Letters on naval impressment and royal influence
A correspondent, aged sailor, argues against press warrants and royal prerogative abuses. He condemns impressment as unconstitutional and advocates voluntary service, warning Sir Edward and Sir Edward Heath concerns about naval manning. He defends sailors, laments hardship, and urges Parliament to seek lawful ways to man ships while criticizing Phalanx and warrants as improper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Admiralty
Navy Board
Trim
Black Book of the Admiralty
Commons
Engraver Collet Plans Two Sets After Hogarth Style
The London Evening Post notes Mr Collet, rival of Hogarth, preparing two engraving sets in his own vein. Royal Amussement and Care ful Servants headline the projects with detailed sketches to follow.
Royal Amusement No 1 in Domitian Closet Scene
A period sheet lists scenes in a performance titled Royal Amusement. It describes Domitian acting as The Good Housewife painting fire screens, along with four other comic tableaux including The Parade Colonel, The Prodigy, a marés paper art piece, and The Female Magpye involving Louis d'Ores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domitian
Marés
Magpye
Louis d’Ores
W—s
Careful Servants No 1 to No 6 in comic portraits
A set of six satirical caricatures describing household figures and their foibles. Each entry frames a servant type as a noble character, detailing ways they misuse duties or indulge in petty vices. Includes a steward, butcher, schoolmaster, butler and cook, servant of all work, and a kitchen runner, with named targets and numbered scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grameo Ufu
N—th
B—g
M—f—d
R—c—d
Jerry Dy—n
Wakefield
Mr. Parker
Mr. Wentworth
Dance
Mr. Hutton
Mr. Coates
Melpomene
Mr. Atkinson
Mr. Hopkins
Seawall
Mr. Harry
Creeping Kate
Robert Jenkins
Nabob
John Edmunds
Gimcrack
Flakes
Wm. Dawkins
Essex Jones
Messrs. Nicholson and Co
Cornhill
York
Wilmer
Randal Wilmer
Scarborough
Thomas Edmonds
Selby
Hannah Clarkson
Nnight
Stockton
Yorkshire
To the Printer of the London Evening Post
A reader signs Pralazx urges the paper to heed a seamen related concern. He accuses a writer of misrepresenting a useful group and calls for careful reading and scrutiny before accepting any party bias.
East-India stock dividend fixed at six percent
At a Leadenhall Street meeting of East-India Proprietors Sir George Colebroke presided and declared a half yearly dividend of 6 percent from midsummer last to Christmas next after argument that accounts inspection was unnecessary if no dividend contest arose. Creighton urged review of annual accounts, Hodges opposed lowering dividends, citing war fears and stock trends. The court adjourned after confirmation of the 6 percent payout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadenhall-street
George Colebroke, Bart
George
Creighton
James Hodges
George Colebroke
India
Also Mentioned on This Page
London
E— H
Knight of the Bath, &c
London Evening Po
Royal Amusement
Hatter
Taylor
Vauban
Cohorn
Bertolt
Pinto
London Evening Post
Pralazx
Lucy Maxwell
J. Chater
King-street
Cheapside
T. Vernor
St. Michael’s-alley
Postscript
George R
Privy Council
House of Commons
Westminster
St. James’s
God Save the King
Spain
Falkland Islands
Marseilles
Toulon
Africa
D. of C
Drurylane Theatre
S N
R. H
Elphinstone
Plymouth
Portmouth
Countess of Newburgh
Wardell
Waterford
Bellona
St. Antonio
Spithead
Warwick
Colmans
Guildhall
Edmund Knipe
James Todd
Robert Carr
Walmgate Ward
Thomas Fox
Sheriff’s Office
Michael Naylor
Willinga
Deal
Wind S. S. W
Balkin
Kennedy
Sepenret
Downs
Theore
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Lord Aimworth
Davies
Richmond
Drury-lane
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