John Underwood - Rare and Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts

Pp 8 each printed in three columns. Disbound with glue traces on spine and a little ragged to the spine, but all in all perfectly readable and collectable- an original issue of this classic English newspaper with good content. Page seven has two good stories, with a half column on Police Abuses in the City. The author accuses the Police of appearing "vastly supine and careless of the many things that are not as they should be within the Liberties of London " with thieves in Fleet street and prostitutes unmolested by the police .Interestingly, a bookseller with a blasphemous cartoon of God is also cited ! Underneath this article is a shortish piece (perhaps 3 column inches) on the convict Hulk "The Justitia" lying off the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich- which is in such a bad state of repair that it has been brought alongside the wharf for fear of sinking ,as she has been making up to five feet of water in her hold every tide. Upwards of 200 prisoners on the lower deck nearly lost their lives and have been pumping for their lives. A good piece. There is also a nice piece on "Theatricals" and Fanny Kemble, whose services have been secured for the Covent Garden Theatre with the gift of an inscribed Golden Bracelet (text of the inscription is given in the account) with mentions of "that mad wag Charles Kemble" and other noted theatricals of the times. Perhaps six or seven column inches coverage on the latter piece.

keywords: Kemble, Convict Hulks,

condition: Very Good

binding: Disbound