Sophonisba Deathbed Doom and Roman Rage
The dialogue describes Sophonisba in a dramatic scene where she contemplates poison to escape Roman capture after choosing Masinissa over Syphax. She rejects enslavement, denounces Rome, and vows liberty for Carthage as Masinissa urges her to drink. Her feared end and final act of drinking the poison are staged with Lerarnian emotion and political peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrabaj
Syphax
Numidia
Mafiniffa
Sy‘phax
Thompson
Sophonisba
Carthage
Speech by Wilkes on liberty and opposition to ministerial vengeance
The speaker denounces the ministerial measures against Wilkes as odious and unconstitutional. He argues Wilkes fights for liberty while accusing the other side of deadly malice. He warns Colonel to abandon public life, seek obscurity, and accept being despised by the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edie
Rome
Ilkes
Bae
Thes Neek
Middlesex
Wilkes
Rik
Restored Order and Foreign News Echoes
Postscript notes express arrival from Copenhagen and dispatches to Kew, with commentary on the Restoration anniversary and Jacobite hopes. It reports political views, diplomacy with Russia and the Ottoman Porte, and military moves in Europe, plus smuggling rumors among the nobility and court observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s
Copenhagen
Kew
Lord North
Dowderwell
Luttrell
Wilkes
Russia
Ottoman Porte
France
Guelders
Berlin
Knights of St. John
Knights of Malta
Vienna
Austria
Dantziek
Poland
Spain
West Indies
Madrid
Gibraltar
Morocco
Mediterranean
Oliver
Lewis
Fire at Constantinople and ships in distress
A great fire devastated Balata in Constantinople damaging numerous ships. A new 74 gun man of war Velasco was launched at Carthagena. A Dutch ship collided with a lighter loaded with coal, killing two crew. The Dover inn incident saw customs officers seize brocades hidden in a lady's quilted petticoat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Elas
Constantinople
Balata
Carthagena
Marybone Gardens
Signor Torre
Ferreo
Marybone
Pantheon
Londonbridge
Bownd
Lewisham
Kent
Susannah Hodfdon
Thomas Hodfdon
Sydenham
John Hodfdon
Harrow On the Hill
Middlesex
Mr. Hargrave
Bank and government security prices in brief time column
Bank 155 3 per Cent red 88 7-8ths 3 per Cent conf go Ditto 1726 87 3 half 1758 go 4 per Cent consol 94 7-8ths a 95 Stock 100 New S. S. Ann. 88 Stocks done this Day at One o'Clock Old S. S. Ann. 87 1-4th 3 per Ct 1751 India 220 Ditto Ann. Long. Ann. 26 3-half Bonds 44s prem Navy and Victualling Bills 21-S8th dir Tickets 13 39 6d
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Consol
S. S. Ann
S. S
India
Corresponderts notes and signature policy announced
To Our CORRESPONDENTS announces a policy change about signatures. An alderman of London will appear in the next issue. The letter discusses early receipt issues and encourages continued correspondence while preventing one correspondent from signing as another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henee
Pras
London
Good
Red Lion
Bushey
Watford
Hertfordshire
Hertford
Middlesex
King’s Arms
Crane
Edgware
Queen's Head
Stanmore
White Hart
King’s Had
Harrow
Fleet Street
Teller
Europe
S. Hooper
Ludgate-Hill
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SopHonisza
Phoenissa
Thim
Poifon
Mastnissas
King
Hai
Phanisa
Masinissa
Middlesex Journal
Francers
Lisbor
Algarve
Warsaw
Halicz
Pocutia
Struensee
Brandt
England
Lord Bute
Society of the West India Merchants
Lower Thames Street
London Bridge
John Eden
Meffrs
Cotlins and Co
Britannia
Oxford Magazine
University Museum
S. Bladon
J. Coote
Paternoster Row
Great Britain and Ireland
F. Blyth
Bookfeller
Cornhill
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