[6]. It would seem, from the following advertisement, that Fielding's inexhaustible pen published, about this time, a sixpenny pamphlet on 'a late Act of Parliament'; but all trace of it has been lost:--"A speech made in the Censorial Court of Alexander Drawcansir, Monday, 6th June, 1752, concerning a late Act of Parliament. Printed for the Author. Price 6d." The General Advertiser, June 27, 1752. [Back]
[7]. The General Advertiser March 4. 1752. [Back]
[8]. The General Advertiser, April 15, 1752. [Back]
Footnotes for Chapter 16
[1]. Life of Henry Fielding. Frederick Lawrence, p. 138. [Back]
[2]. Saunders Welch. A Letter on the subject of Robberies, wrote in the year 1753. [Back]
[3]. See the Public Advertiser 1753 March 17, 20, 24 &c. [Back]
[4]. This unique contemporary print of Fielding may be seen in the British Museum, Print Room, Social Satires, No. 3213. [Back]
[5]. Record Office. State Papers. Domestic G. II., 127, no. 24. [Back]
[6]. Lysons. Environs of London. 1795. Vol. ii. p. 229. [Back]