London society notes and political rambles excerpt
A dense London society column from May notes dozens of arrivals and departures at noble houses in Arlington Street Grosvenor Square and nearby. It mentions figures such as Earl of Thanet Lord Beauchamp Lord Downe and Admiral Hawke, plus discussions at Robin Hood Society and various sermons and political arguments on liberty taxation and governance. The piece also weaves in anecdotes about street scenes riots and a long list of notices including a fire at Somerset House and a medicines advertisement for Dr Bateman’s Drops and Radcliffe’s Purging Elixir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Weymouth
Arlington-street
Earl of Thanet
Grosvenor-square
Hothfield
Kent
Charles Sloan Cadogan
Efgeldett
Lord Cadogan
Cambridge-town
Privy-garden
Caversham
Reading
George Warren
K. B
Albemarle-street
Poynton
Cheshire
Beauchamp
Lord Mountstewart
Viscount Downe
Charles-street
Berkeley
Cowick-hall
Yorkshire
Richard Pennant
Liverpool
Lower Grosvenor-street
Winnington
Laurence Dundas
Arlington-{treet
Moorpark
Herts
Oglethorpe
Grosvenor-street
Cranhamhall
Essex
Gilbert Heathcote
Bart
Normanton
Rutlandshire
Frederick Vane
Durham
Earl of Darlington
Scotland-yard
Chelsea
Edward Hawke
the Admiralty
Bloomsbury-square
Horace Walpole
Straw- Berry-hall
Middlesex
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk
Duke and Duchess of Northumberland
Duke and Duchess of Kingston
G .I
Cause of Liberty
Col. Bré
Mr. Bourke
George Savill
Serjeant Glynn
Alderman Beckford
Townsend
William Meredith
Duke of G—n
Bury St. Edmunds
Latimer
Edward the Sixth
London
St. James’s Street
Robinhood Society
Butcher Row
Temble-bar
Great Britain
Sweden
England
Tyburn
Daniel Defoe
Somerset House
Prince of Wales
Tom
Moore
Colville
Ireland
Doctors Commons
John Betterworth
London-wall
Highgate
Captain Allen
Scott
Mr. Scott
Earl Street
Seven Dials
Wilkes
Noiiss
C. Arid
Che
Carter
Fr. Scott
County of
Olonel Luttrell
St. James's Park
Otheir
Suridax
Cavendish-quare
Liberty
Old Street
Waitkes
Hoffer-lane
Thompson
Hackney
Westminster Bridge
Thames
Fleet-market
East-India Company
Hackney Marth
Morning
Dn Bateman
Crver Dicey and Co
Bow Church Yard
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Untitled Historical Fragment on Trade and Liberty
Fragmentary text describes Tar tars preparing horse-fless as food, mentions Halaby, conjectures on trade costs, and hints at political unrest. It notes Parliament at Westminster, Wilkes as liberty advocate, and a controversial almanac maker Jack Ketch predicting hires for next years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amd
Mac Bride
Wilkes
Middlesex
Baitiff
Céthca
Paoli
Jack Ketch
Tyburn
Ketch
Humorous intelligence on Moore’s grand contrivance
A bicameéyous correspondent reports that Mr Moore plans a grand machine styled after the Trojan horse. The device would parade through the city to St James's on candle occasions to discipline churchgoing crowds and reduce Sunday dispersion by moving congregations to nearby villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James's
Moore
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