Mozart and Handel Prodigies Compared Across Ages
An observer recalls Mozart at eight in London showing mastery of composition and piano technique, alongside notes on Handel’s youth. The account contrasts early musical genius with age, referencing observed feats, travels, and debates on a child prodigy’s true age and talent.
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Bath
Mozart
London
Saltzbourg
Count Harlang
England
Thave
Jam
Prince of
Mofart
John Barratier
Reb Bi Benjamin
Barratier
Germany
Manwaring
Handel
Almeira
Yam
Tate
Linay
Large assembly of weavers in Paul's Street
A mob of about 200 weavers gathered in Paul's street to seize a man employed by Mr. Sexton for violating their rules. They began destroying camblet piles in Sexton's cart-road until Sheriff Lucas, passing by, dispersed them. He was cursed, one man tried to snatch his staff, and the assailant was pursued and jailed.
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R & Lia
Cork
Axziyi
Paul’s Street
Reverend Webster Named Royal Chaplain in City
The Rev Dr Alexander Webster, a city minister, is appointed one of His Majesty's Chaplains in place of the late Dr Robert Wallace. This announces a royal clerical appointment and honors Webster's standing within the local church community.
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Fidimiurgt
Alexander Webster
Robert Wrallace
Bristol Quay clash ends in sailor's death in August
A dispute at Bristol's quay between a Collier and a sailor led to a long battle that exhausted both and left the sailor dead that night. The report lists various port arrivals and ship movements, including captains and vessels arriving from Jamaica, Norway, and the Grenades, with names like Samuel Lemon and William Gunly among the injured.
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Bristol
Reading
Fisher
William Gunly
Seareach
Fractured note hints at Northern Department event
Fragmentary OCR mentions London and Turkish reference with Great Deal and fire in the Northern Department, but details are unclear. Readable names or entities are scarce, suggesting a historical note or marginal item with partial sentences and missing context.
London military and naval updates amid privy council note
A London dispatch reports a Privy Council meeting tonight to consider full enlistment for regiments. Treasury funds will cover Gibraltar and Minorca prisons payrolls and plantation staff through December 24. Other items note artillery reviews at Woolwich, seamen recruitment drives at Wapping and Shadwell, and arrivals of Fortrose and Lord mayor at fire commemoration. An August Paris letter cites France reducing forces to 40,000, with concerns over disbanded soldiers and potential unrest. A Warsaw dispatch warns peace far off and Polish resistance to a Russian envoy.
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Fardipe
Privy Council
Phat i
St. James’s
Gibraltar
Minorca
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Woolwich War
Conway
Woolwich
Wapping
Shadwel
Moasely
Lord Fortrose
Paris
France
Kng
Ringtoat
Europe
Nantzs
Warsaw
de Saldern
Sersons
Dudley
Comour
Portsmouth
Britain
Buttinding Company
India
China
St. Paul’s
London
Northington Fair
Fairfield
Tisigiléen
Downs
Prince George
Hanks
Bowrd
Peter
Bourg
Linfield
Susex
Rotterdam
Morgan
Newete
Murder case and robberies loom in London crowds
A Thames ship murder bail hearing falls through as suspects fail to appear. A new robbery damages a Lincoln's Inn Fields drawing room, leaving birds sliced from canvass. Two well dressed youths linked to highway robberies are examined by Sir John Fielding, while notices report births, marriages, deaths, and inland corn prices across English counties.
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Citi
Italy
Kenai
Lincoln’s Inn-Felds
Fleet-street
John Fielding
Join Roefhout
Gayile
Row
Rigby
Old Jewry
Maria Sergent
St. Paul's Churchs Yard
David Bradbury
Ramsgate
Kent
Dorothy Cunning Thomson
Gotport
Ralph Kitten
Belrgine
His
Mils Wild
Orton
Stepney
Mary Southan
Tower-hill
Countess of
Mount Alexander
Donaghacee
Ireland
Coventry
Skipworth
Francis Skipworth
Richmond
Samuel Savage
Ely
Poland
Sreet
Great Marlborough-street
Garnett
Wilkie
St. Paul's Church-Yard
Capte Smith
Wiernally
Edsonton
Winchester
London
Middlesex
Surry
Hertford
Bedford
Cambridge
Huntingdon
Northampton
Rilland
Leicester
Nottingham
Derby
Stallard
Halop
Heeford
Wiltthir
Denis
Oxford
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Guar - Cqunties Usen
COAS
Esex
Lincoln
Durham
Northumberl
Cumberland
Wells
Nsulind
Spegg
Lancashire
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Somerset
Devon
Cornwall
Dorset
Hampshire
North Wales
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