Debates on imperial overtures and D Eon letter controversy
A Chevalier D Eon letter defends his honor denying involvement in overtures to impeach ministers over selling peace to France. It references St James's Chronicle debates of 1766, public notices, and calls for accountability while denouncing calumny and urging publication of the declaration. The text bundles excerpts from the chronicle and related political polemics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maesath of
Privy Council
Pallfax
George Yonge
Fizherbert
Moon
Ving
Feubac
St. James’s Chronicle
France
England
Count de Viry
Sherein
Chevalier-D'Eon
York
Chevalier D Eon In Westminster Sparks Political Turmoil
Postscript notes a ministerial failure to corrupt Dr Musgrave, and the Chevalier D Eon agreeing to suppress evidence in exchange for pardon. It mentions threats, outlaw status, and notices to Halifax and Shakespeare. Stocks, aristocrats, and parliamentary chair concerns are touched, with hints of courtly corruption and Irish betting on the Princess Dowager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musgrave
Chevalier D’ Eon
Chevalier D’eon
Messrs. Halifax
Shakespeare
Middlesex
D’zon de Beaumont
Dr. Musgrave
Chevalier
Dowager of Wales
Zell
Iris
John Cuft
House of Commons
Lord Bute
Venice
Italy
Charles II
Prosecution planned over parish church warden case in London
A Tuesday meeting at St Giles's in the Fields resolved to prosecute Mr Justice Welch and Welttinster's high constable Mr Clay for illegally deposing and defaming the parish church warden. A Brentford Court of Conference hearing on a debt recovery left the plaintiff nine shillings and sixpence poorer. A servant badly treated near Covent Garden was robbed after a drunken spree. A Bartholomew fair incident left a rider and several bystanders hurt. A Hoxton murder case is described with grisly details involving pins driven into the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albans
Fersof
Ceres
Lorrain
England
St. Giles’s
Justice Welch
Clay
Welttinster
Brentford
Grosvenor-street
Ile
Covent Garden
Bartholomew-fair
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Hoxton
Remarkable Wrington Child and Plymouth Rope-House Opening
In Sherborne on September 4 a six year old boy William Hubbs living near Wrington Somersetshire is described as strong for his age. The Lord Bishop of Exeter plans an ordination on the 74th instane. News also notes the new Rope-house at Plymouth dock, claimed to be Europe’s most superb, over 200 feet long and 40 wide, opened before naval commissioners and many spectators with two 22 inch cables and a band performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Rothingham
Mr. Grenville
Faggpire
Stuart
Bloomsbury Gang
N— P
Bedford
England
R——y
Mr. Horze
Plymouth
Musgrave
Denbigh
Wales
York
Buckinghamshire
Aylsbury
Somerset
J. M
Allen
St. George’s-fields
Maesty
William Baily
Edward Henshaw
H—ds Journal
G—s Ftate Chronicle
Scotland
Spitalfields
Paris
Sherborne
Wrington
Somerfethhire
William Hubbs
Ain
Exeter
Plymouth-dock
Europe
Intelligence Extraordinary in Curious Cord Inventions
A fragmentary item claims clever halter makers devise new cords to deal with a gang that has plagued the realm. It hints that family ties are being softened or dissolved by female influence, suggesting public managers err due to petticoat policy and questioning how women affect the great family of fate.
Bank and annuity figures from East Indies financial notes
An East India Director's postponed report outlines bank stock and annuities in India and the South Sea. It lists varying counts of Bank Annuities, 3 percent bonds, and long-dated notes with prices and dates such as 1726 1751 1758, including Navy and other bills and tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ditto India
Dito
Navy & Vitti
Iarathea Qaths
Also Mentioned on This Page
Atriots Corner
Chevalier P'Eon
Chevalier Deon
Petty France
Werminster
Chronique de
St. Fants
Monfieur
Beaucoup
Gazette du Chronique de
Monsieur
St. J. Chronicle
Thurday
Don
Country-News
Bull-Face
T. Feil
Pater-hofter-Row
Woodfall
Charing-Cross
Brayne
Hatton-Gardert
Holborn
Cooke
Royal Exchange
A. Leyter
Jack Ketch
North Briton
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