Occult arithmetic and political theater at St Stephen's chapel
A 1769 letter-satire mocks occult method claiming Wilkes victory in Brentford with a 931 majority. The piece ridicules math and law in public discourse, touts a fantastical academy run by "Professor Magnifico," and spoofs political figures and military units to lampoon election manipulation and royal authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Henry Lawes Lutoo
Brentford
Treasury
St Stephen’s Chapel
Wilkes
St. Stephen’s
Esay
Coxcomb
Mr. Ailey
Westminster Bridge
Charing Cross
Mr. Astley
Sadlers
St. Stephen’s Cell
Edisis Ultingz
Pythagoras
Cale
Temple-bar
St. Paul's
Magnificus
N. B
Pall Mall
Magnifico
Hyde-Park
Temples Bar
New -Market, &c
St. Paul’s
Great Duchess Delivers Prince at Fortnight Gate
From Florence and Edinburgh come brief items: a royal birth announced at dawn by cannon, with plans for the christening. reports of Carthusian convent seizures at Pavia and two others in the Venetian state. and a commission to Earl of Glasgow to represent the Crown at the Church of Scotland General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth
Paoli
Dublin
Leutenant
Strode
Corke
Carolina
S Dominique
Phoenix Park
Lis
Royal Irish Regiment of Artillery
Earl of Shannon
Hlaviland
Maitland
William Boothby
Alexander Montgomery
Hunt Walth
Francis.Grant
Loxpon Gazr
Florence
Carthusians
Pavia
Italy
Fermain
Mila
Cotlan
Edinburgh
Earl of Glasgow
Church of Scotland
England
Joanna
Cormort
Dutton
Madrass
Poodicherry
Attair
Ireland
Corficars
Portaferry Town Report From Ireland May 11
In the small town of Portaferry in the North of this kingdom a brief item appears with dated May 11. The wordy fragment notes an event in Porta ferry and references 2001 and hyve in an archaic sounding report from Dublin.
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Ireland
Dublin
Portaferry
Kingdom
Royal news from London and overseas 1768 notes
Yesterday their Majesties visited London after Richmond dining at the Queen's palace then returned. Dispatches report reviews postponed, ships and regiments marching to Putney Fulham Richmond for quartering before a late review. Other items include Danish ordinance on inheritance and naval movements to Corsica and Calcuttay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Richmond
Chapel Royal
Queen's Palace
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards Blues
Wimbledon-Conunn
Taid Regiment of Foot Guards
Duke of Gloucester
Putney
Fulham
Duke of Glouceter
Glory
Portsmouth
Edward Hulle, Bart
Bremer
Hants
St. Jamess
Gracieway
Duke of Grafton
Grosvenor Square
Denmark
Albert Cnild
States General of the
United Provinces
Dey
Algiers
Doy
Zephyr
Antibes
Corsica
Ris
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Middlesex Journal
SER
ULL
Constantinople
Charles Sloan Cadogan
Lord Cadogan
Mint
Diepre
Bengal
Suja Dowls
Coromandel
Southampton Milnd
Southampton
Lord Mannsfield
King’s Bench
James Adams
Higgs
Robert Ard Richards
Southempton
Piller
Dartmouth
Stiles
Lordom
Eleane Farmer
Plymouth
Torfham
Gedfrey
Canves
Ter
rGibraltarn
Deal
Wind
Friends Goodwill
Mcfiam
Hamburgh
Calais
H. Olsen
Norway
Nightingale
J. Cox
Cork
Sons of Freedoms
T. Evans
Paternoster Row
Merica
Newsington Causeway
Stones-End
Southwark
Enry
É&E
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