Opening the New Statue of George in Berkeley’s Ground
Fragment from Middlesex Journal Lines laments the opening ceremony for a new statue of George. It praises the ruler’s reign, calls for national unity, and urges moral reform under the monarch’s auspices. The poem invokes widows and parents, promising to wipe their tears and expel vice from the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Abe
George Fale
Wilton
Berkeley
Sheldrn
David’s
George
Gomorrah
Six Lapirs bathing myth in a Middlesex tale
The poem recounts six nymphs bathing in Cam streams at dusk as a scholar, unseen, watches from a walk. He imagines water-nymphs or sirens tempt him, wonders if Aphrodite’s or Hyacinthus’s fate lurks nearby, and frets over what the scene implies, then ends the tale with a restrained curtain.
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Cam
Drana
Hyzas
Jesuits quit the Roman and Irish colleges
Postscript reports that after the decision the Jesuits should leave the Roman Seminary they were ordered to quit the Irish College as well. The Pope named Cardinal Mare´ofchi protector of the latter before departing Castel Gandolfo. News from Stockholm and Vienna notes royal visits, potential guards regiment, and mixed San Remo reports amid Swedish revolution talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fienna
San Remo
Tis Hill
Ee Hanbre
Sweden
Apraxin
Finland
Lithuania
Bibekow
Poland
Rzewskai
Constantinople
Ships fitting at Cronstadt join Baltic squadron
Letters from Hamburgh report a squadron of ships of the line and several frigates being fitted at Cronstadt, alongside four vessels fresh from Archangel. They will join Brigadier Bafballe on the coast of Sweden, forming a strengthened Baltic force.
London Politics and War News From Copenhagen to Jersey
Dated dispatches describe Copenhagen peacetime under a new government, predicts Livonia and Carelia gains, and notes General Conway likely to govern Jersey with raised revenues. Reports from Petersburgh cover St John the Baptist day rites, Turkish standards, and imperial gratitude. Contention surrounds Wilkes and Townsend for London mayor, with factions fearing opposition, plus market notes on bread, milk, coal, and Hornfair attendance.
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Copenhagen
Sweden
Sophia Maris
Udit
Livonia
Carelia
Ingria
Charles XII
Conway
Jersey
Ordnance Board
Berkley Square
Lord Harcourt
Paris
St. John the Baptist
Cathedral of
St. Peter and St. Paul
Tfchemes
Metelin
Feas
Wilkes
Mr. Townsend
London
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Weathercock
Farringdon-Ward
Lst
Halifax
Shakespear
St. Thomas’s Day
Robert Mackey
Mn Hayley
Buanshaw
Convocation
A&t
Limehouse Hole
Greenwich
Hornfair
Robbery in the Fields Before Sir John Fielding
In a country lane at night a man named Me IHicd of Canstonbury-house, lington was assaulted by three footpads who demanded his money. He seized a robber, and with the coachman of John Dawes, Esq. the assailants were captured and brought before Sir John Fielding, who committed them to prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canstonbury-house
Lington
John Dawes
John Fielding
Poem to a Lady Admiring Herself in a Looking Glass
The poem to a Lady admiring herself in a Looking-Glass arrives with other readings. The Poet's Parle speaks of his empty purse and lines on General Wolfe, presented for our correspondents review.
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Wolfe
Theatrical bill at Drury Lane and Covent Garden
Yesterday Alexander the Great with Harlequin’s Invasion and King Richard the Third with Comus at Covent Garden. This Evening Cynon with High Life Below Stairs and The Busy Body with Comus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury-Lane
Alexander the Great
Harlequin
Cynon
Covent Garden
Richard the Third
Comus
Everaz
Prices of Stocks and Bonds in 19th Century Market
Prices of Bank Stock and South Sea related issues show declines and closures. Old S S Ann and New S S Ann quotes echo three percent redemptions and various consols. Ind Anns, India related stocks and bonds trade with modest gains and losses as bills and long annuity tickets move at mixed levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea
S. S. Ann
India
Remarkable cure by Marchant's Drops advertised in 1772
A letter from John Haines of Berwick-street Soho thanks Mr Norton surgeon for a cure using Marchant's Drops after a long lasting skin eruption described as blotches over the head hands and body. The notice touts testimonials, warns against counterfeits, and lists numerous London shop locations where the drops are sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
D.w. Mardon
London
Sam
Roger Baker
Ivory Turner
Red-lion-court
Grab-street
At-Ss
L. Wiardan
Marchant
Berwick-street
Soho
John Haines
Norton
Golden-square
Piccadilly
John Norton
Marehant
Long- Acre
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Middlesex Journal
Lapirs
Postscript
Horan
Flanders
Long
Prince of Wales
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Cumberland
Norfolk
Somerset
Cleveland
Richmond
England
Frederic Barlow
Burton
T. Evans
Great-Britain
Ireland
Ratis
Johnson
Bailey
Dyche
Fenning
England and
Wales
J. S Bomann
Bridgewater-square
Price
W. Goldsmith
Paternoster Row
W. Bayley
Cockspur Street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
Civet Cat
New Bond Street
J. Grosvendr
Holborn
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
J. Price
India House
Leadenham Street
Rysseeg
Coleman Street
St. Paul's Church- Yard
Little Chapel- Street
Wardour Street
N. B
Mr. Norton
Golden Square
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