’s temper
In a violent rage the former Secretary of State, the Duke of Newcastle, ordered his servant to summon a stranger about a house in his negotiations. The landlord presented a brick and mortar, claiming it was a fair sample of the property. The duke’s temper vanished, and he proceeded to buy the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Newcastle
Camel of Drury Lane protests critics in Evening Paper
The camel in the Drury Lane procession for Alexander the Great invites the author of The Theatrical Structures to explain a breeches misstep. He notes the breeches were visible as coarse brown stocking, meant to express natural proportions, and defends the stage figure against claims of mangling acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury-lane
Alexander the Great
Nanagural
London Theatre Targeted Whisperings At Drury Lane
A London Evening Post note alleges Mr Redditch of Drury Lane Theatre disturbed the audience during the Fair Penitent and Alexander the Great nights. He supposedly whispered and mocked two performers from a box, aiming to harm their reputations. The piece cites concern over respect owed to the public and parodic lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Redditch
Drury Lane Theatre
Alexander the Great
Extraordinary horsemanship duel near Sunning for 100 guineas
A gentleman of the turf and a military macaroni of the 2d regiment are to ride four miles in a straight line across enclosed country for 100 guineas. The feat is marked as dangerous and involves risk to the rider’s nerves, with expectations he may be expelled from the gawair vivre for any endangering incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son
Mars
Gawair
Vile critic condemns a despicable man at Oxford
The Oxoniensis laments the vile tongue of INTONIENSIS and praises friends at Oxford for warding off infamy by not allowing a despicable man to gain support. The letter reflects strong partisan sentiment against a man branded with falsehoods and dishonor, praising loyalty to the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
University of Oxford
Intoniensis
Blackmoor
Minster
Vale
Oxoniensis
Powdered Cloth Cleaners for White and Stone-Coloured Fabrics
EW invented POWDERS to tidy Futtains and Kerfey.qurs without shrinking cloths. Used dry, they keep fabrics looking neat and preserve shape unlike washing. Sold wholesale by W. Bayley in Cockspur Street and retail by W. Darling Newport Street Long Acre and John Price opposite the India House Leadenhall Street. black powder for dark cloths also offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bayley
Perfemer
Cockspur-street
London
W. Darling
Newport-street
Long Acre
Ludgate-hill
John Price
Leadenhall Street
N.B
Scrutineers warn of alphabetic City scrutiny plan London 1772
The Sheriffs of London inform scrutineers that if Saturday's scrutiny plan remains unsettled they will proceed alphabetically with the Livery Companies starting with the Apothecaries, to ensure a fair process. The letter discusses legal means, potential mandamus, and references to Wilkes, Blackstone, and prerogative limits amid political tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meffis
Wilkes
Townsend
Sheriffs of
London
Apothecaries Company
Richardson and Goodluck Lottery Office Notice 1722
Richardson and Goodluck announce tickets and shares in this year’s calculation selling from half to a sixty fourth part. Purchasers may gain beyond any prior offers, with details to be explained after November 2. Beware of imitators stamping goodluck on doors to mislead buyers.
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Richardson
State Lottery 1772 Tickets and Shares for Sale
State Lottery offices at Craig's Court Charing Cross offer tickets in halves quarters eighths sixteenths thirty-seconds and sixty-fourths at 6d per number. Woodfall Byfield and Hawksworth provide early success reports and prizes paid per Parliament. Drawing begins Monday November 15 with two blanks per prize and free lottery schemes.
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Woodfall
Byfield
Hawksworth
Craig’s Court
Charing Cross
Great Britain
Stomach Pills Sold In London for Indigestion Ailments
An 18th century advertisement promotes stomach pills as remedies for indigestion wind and related disorders. It claims relief from aches, constipation, and jaundice, asserts safety for the stomach, and offers a money back guarantee if relief is not found. Pills are prepared at Pine Apple near Arad Jeithed Strand London and sold by Smyth in New Bond Street Joyce in Change-Alley and other outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrick
Murphy
Barry
James Hammit
New Good
Southwark
John Wheatley
Old Bailey
Fe’mnight
York Castle
Hart Jacobs
Stephen Moor
Edward Brown
John Walker
Thomas Bromby
Ann
William Gray
Messrs, Bertram and Co
King’s Arms Yard
London
Barnsley
Eza Conne
Morning Chronicle
Altho
John Burnes
Carpenter
Fleet-street
Farringdon
Yedsterday
Lambeth-Marsh
Elizabeth Raines
Jonathan Raines
Bath
Cadogan
Stockton
Worcestershire
Willliam Tetlow
Richard John Tetlow
Knottingley
Pontefract
Atle
Bellingby
East Riding of
Yorkshire
John Halsom
Deal
Douglas
Ashington
Plymouth
Dolly
Finche
Dublin
Britannia
Uther
Portsmouth
Beaver
Downs
Volan
Speechman
Re Pine Ap le
Arad Jeithed
Strand
Smyth
Joyce
Great Britain
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London Evening Pott
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Postscript
Wilks
King’s Bench
Justice Blackstone
Charles the Second
Richard the Second
Prussia
Shaftesbury
Cartzaza
Cato
Vielina
Haddick
Polish-Prusia
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Waterford
West Indies
Buiffo
Africa
Earl of Albemarle
Kent
Oxford
Bray and Buckler
Plutarch
Miles Button Allen
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