Drury Lane Theatre Ends Crowd Praise for Siege and Belgrade
The Drury-Lane house overflowed with praise as SieGE and Belgrade drew full queues. The Author trimmed the piece, omitting the duet and chorus, with Palmer and Kerry receiving applause despite dis dispossession. Lights and scenery enhanced the performance, and the crowd's warm reception showed the company felt at home.
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Drury-Lane
Belgrade
R. Palmer
Murr
Palmer
Kerry
France National Assembly debatesFinance and oaths amid unrest
The article notes 33 decrees passed on gendarmerie organization, and plans to circulate new Affignats while declaring finances prosperous. King Louis sends a pro tempore interior minister note. Debates cover trial by jury, justice appointments, and potential removal of Cardinal de Bexais. Paris clubs clash, monarchic vs Jacobin factions, risk of Pantheon closure and mob violence.
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Anon
Europe
France
M. ‘de Saint Priest
Interior Department
M. de Montmorin
Louis
Cardinal de Bexais
National Assembly
Rome
Albi
Prince Borghese
Sacred College
Paris
Jacontns
Privy Council of the Nation
M. de Mirabeau
van der Noot
Jacostus Crus
Pantheon
Crus
Royal Windsor outings and European dispatches update
Yesterday the King and Queen rode in Windsor Great Park and visited Frogmore House, while the Prince of Wales and nobles hunted near Kempshot. Reports recount diplomacy, army movements toward Constantinople, editorials on governance, duels, shipping notes, and two new Channel lighthouses at Hasborough opened for nightly guidance.
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Windsord Great Park
Frogmore House
Prince of Wavers
Kempshot
Hants
Duke of Clarence
Richmond “Terrace
Lord Grenville
Treasury
Gray
Quebec
Ministiry
Ewart
Berlin
Bath
Danube
Black Sea
Nile
Mediterranean
Constantinople
Adrianople
van der Noot
van Eupen
Netherlands
Archduke Charles
Belgic
Brufflels
Christina
Saxe
Teschen
Thither
Germany
Joseru
Raptivit
Europe
Thynne
Portland
Expedition
Howe
Falmouth
America
West Indies
Lisbon
Hinflar Hospital
Portsmouth
Gosport
Navy
Great Britain
Ireland
Gavin
Yarmouth
Oporto
France
Nelly
Hog
Port Bar
Jean
Rogers
Cape Finesterre
Trinity House
Haseborough
Brussels Reforms Reestablished States Offices and Committees
BrussEls reports state that the offices of Secretary of State and War are reestablished. Pro tempore appointments oversee Council affairs. Three committees are formed to manage Privy Council Finances and the Chamber of Accounts. Rome notes a mass and Te Deum in gratitude for the Emperor's coronation.
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Privy Council
Chamber of Accounts
Rome
Cori
Salviati
Burcha
Archinto
Finochietti
Songs in the Siege of Belgrade Air and Duet
An 18th century style musical piece features an air Anselm performed by Mr Cooke and a duet Lilla and Ghita sung by Signora Storace and Mrs Bland. The texts describe forest imagery and seasonal imagery as the singers yearn for renewal and love.
Thoughtful frown in aria from Signora Storace
The fragment presents a sung exchange with air from Signora Storace, asking what a dear one would see in downcast eyes. The speaker offers grave, melancholy listening and a piteous appeal, with repeated la ra lal phrases. The excerpt evokes operatic emotion and a tender plea.
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Signora Storace
Ami
Duett and Portrait Gallery Listings
The text presents a dramatic duet between Signora Storace and Mr Bannister, then shifts to a long catalog of paintings, artists, and works informing readers of upcoming exhibitions and the assortment of drawings and rooms. It includes names like Rubens, Pynaker, Van Dyck, and Rembrandt era pieces, with descriptions of portraits, landscapes, and religious scenes.
Monmouth Borough Elected Official Cuartes Bracer Wins Unopposed
Reports from Wicks St Lawrence Somerses hire describe a severe lightning strike on the weather cock tower damaging the pinnacle entering the West window and scorching the pulpit cloth. The incident also damaged the church fabric with an estimated loss of 300l. A separate death notes an infirm elderly lady burnt in a house fire and death. A birth in Bourdeaux yields a boy and four girls who died next day. A carrot gargle is suggested for sore throat. Bankrupt figures for 1790 show 657 cases, up 75 from last year.
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Cuartes Bracer
Lfd
Monmouth
Wicks St. Lawrence
Somerseshire
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M. T4uror
London
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Lilla Any Ghita
Mrs. Bland
Zephyr
LILLA
MR. Bannister
Tun
Litta
Leob
Leoroto
Leoronn
Cvery Lropon
Lrorono
Leopolp
Linta
Leopoln
Liupa
Linza
Bors
Wuis
Fandych
Rachael
Hagar
Ceres
Garder
Olives
Madona
Venus
Moses
Susannah
Catherine
Child
St. John
Atic
Parmegiano
Carls ‘Cigniani
Paduanino
Saffe Ferrata
Vanharp
Romanellii Annibal
Caraccd Wynants
P. Veronese
Pynaker
Carlo Maratti
Salvator Rosa Ditto
Oftade Ditto
Paul
Rubens
Dominichino
St. Francis
St. Stephen
Laura
Boors Broaer
Samson
Dalila
Charles V
A. Ditto
St. Jerome
St. Cyprian
Cecilia
Devotion
Jupiter
Leda
Paul Potter
Brower Breenberg
Cortona
Rubens Titian
Tintoret
Fandevelde
Ditto
Guercina
Claude Fandyck
Alex. Kernonex Mola
Gerard Dow Teniers Ditto
Vanderwerff
Adw
del Arta
Fander Hyde
Fanhuyjum Ditto
Antonio Caraccé Corri Igio
Bernardo Solara
Scalken
Berchem
Tivoli
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