Licensing of magicians tied to quarter sessions in Britain
Parliament debates licensing of players deemed scandalous to the public. proposal to grant magistrates at Quarter Sessions sole power to license performances up to forty times a year from license date, with constraints on metropolitan venues and proximity to patents. Budget talks note potential tax changes. Lord Bute attends Lords, potential Irish Chancellorship changes discussed. Reports cover international and colonial news including Georgia frontiers skirmish aftermath, Virginia duties on rum and coffee, Madrid and Venice dispatches, and other court, trade, and society items.
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Huffey
House of Commons
Sadler’s Wells
Lord Bute
House of Lords
Ireland
Lord Lifford
J. Hewer
Viscount Lifford
King’s Bench
England
Bowes
Charles Jr
Henry II
Georgia
Virginia
Madrid
Franckfort
Belgrade
Venice
Emo
Senate
Cattaro
Pacha of Negropont
Porte
Chevalier Emo
Pacha
Negropont
Gulph
Republic
Meuden
Paris
Dauphin
France
Berty
The
East India Company
Goodman’s Fields
Yuesday
Isle of Wight
Lucretia
John Adams, Esq
Lady
Boston
America
Robertson
Lizard
Bengal
Earl of Wycombe
Wood
China
Philadelphia
Covent Garden
Nicholas Bond
Bow-street
Foster Bower
John Lane
Messrs. Goslings
Fleet-street
Beg the Lane order in Hereford affizes case
A prisoner faced with forged note allegations, claiming a mysterious lady in a coach paid. He was committed after evidence showed he received and used the order, with London connections cited. The piece also recounts various notes on Irish bog flooding and a mix of local curiosities.
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Bower
Lane
Hereford
Mattinly
London
Messrs. Goslings
Gal
Fitzgerald
Cathel
Dublin
Monabugh
Hyde
Suir
Galden Bridge
Poridge
Peterborough
Temple
Blackfriarsbridge
Thames
Downham Market
Norfolk
Newgate
Black Friars
Woolwich
Experimental tar timber test and curious four elements demo
From Kineston Jamaica General Advertiser January report describes Seaman the shipwright testing tar from Scotch coal on pine timber sunk in East River, noting Scotch tar resisted worms and barnacles while other coatings failed. It also recounts an experiment showing four elements in balance after shaking, plus a riot of local fires and a horse cruelty incident ending in death and moral lesson. A 14 month old girl survived a water immersion after Humane Society methods, in Birmingham Min ornam.
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Chaarlestown
S. C
Seaman
Carthagena
East River
Dr. Ekins
Newton-Joney
Winton
Carter
Birm Minouam
Mr. Benett
Stampton-street
Mr. Blount
Urgeon
Temple-row
Humane Society
Melancholy accidents and a large barn fire reported
Reports from Stanford, Carlisle, and Salisbury recount a maid in Sutterton who died after ingesting mercury sublimate by mistake. Carlisle suburbs see two months of fever claiming many lives. A fire near Amesbury destroys a barn with 60 quarters of barley, the farm house, other buildings, and livestock, with suspicions of foul play.
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Stanford
Jefferson
Sutterton
Sarah Frith
Carlisle
Caldowgate
Mall
Salisbury
Allington
Amesbury
Beaumont
Desperate Advertisement Seeks Theft Suspect at Covent Garden
A curious notice from The World dated April 8 asks for a thief who stole a heart shaped earthenware vessel from a 24 year old man at Covent Garden theatre. The description targets a 16 year old girl with striking features and a black moustache-like mark. A reward of 500 pounds is offered for capture before the Clerical Justice or Old Rory at Gretna.
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Covent Garden Theatre
England
Rory
Gretna
N. B
Politeness as a guide to virtue and social conduct
A treatise defines politeness as inner peace expressed through kind, considerate action. It argues good nature, sense, moderation, and sweetness shape a polite person who avoids offense, while contrasting Honorius the blunt honest man with Garcia the affable opportunist. It covers religion, national loyalty, and political debate, urging cautious speech in mixed company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honorius
Garcia
O Fe
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Igirst
Kineston
Jamaica
Country News
Pindarum
Lousians
Peter Pindar
Streatham
Bristol Key
William,new Nham
Inner Temple
S. Bladon
Paternofter-row
Great Britain
Little World
Nathaniel Wanley
A. M
Trinity Parish
Coventry
R. FauLper
His Majesty
New Bond-street
E. Jarrery
Warwick-street
Garden-square
T. Troax+ Tan
Southampton-street
Strand
C. Tay Lor
Brook-street
Holborn
Mr. Waniszy
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