23 Oct 1760
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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 23, 1760
Page
1
A fiery letter discusses policing vice in London, criticizing gatekeeping and licenced houses, urges removal of harlots from streets, condemns beggars, and extols Magdalen House reform. It warns magistrates, extols virtue, and calls for public moral action in a bustling city.
The paragraph argues there is no basis for news that the Romish chapel in Lincoln's Inn Fields will be rebuilt with stone. It warns such a plan would breach long-standing laws and notes ambassadors claim to have chapels near their residences. It questions a foreign minister renting a house with stables behind it and the possibility of clearing them away.
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