Royal Address on Fame and Public Opinion to Majesty
A long advisory letter urges the king to value the good opinion of his subjects, warning that contempt for public sentiment weakens rule. It links misfortunes within the royal family to disregard for public esteem and pleads for virtue driven by duty and loyalty. Decius appeals to the monarch to restore rightful conduct and respect for public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Aly
Fyahparhize
Europe
Masery
Hearst
England
Evers
James the Second
Decius
Public admonition to Mr Christie over misnaming artworks
An anonymous correspondent scolds Mr Christie for misattributing paintings in a catalogue. He warns Christie to be precise in naming works like Angelica and Medora and Guercino’s subjects Arminia and Tancred. The writer vows ongoing vigilance against perceived connoisseurship pretensions and vows to expose fools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taffo
Ariosto
Colégio
Angelica
Medora
Guercino
Ariotte
Blackwood
Greenwood
Ansell
Bob Strachan
Andra Ferrara
Frysta L’asino
Cabinet Council at Queen's Palace Amid Minority of Nobles
London dispatch notes a Cabinet Council at the Queen's Palace with most nobles in the minority. A House of Commons clash between Lord George Germaine and Lord North drew sharp exchanges. An update from Naples praises Duke of Gloucester's health. Burke’s speech grows bolder as Indian dispatches cite Spanish insult to British flag with 606 English sailors imprisoned. ministers blamed for inattention while domestic schemes take priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen’s Palace
House of Commons
George Germaine
Lord North
St. James’s
Duke of Gloucester
Naples
Burke
West Indies
Guarda
Costas
America
Gibraltar
Spain
Europe
Pantheon funding warps morals and a royal plan discussed
In London and beyond, chatter about a grand Pantheon project, theatre managers seeking profits, and an academy funded by hefty subscriptions. also notes on Pantheon profits, a planned Jamaica expedition, royal births, and judiciary warnings about public morals and forgery cases amid political intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aly Gt
Ale Gate
Ams
House of Commons
Reynard
Mariner
Farranc
Ireland
Jamaica
Plymouth
George Pauncefort
Dover-street
Piccadilly
George Forster ‘Farnell
Monmounh-house
Sohoquare
Lee
Pantheon
Bolland
Earl of Strafford
Chartres
Arbuthnot
Boland
Orper
London church names and doctors in old notice list
Fragmentary OCR lists clerks and physicians linked to St Sepulchre St Giles St Catherine and St James Clerkenwell with references to Barkin Di Sharpe Botolph Alder Gates and Dr Tayfors Drind Dr Salter Ms Temple and others in a late medieval or early modern church notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allhallowe
Barkin
Sharpe
Ste Botolph
Alder Gates
Tayfors
St. Sepulchre
West
Grifith
St. Giles In the Fields
Dind
St. ‘Catherine
Tower
Ms. Temple
St James, Clerkenwell
Salter
Correspondents receive letters on catalogue remarks
Our issue will include Josias Cunningham's third letter and others from T Brown Kent and Justus. Readers asked about a catalogue of books with remarks. We note some local wit but deem it not entertaining or intelligible to most readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soall
Josias Cunningham
T. Brown Kent
Justus
Wei
Old Style Stock Rates and Bond Prices Reported
Fragmentary list shows bonds and stock quotes with percentages and dates like 1726 1758 and 3 per Cent. inclinations. Mentions Navy and Victualling Bills and miscellaneous annotations such as annuities and op. entries, implying a market ledger snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New’ S. 'S. Ann
India
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Middlesex Journal
Mr. Christie
Postscript
London
Metropolis
Levade
Lausanne
John Centlivres
Founders-Court
Lothbury
Thomas “Smith
Butcher-Row
Temple- Bar
Strand
Persia
Turkey
Wilton
Kidderminster
Cheney
Fithy
Lucre
Paul
Titus
J. Wheble
Pater- nofter-Row
Bristolary & Guide
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Mons. de Voltaire
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