Late Appearance of The Country Girl at Drury Lane
An excerpt notices a late appearance of a young gentlewoman in the role of The Country Girl at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The piece mocks the rising trend of novice players and imagines the audience crowding, while praising the potential for growth and the chaste art of acting, with a whimsical ode to the hope of improvement and audience indulgence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utton
Theatre- Royal Za Druryelages
A& Dame Nature
The Ascot of Jons Rann and His Confined Life
The account follows OHN RANN alias Sixteen String Jack born in Somerfethshire, a gentleman’s servant, educated for credit but later in gaol, his volatile nature and attachment to a servant girl led to crime and execution. He boasted of royal attentions and prior amours, denied robbery at first, confessed under pressure, maintained joking conduct before death, attended services, rejected reform, and died after a final hour of legal and religious proceedings amid broader parliamentary and city notices.
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Genengu
Jons Rann
Stine Jac
Ohn Rann
String Jack
Somerfethhire
England
Earl of Bute
Jack
Dulcibea
Uder
Cehich
Hill
Scifownicie. Cil
Lewis
Phe
Clackmannan
Lanerk
St. Ives
Berwick
Drary-lana
Garrick
Don.John
Wn .Lovell
Stanhope, Hig
Winchester
America
Welk
Indies
Cadiz
Paris
Tate'wilkes
King
George
Great Bri
Hart
Bridge
Frederick Bull
Fithmongers-hall
St. Michael
Prederick Bull
John Wilkes
Lans-Wlayer
George Hawles Houttoun
Alderston
Neate
Bridge Ward
St. Mary Hill
London
William Neate
John Reynolds
Bridgs Withen
King’s Bench
Rig
John ‘Hart
Lord-Mayer
Reflections of a Prisoner Before His Hanging
An distressed prisoner on the eve of execution fears pain and mortality. He converses with companions and asks the Ordinary if hanging is painful, expressing anxiety about his throat and seeking reassurance. His brother visits timidly, aiding a respectful farewell, while concern grows over a girl's possible claim to his money and the fate of his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ketch
Hiy
Tyburn
Buci
Baba
Fires, marriages, and prices from Whitechapel to Fleet Street
A compact notice recalls market prices for hay straw and coal, a widow’s annuity after a fatal King's coach accident, a publican's suicide linked to brewer tickets, a woollen-draper fire in Fleet Street, and a Holborn church wedding. It lists prices, events, and brief civic notes in a single day’s record.
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Whitechapel
Billingsgate Coal-mocket
John Bolton
Porssa
Mr.Perkins
High Water Times at London Bridge
London water levels listed for tomorrow show morning tides at 34 meters? and evening swings with rising and falling markers. unclear OCR details include morning and evening readings and a Saturday reference with multiple times.
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London
Bridge
Tomorriow
Moring
Stock Market Glitches and Bank Shares Reported
Stock listings show mixed activity as Indian and South Sea bank shares appear with varying quotes. Trading notes mention percent changes and unsettled figures amid a pool of ambiguous figures and typographical errors.
New Voyage With Maps and Historical Prints
A new edition begins with Number I at sixpence embellished with charts of vessels under Byron Wallis Carteret and Cook and a Patagonian woman and child. It offers a meritorious historical account of English navigations including recent voyages ordered by the crown. Printed by F Newbery at St Paul’s Churchyard and sold by booksellers and news carriers nationwide.
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Hawkefwort
Himelf
Byron
Wallis
Carteret
Cook
Mount Bou
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House of Peers
House of Commons
House
Lord Beauchamp
Privy Council
St. James’s
Great Britain
Massachusets Bay
Massachusets
Rufia
Con. Rhotig
Dégna
Buckley
Jamaica
Rhode Island
Florida
Minerva
Miles Hammett
Newfoundland
D Bank’ Steel
India
Bank Ma Tad
IndiaBonds
NAVY
Long Ann
Leitters
J. Wilkie
St. Paul's
MAS
Neville
Havedin
Authan
Pe Velvetity Press
Can
F Es
Sik
See. Mehdy Review
J. Bew
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