Sunday aid Tuesday's posts and the Princess Augusta gift
Fragment from our first page reports Tie Kinz fixed a quarterly annuity for Princess Augusta on her coming of age. The Coven presented jewels for the occasion. Paris letters note bakers targeted with extortion, a Paris decree requires daily bread output and two months notice before business closure, with severe penalties for retirement during distress.
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Augusta
Paris
Hotel de Ville
Oufrels
Vienna
Akerman
Prince de Cobourg
Tartinelle
Wouot
Lord North
Treasury
France
Europe
Schlieffen
Prussia
Liege
Sweden
London
Times
Versailles
Echo and Newfoundland News in a Turbulent Season
Reports describe the Echo sloop and two French warships in Newfoundland, a harbored captain threatened to quit, convicts landed in Newfoundland headed to England, and cattle diseases in Ireland cause farmer alarm. Port incidents include a missing box at Birmingham and Madame Mara in Venice. Court news covers libel cases and outlawry writs with dramatic defenses, and social scenes note a fundraising event where ladies and gentlemen pool gifts, ending with a playful payment dispute over a guinea.
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Rose
Newfoundland
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Newfoungsland
St. John’s
England
Milbank
Government of
Ireland
United States of America
Tollow
Madame Mara
Venice
Philip Withers
King’s Bench
Fitzherbert
Nemess
Marquis de Beloir
D’ Arcy Wentworth
Tie
Barrington
Newcastle
Leicester
Ball
Abbots-Bromley
Rugby Fair
Hamley-Heath
Pretty Orange Vendors at Morpeth Races
At Morpeth Races two girls sold oranges after dinner. They offered to sell to each gentleman, sparking a scene as Sir Henry Liddell pledged a guinea for an orange for every man present, prompting a sharp response from the Duke of Northumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Morpeth
Henry Liddell
Duke of Northumberland
Equalizing Weights and Measures Urged by Miller Letter
A circular letter to Clerks of the Peace reveals Sir John Muller pursues a Parliament supported plan to probe and reform weights and measures across Britain. Miller pledges to move a Commons enquiry, summon a committee, and require county returns detailing current weights, measures, and rare denominations used in markets.
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John Muller
House of Commons
House of Commions
Great Britain
J. R. Miller
London
St. James’s-street
Potatoes share shelves in potluck bread recipe and soup
A Bath Agriculture Society communique presents a potato bread method with washed potatoes boiled to pulp, mixed with water and flour, barm, and yeast, baked in a hot oven. It notes costs and yields about eight pounds of bread at a penny per pound and adds a simple family soup recipe using beef, peas, potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions, celery, herbs, and water to make three gallons.
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The
Bath Agriculture Society
Jos. Hazard
Bradford
Wilts
S. d
Onco
The Comic Opera at Drury Lane Theatre Review
A theater notice previews The Comic Opera at Drury Lane, praising its author Mary Queen of Scots for dramatic skill and applauding the production for its merit and crowd appeal. It sketches Le Marque de Fer with characters including Carline and the Abbess, set on the island of Saint Marguerite, detailing plot twists of escape and gate scenes.
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le Marque Teeer
Cartine
le Marque de Fer
Carline
le Malgue
Bannister
Greenwood
Drury- Ine
Mary Queen of Scots
Kelly
Barrymore
Suell
Carlinew
Crouch
Edwards
Teresa
Island of St Marguerite Prologue Portrait of Liberty
Fragmentary 17th century verse praises a mysterious hero linked to Bourbon Vermandois Monmouth Beaufort and a blessed isle. The speaker intends to stage a Prologue, not reveal the man, and praises liberty, peace, and national resilience amid tumult and critique.
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Island of
St. Marguerite
Bourbon
Vermandois
Monmouth
Beaufort
Zhen
Isle
Silver Sea
Albion
Lottery Dreams And The Wise Man’s Caution
A poem warns against lottery schemes and hollow riches, arguing that bold schemes cause ruin for many while honest daily work sustains families. It contrasts reckless hoping for ten thousand pounds with prudent, steady wealth and the deceptive nature of chance. The piece urges prudence, patience, and virtue over quick fortune, noting the toll on creditors and the folly of chasing luck.
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Wie
Chapman
Guildhall
James Haviland
Bridewater
Somersetshire
Vaunton
G. Sammuel Yates
Aldersley
Glocester
White Hart Inn
Tetbury
John Meadows Wood
Norwich
St. Peter of Mancrot
John Bevan
Marazion
Cornwall
Angel Inn
Helstone
William Barrs
Samuel Barrs
Birmingham
Chapmen and Copartiers
William Eyton
Michael
Worcester
Benjamin Hewson
Ann Hobson's
Dev. G. Joseph Langford
Nottingham
Hofier
Dealer
Eight Bells
Mary Sands
Marshall Crampton
Rchard Storr
Hofiers and Partners
James Walker
John Martin Sawyer
Manchester
Merchants and Partners
King's Head Inn
Salford
Lancashire
John Wood
Septimus Hodson
Prince of Waites
Thrapstone
Northamptonshire
John William Rose
Earl of Burford
G4th Reg. of
Foot
Charles Hastings
Wm. Ancram
Ditto
Marrirep
Jaques Husbands
Coventry
Douglas
Oxford-street
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
W. Harvey
E. Witcher
Guernsey
le Marchant
Iniskilling Regiment
Carey
Mr. Lever
A. Lever
Mills Murgatroyd
Little Preston
Thomas
Ann Gomery
Little Sheffley
Wolverhampton
William Harrison
Mary Parkes
Mr. Davies
Sutton
Miss Drought
Henry Drought
Oxford
Jonathan Boucher
Epsom
Surrey
James
Carlisle
John Bleckiston
Berkford
Bedfordshire
Mills Tyton
Merton
Francis Warneford
Warneford Place
Wiltshire
Elizabeth Flower
Viscount Athbroox
Kingdom of Ireland
Dizex
Joseph Fownes
Shrewsbury
Corby Cattle
Mrs
Howard
Coleraine
Richard Jackson
Richard Francis
Mercer and Draper
Marlborough
Edward Fifield
Ledbury
Buckland
Broadway
Worcestershire
Charles Bayland
Esy
Dirty Lane
Hoxton
William Haran
West Indies
Brecon
John Davids
Royal Navy
Richard Biggs
Camerton
Prince Frederick
Brunswick
Mall-Pox
Hogarth
Thornhill
John Silverdler
Circus
Cold-Ashton
Bath
Sam. Calwell
Calwell
Shefherd, Esq
Reading
John Scott
Castlecourt
Birchin-lane
Isaac Earlman
White Horse Yard
Drury-lane
Thomas Slatterfly
Whitechapel
Michael Jenkins
Red Lion-street
Maitland Mattlard
Upper Clapton
Robert Taylor
Denmark-street
Thomas Varley
York
Pack Horse
Huddersheld
John Stride
Milpond-street
Theatre Drury-Lane
Tre Lottery
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