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paper published on Thursday, October 16th, 1760, and entitled 
“The Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, printed and pub- 
“lished by C. Pope and Co., at the printing office in Stall 
“Street, where printing in all its branches is performed on the 
“most reasonable terms and in the neatest manner.”* The 
pice was twopence halfpenny. In this number is the following 
rotice :— 
The Public are desir’d to be careful to ask for the BatH CHRONICLE 
AND WEEKLY GaAzeETTE, published by C. Pore and Company, as the 
Proprietors of the Bata Apvertiser (a Saturday paper ) having altered 
their Day of Publication to Thursday since our Proposals were first dis- 
tributed and likewise pirated Part of our Title, viz., Bata CHRONICLE. 
We therefore give this necessary Caution lest they should attempt to impose 
their Paper for this. As to the scandalous invectives published this Week 
at the Bottom of their Proposals we think them unworthy notice ; we shall 
endeavour to fulfil our Promise to the Public, and if we are found to 
deserve encouragement we make no doubt of receiving it notwithstanding 
all the arts that envy and malice can suggest. We are resolved never to 
answer any of their Publications nor for the future take the least notice 
of them. 
The former part of this notice appeared at intervals until March 
18th, 1762. 
The addition “ Co.” was dropped without remark on November 
5th, 1761, and on the 26th of November the title was changed to 
“ Pope’s Bath Chronicle.” This Cornelius Pope, as he states on 
the title page of his first paper, ‘‘served his apprenticeship to the 
“late Mr. Boddely, and has had the sole management of the 
«¢Bath Journal’ these last four years.” He and Mr. Keene seem 
to have quarrelled in parting for they got to wrangling in print ;+ 
what Mr. Keene said shows that Pope had held a responsible 
position in his employ and had kept his work-books. On Oct. 
* Lent by Mr. C. P. Russell, librarian to the Royal Institution, who 
possesses a complete file from the beginning to the present day. 
+ Bath Chronicle, April 15th, 22nd and 29th, 1762; Bath Journal, 
April 12th, 19th and 26th, 1762. 
