Fiery critique of ten year peace budget and debt in fiscal creed
The speaker lambasts ministers for a proposed ten year peace plan that would discharge seventeen million in national debt, argues taxes crush the poor and fuel luxury, warns of idle laborers and rising prices, and cites Falkland's Island and France as contrasts to a warless, liberty defended Britain. The tone condemns the ministry, debt, and standing armies as threats to constitutional rights and national vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkland’s Island
Spain
France
Britain
The Sea Therapies and National Debt Reflections
A cryptic passage compares sea mastery and pomp to the national debt, suggesting bright reflections from a cloud before an approaching storm. It ponders AGIS as a possible reference amid philosophical imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agis
Piques and threats in a London parish over Parker
A Middlesex Journal letter attacks Rev Dr Parker as vicar of St James’s Westminster. It accuses him of graft, neglect of duties, and profiting from church fees. The writer describes desecration in the St James’s churchyard including disturbed graves and body parts exposed in the yard, urging immediate redress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
St. Andrews Underhart
St. James’s
Weistminster
London
Christ
Dr. Parker
Parker
Presen
St. James’s Church
Jermyn-street
Cofin
Duke of Grafton
Ste
Janés’s
Hérror
St. James's
Philalethes
Fragment on burial pits and pestilence at St James's
PHILALETHES warns of a graveyard excavated for hundreds of corpses with negligent handling fueling fear of infection. He condemns church neglect and the planning of a clerical figure to seize authority, urging action to halt the dangerous practice.
Pearl and Pear DenTiFRice Tooth Essence Endorsed by Royalty
Jacob Hemet Dentist to her Majesty and Princess Amelia recommends his Essence of Pearl and Pear DenTiFRice as superior for teeth and gums. It promises enamel safety, whitening, loose tooth support, gum cure, breath freshening, and protection against tooth decay, with royal and retailer endorsements across London and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Hemet
Amelia
Hemet
W. Bayley
Cockpar-street
J. Price
Leadenhall-street
London
Miss Purdie
Bath
J. le Brup
Rue -Dauphine
Paris
A New Review of Fortier and Encrisa Literature
A new monthly Universal Catalogue review announces June publication price sixpence, with continued monthly issues. It promises candid assessments of current month publications, follow‑ups on past notices, and a full foreign literature catalogue, aiming to guide readers in France Italy Germany and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Liftie
France
Italy
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Holland
J. Bey
Exeter Exchange
Strand
Thomas Smith offers broad selection of carpets and bedding
An advertisement from Butcher Row near Temple Bar markets a wide range of carpets in Persia Turkey Wilton Kidderminster Scotch in lively colours with rooms covered fully. Also large stocks of blankets feather beds bedsteads furniture and bedding ready for immediate use with flexible terms for ready money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butcher-Row
Temple-Bar
Reem
Strand
Persia
Turkey
Wilton
Kidderminster
Cheney
Linley
Pectoral Lozenges of Tolu Sold by London Apothecary
Prepared by T. Greenough at No 73 Ludgate Street. The lozenges claim to ease coughs hoarseness and chest complaints and are advertised as the genuine remedy with inscription Pedtoral Lozenges prepared by T Greenough. Counterfeit sales led to a December 1769 King’s Bench verdict against a vendor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Greesouen
King’s Arms
Petiie and Moria
No. 7
Ludgate-street
London
Tolu
W. Bayley
Perfner
Cockspur-street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
New Bond-street
Mr. Purdie
North Parade
King’s Bench
Ludgate Street
Bansam
Toru
Velno Vegetable Syrup touted as cure for scorbutic venereal and scrophulous complaints
An old advertisement claims Velno's Vegetable Syrup cured a long standing scorbutic ulcer and bone infection of Charles Weyman a china painter in Middlesex. It details his recovery after weeks of use and lists outlets Dr Burrow Haymarket Ludgate Capel Court and agents Fletcher Hodson Cambridge with a 6d dissertation and a signature bottle seal to prevent imitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velno
Harles Weyman
Bow
Middlesex
Ludgate- Street
Capel-Court
Royal Exchange
Fletcher and Hodson
Cambridge
J. Burrows
Fletcher and
Hopson
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