Oath and Prerogative in Middlesex Journal Notice
A fragmentary notice from the Middlesex Journal includes an oath by ISAAC FELL of PaTEeR-nostErR Row London forbidding him to reveal names of contributors or alter manuscripts, plus instructions on manuscript return. It also contains political appeals, endorsements of public remonstrances to empower London’s citizens and references to Rapin’s history and debates on Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Fell
Pateer-Nosterrrow
London
Perons
Middlesex Journal
Sam. Turner
N. B. Addr
Fell
Dispatches and politics rule a restless week in London
Mon of high court and royal talks in Richmond as the Duke of Grafton meets the king. Dispatches from the Portuguese ambassador reach Lisbon. rumours place Lord Shelburne back in government with Barre as secretary. Reports claim Russian fleets menace the Black Sea and Brest prepares to counter. Port arrivals and departures mark a busy maritime scene from Dover to Oporto with various ships entering and sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Grafton
Richmond
Audley-Street
Lisbon
Earl of
Shelburne
Cel. Barre
Temple
Chatham
Hayésee
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Order of the Garter
St Jamces’s
Earl of ‘Winchels
Hertford
Black Sea
Constantinople
Elphinston
Baltick
Revel
France
Brest
Paris
Deal
W.S. W
St. George
Jones
Cadiz
Mobile
M‘minn
Pensacola
Reign
New York
Rogers
St. Kitt’s
Duke of Cornwall
Purchase
Falmouth
Dorsetshire
Waddy
Friendship
M‘leod
Jamaica
Lest
Mary-and-Samuel
Barbadoes
Betsey
Spencer
Bourdeaux
Workington
Hope
Inman
Petersburg
Harwich
Good Intent
Errington
Hamburgh
Ayre
Jane
Johnson
Spence
Barcelona
Oporto
William
Hopeweh
Brook
Virginia
Innermay
Laughton
Ditto
Sukeyy Newsran
Newfoundland
New England
Thomas
Shores
West Indies
Madfira
Elizabeth
Malley
Minerva
Read
London
Aurora
M*carthy
Portola
Charlotte
Dare
Rokers
Gaboon
Septeax
J. Blair
Amity
Desirey E. Hunter
Riga
Fanny
S. Neckatt
Waterford
Profita
Nevis
Judit
A. Duthie
San Joseph
P. Zutina
Sion
Alilanders
Good Hope
H. Witchiefer
Sound
Britannia
Ss Dixon
Stockholm
Eagle
S. Guppy
Calais
Payment to an Alien Minister in Peace Talks
The speaker questions paying a yearly stipend to Monsieur De Ferois, the Sardinian minister, for negotiating peace with France. He argues the service does not merit recompense and asks why the payment is not disavowed and why funds go to an alien named Vero rather than George Charles. The tone is critical of the expenditure and seeks justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Charles
Monsieur de Ferois
France
Monsieur Vero
Jubilee to be held for all Catholic churches
Rome reports the Pope will grant a jubilee for all Catholic churches in Christendom, to occur on Sunday the 17th of September. Other notes include St Petersburg reporting an audience with the Empress and Stockholm noting the recall of Baron Duben, Swedish minister at Warsaw. Leghorn records the arrival of HM ship Montreal under Captain Phillips Colby from Lisbon en route to Mahon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Petersoourg
Ord
Paty Shringham
Howard
Rome
Christendom
Stockholn
Baron Duben
Warsaw
Leghorn
Montreal
Phillips Colby
Lisbon
Mahon
Fadlers and Shoemakers Plan Premiums for Local Textile Trade
Workers in that branch vow to meet vast demand with variety of articles. A society will be formed on the 28th instant to grant premiums and encouragements to those who raise the most sheep cotton silk and flax and manufacture linen cloths paper flockings in quantity and quality. A resolution will soon be taken to kill no more lamb for a limited time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
South Carolina
West Indies
Virginia
West-India Islands
Charles Greville Montagu
Beaufain
Daniel Curling
England
William Bull
Virgina
Maryland
Great Britain
Nenore Lamb
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Mansion House
Mie
Fele
City of London
Beckford
Messares
Westminster
Rapin
N. Tindal
Sophia
Anne
Savoy
Duchess of
Orleans
Charles 1
Count Alafi
Anne of Orleans
Eng
Henrietta
Princess Royal
William III
Anne of
Denmark
James
Prince of Wales
Ireland
Speaker
American News
Londom
Lonvuon Gaz
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