North Briton remarks on Sir Richard’s absence at Wilkes expulsion
A late note in the North Briton defends Sir Richard Philips against accusations of neglecting duties during Wilkes's expulsion. It questions fitness to plead illness as excuse, calls absence irredeemable, and mocks a cook’s claim as justification while citing regional readers in Carmarthen and Glamorgan expressing support and outrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Phillips
Wilkes
Great Britain
Tweed
Pembrokeans
P.S
Carmarthen
Cardigan
Brecknock
Glathorganshires
Dicky Pickles
Gander
London
Taylor
Intelligence from the Monnine Papers May News Review
Dispatches report Major Drewitz’s victory over the Confederates in three engagements near Radom, capturing six cannon and 600 prisoners. Turkish preparations alarm Danube towns, while Vienna notes the Vizier’s army approaching the Empire’s frontiers. Naples mentions Poe Pyet’s arrival and Vesuvius visit. Corsica’s Cafinca Assembly prompts clerical unity and mobilization with five hundred priests forming a corps toward Loretto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Drewitz
Radom
Danube
Vienna
Copenhagen
Duke of Gloucester
Naples
Poe Ee Pyet
Daft
Count Caunitz
Mount Vesuvius
Cafinca
Corsica
Papli
Loretto
Postscript on May Day Bills and Public Notices
London and Middleton issues list bills for funding, militia pay, silk growth, customs duties, free import of hides from Ireland, and bridge works. A letter from W Allen denounces a murderer’s death and condemns army actions, while notices praise nobility, gatherings, and speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhigh Friars
St George’s Fields
London
Ireland
America
Plague Rumors and Fire Incidents Across London
Morning reports describe royal review of the third regiment of guards at Hyde Park. Paris cables mention a plague outbreak among galley slaves at Rochfort harbor. Market prices list bear key corn rates and malt. Fires erupt at Adan and Eve Lower Hlington, Botts hofier Smock alley, and Glass-house Whitefriars with significant damage. A window-fevered maid and a murdered old man are noted after a savage attack by a madman, who wounded himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Cumberland
Mecklenburgh
Granby
Myde-Park
Paris
Rochfort
Bear-Key
Burley
Adan and Eve
Hlington
Hampshire
Rosemary-lane
Dr Redcliffe Purging Elixir Promises Quick Agae Cures
A historical ad extols Dr Redcliffe Purging Elixir for ague and fever with directives to dose during fits and warnings about parental dosing. It claims numerous cures across Liscelnthise Kent Essex Norfolk and the Isles of Ely and notes availability at Dicey and Co’s with patent instruments to deter fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dicey and Co
Prophetic Intelligence and political tumult from Broad Street
Fragmentary 18th century notice describes a cook shop gathering in Broad Street Giles's with beef, sheep heads, hogs and chitterlings, toasts to prominent figures, plus speculation on ministerial plots to depose the chief magistrate. It notes trials, royal assent, and public unrest surrounding arrests, seating, and parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad St. Giles’s
Duke O Ton
Peated Tirk
Fareham
Broughn
O'Murphy
Reral J
Lord Mansfield
Larerel
Middlesex
Taccee
Thany
Serer
Hengh
Address to the Public on Hidden Pregnancy Relief
A fragmentary notice references secrecy and despair linked to concealed pregnancy and the aim to preserve peace and cordial relations. It mentions separate accommodations and the passive canals, with a verse in Fatal and a poet named Gannelvife. The text appears as a distressed, partially legible 19th or early 20th century civic or moral exhortation.
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Monnine
Holland
Flander
Middlefen
Niddlesex Journal
Yiu
John Okins
William
Barley
Westminster Road
Hay-market
Newington Road
Mr. Hinshaw
Willian
Iverithe
Vic
Alexander Murray
Prinitet
Stone’s End
Bla AY ‘Street
Southwark
W. Allen
Mecklinburgh Street Wiain
England
Ammer
Richoond- Green
Staffordthiré
St. James’ S-Freaty
Duke of Grafton
Arlington Street
Duchess of Marlborough
Marlborough-house
Pall
Langley
Bucks
Stnday
Earl of Warwick
St. James's-square
Warwick-casle
Somyees Townshend
Weffloe
Cornwall
Cornhill
Matthew Blackifon
Bart
Iman
Ton Lake
Ward
Tly
Brda
Jameser
Meyael
Meyael, Eig
Tate
Highoase
Arellegys
Ug Righ
Jersey
Winchelsey
Glynne
St. Lunes Street
Bedfordshire
Chelsea
Brentford
St. George’s
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