Grand Musical Festival at Westminster Abbey Opens Luxuriously
Sunday and Tuesday reports describe a grand musical festival at Westminster Abbey attended by Their Majesties and the royal family. Handel’s Esther overture and the Dettingen Te Deum opened the performance, praised for superb Conducting by Bates and leadership by Cremer. The royal party arrived in thirteen-carriage train, with cream coloured horses, and declined to Buckingham Palace for refreshments before continuing to Windsor.
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Westminster-Abbey
Handel
Mara
Storace
Rubinelli
Harrison
Bates
Cremer
Princess Royal
Princess Augusta
Elizabeth
Maria
Sophia
Duke of Cumberland
Buckingham-houses
Windsor
Fire in guard room chimney at St James's alarmed garrison
Yesterday morning a chimney in the guard room at St James's caught fire and burned violently but was quickly controlled to avoid igniting a powder store for 1000 men. Other notes mention an 8.5 lb jackfish found in Farnham, a burglary at Tilehurst, and various extracts from Ostend and Paris discussing religion, law, and court affairs.
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St. James’s
Farnham
Surrey
Reading
Ostend
Jemand
Jehu II
Fuku
Baal
Joseph
Brabant
Theople
Paris
Fabre
Toulon
Pica
Courageous Pica Defies Tyrant Then Seeks Death at Sea
An account from Bath details a French affair and a dramatic incident aboard a ship. Pica refuses a punishment, confronts a tyrant captain, and ultimately sacrifices himself by leaping into the ocean with the captain in his arms. The narrative also describes Bath society, the Duchess de Polignac, and visiting French dignitaries at the North Parade ball with fashion, arrivals, and social scenes.
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Pica
Bath
Duke D'Harcourt
Count D’adhemar
Wells
Cheltenham
Blenheim
Prince Rezzonico
Rome
Count Vaudrieul
France
Order of St. Louis
Outré
Gloucestershire Trade Offense and Notable Ox Slaughter
Shrewsbury reports convict Jaf Williams for selling gloves without a stamped ticket, fined ten pounds and jailed for three months. Nottingham butcher John Goodall kills a massive ox weighing around 25 stone with a 13 ft 9 in girth, praised as the finest beast locally. Kidderminster sees a Birmingham mare swindle via forged bill from a Shir- ley man, part of a broader fraud ring. Oxford notes Cambridge and Oxford scholars admitted to several degrees including Doctor of Divinity and Doctor of Medicine, with multiple Bachelor and Master of Arts distinctions granted.
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Shrewsbury
Thomas Evan Williams
James Holt
John Goodall
Chapel Bar
Nottingham
Kidderminster Fair
Harris
Birmingham
Stevens
Shirley
Sheffield
Wells
Heathfield
Richards
London
Jno. Grey
Thomas Short
John Bird
George Stevens
Oxforp
Edward Tatham
Lincoln College
Thomas Monro
Oriel College
James Valance
Alban Hall
William Butler
Wadham College
Rowley
Oliver
Prologue to the Way to Keep Him at Duke of Richmond
A Prologue performed Thursday night at the Duke of Richmonds Theatre Pavy Gardens before the royal party including the Princesses. Written by General Conway and spoken by Mrs Howarth. The speaker laments modern stage excesses and praises simple, virtuous art while invoking patrons of the arts and the royal audience. The text notes adjustments for performance before the Prince of Wales and the King and Queen, with lines introduced or omitted for the royal representation.
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Duke of Richmond
Pavy Gardens
Princess Royal
Princess Augusta
Elizabeth
Princess Mary
Princess Sophia
General Conway
Howart
Ince
Royal
the Prince of Wales
Duke of Cumberland
Ines
Prince Wi Aloe
Barooyne
Damer
Venus
Steers Opodeldoc advertised with stamp authenticity warning
A London advertisement promotes Dr Steers Opodeldoc for rheumatism sprains and more while cautioning buyers against counterfeits. It notes F Newbery stamp marks on genuine bottles and lists multiple sellers including H Steers at Old Bond Street and others across London and country towns.
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London
F. Newbery
Stamp-office
H. Steers
Old Bond-street
F. Newsery
Dr. James
St. Paul’s
Dr. Steers
Cocking and Rudhall
E. Sheircliff
W. Bulgin
Preservation of Health Cordial Sold in London and Bristol
An advertisement promotes Oriental Vegetable cordial claiming cures for stomach complaints and scurvy. It offers a reward of one hundred guineas for exposing counterfeit sales. The medicine, sold in five shilling bottles, is marketed through Cornwell in Hanover Square and several Bristol vendors. It cites successful cases from Edinburgh and London and highlights Spilsbury's Drops with testimonials and a 1786 date.
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Westminster
His
Cornwell
Conduititreet
Hanover-square
London
Cocking
Rudhall
A. Browne and Son
Wells and
Arthur
Ann Maceman
Edinburgh
Spilbury
Stewart and Storie
John Daw
Lawn Market
Ann Gee
N. B
Messrs
Cocking and Rudhall
Smallstreet
H. Brown
Quay-street
Bristol
AGUE DROPS PATENT REMEDY FROM THE KING'S BOTTLES
Advertises the infallible ague drops sold by Cockine and Ryphatt at multiple outlets in Bristol with a claim of curing obstinate fevers more reliably than bark. Includes testimonials from a Warwick reader dated February 27, 1787, praising rapid recovery and returning appetite after using the drops.
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Warwick
J. Burgess
Dr Hooper's Female Pills Warn Against Counterfeits
A long notice hawks Dr James’s Powder for fevers, childbed illnesses, and related ailments, praising its efficacy while warning against fake stamps. It lists legitimate suppliers Francis Newbery and Thomas Dicey in London and notes stamps with Hooper sons’ names as authentication.
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Hooper
John, Joseph
Benjamin Hooper
Francis Niwszay
Dr. James’s
St. Paul's
Cheapside
London
Thomas Dicey and Co
James
Francis Newsery
St. Paul’s
Leake's Genuine Pills Promise Quick Venereal Cure
By his Majesty's Letters Patents Leake's Pills claim to cure venereal disease and scurvy without diet changes in about fifteen days. A single tasteless pill and an annual regimen of eight pills promise restoration, with widespread efficacy over sixty years and thousands cured, sold by Cocking and Rudhall and H. Brown.
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Messrs
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