Transcriber’s Note: Obvious printer’s errors have been repaired, but period and inconsistentspelling have not. The printer’s use of italics was somewhat haphazard.
Or, TRADER’s
Monthly Intelligencer.
Number I. for JANUARY.
CONTAINING,
I. A view of the WeeklyEssays and Controversies, viz.Of Q. Elizabeth; Ministers;Treaties; Liberty of thePress; Riot act; Armies;Traytors; Patriots; Reason;Criticism; Versifying;Ridicule; Humours; Love;Prostitutes; Music; Pawn-Brokers;Surgery; Law.
II. Poetry, viz. The Odefor the new Year, by CollyCibber, Esq; Remarks uponit; Imitiations of it, by wayof Burlesque; Verses on thesame Subject; ingenious Epitaphsand Epigrams.
III. Domestick Occurrences, viz.Births, Deaths, Marriages,Preferments, Casualties, Burialsand Christenings inLondon.
IV. Melancholy Effects ofCredulity in Witchcraft.
V. Prices of Goods and Stocks,and a List of Bankrupts.
VI. A correct List of the Sheriffsfor the current Year.
VII. Remarkable Advertisements.
VIII. Foreign Affairs, with anIntroduction to this Year’sHistory.
IX. Books and Pamphletspublish’d.
X. Observations in Gardening,and the Fairs in Feb.
XI. A Table of Contents.
By SYLVANUS URBAN of Aldermanbury, Gent.
Prodesse & Delectare.
The Third Edition.
LONDON:
Printed for R. Newton, at St John’s Gate, and Sold by the
Booksellers, MDCCXXXI. (Price Six-Pence.)
| Remarks on the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, | p. 3, 5, 7 |
| Reflections on the Conduct of a certain great Man, | 4 |
| Political Observations from the Craftsman, | ibid. |
| Liberty of the Press asserted, | 5 |
| —— Reply’d to, | 17 |
| Of the standing Army and Riot Act, | 5 |
| —— Reply’d to, | 16 |
| Remarks on the Craftsman’s Hague Letter, | 6 |
| On the present State of Affairs, | 7, 10 |
| Conduct of the Ministry, | 7 |
| Of Mr. Chubb’s Discourse of Reason, |