Genuine Rum Warehouse Opening in London Thames Street
A warehouse at No 7 Lower Thames street near London Bridge opens under John Eden as agent to Meff Collins Evans and Co. offering Genuine Rum at 10s 6d per gallon with free carriage in London and Westminster on orders not less than two gallons. David Evans states aims to curb adulteration and affirms the plan received West India Merchants Society approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Weste India Merchants
Lower -Thames-street
London-bridge
London
Westminster
John Eden
Meff. Collins, Evans, and Co
Society of West-India Merchants
Great Britain
KING's Patent Shining Liquid Blacking for Shoes
By the kings patent cakes for making a shining liquid blacking for shoes and boots. Water is added to produce a fine gloss that stays soft and pliable, with no odor and no finger staining. Sold wholesale and retail by Bayley Rothwell Grosvenor Newbery and others in London at 6d per cake, yielding a pint of liquid blacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
Civet-Car
New Bond-street
J. Grosvenor
Angel and Crown
Holborn
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Churchyard
J. Price
India House
Leadenhall-street
Dramatic Wardrobe of the Wervine Ring at Drury Lane
Dramatic Postscript describes the Italian burletta The Wedding Ring staged at Drury Lane with Pandolfo Felicia Henrico Licetta and Zerbino. Performers Mrs Wrighten Mrs Smith Mr Vernon and Mr Bannister receive praise for acting and music as plot deception unites lovers amid mock furor over authorship and broader political gossip.
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Pandolfo
Felicia
Zerbino
Henrico
Licetta
Doge
Venice
Zerbing
Zarbino
Bannister
Playhouse
Pandolpha
Wrighten
Eicetta
Smith
Vernon
Dibdin
Bickerstaff
King
Royal infant Godfather hints and Gloucester reports
At St James's the newborn prince’s name is not fixed yet and Lord North may be named a godfather. Reports on the Duchess of Gloucester’s pregnancy lack confirmation while the Dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland have not sent formal congratulations, yet their inquiries show concern and hope for reconciliation. Attendees at court days had their names recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Alderman Harley
Cox
House of Commons
Mackworth
T.townshend
West Indies
West India
B——ps
Wollaston
Lps
Friends of Reformation
Versailles
Madrid
Poland
Evening Post
Sieur Beniofski
Confederates of
St. James's
Lord North
Duchesa
Gloucester
Cumberland
Russian Officer to Form Regiments and Fleet Voyage
Reports from Paris claim Sieur Beniofski has permission to raise a regiment with ministerial funds and will join two battalions at Brest by March to embark on frigates. A Portuguese Dominican friar accompanies him. Other letters note Russian troops moving into Finland and a major fire at Elfineur harbor destroying ships. Local items mention a marriage in Hackney, a Bristol shipbuilder's death, a Marybone murder confession, and a remarkable fox hunt near Carmarthen with a large fox killed after a long chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamékatka
China
France
Paris
Sieur Beniofski
Brest
Finland
Copenhagen
Elfineur
New Lloyd’s
St. John’s
Hackney
Edward Burkitt
Sudbury
Suffolk
Mise Swift
Joseph Swift
Cannon-street
Bristol
Teaft
Fen
Chebmsford
Mary Wilson
Marybone
Carmarthen
Fan
Theatrical Entainments at Covent Garden and Hoyse
The program lists Daury Lane presenting The Fashionable Lover with a new Comic Opera The Wedding Ring yesterday and King Lear tonight at Covent Garden. Hamlet with Harlequin Sorcerer performed yesterday and Elfrida with Cross Purposes scheduled for this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daury-Lane
King Lear
Covent Garden
Hamlet
Elfrida
Cros
Prices and grain market report from London
High water at London Bridge with morning and evening readings. Corn prices yesterday show Mark Wheat 48 to 563 quar. Barley 26 to 315. Rye 31 to 335. Oats 15 to 198. Flour prices 43s per fack. Malt and peas offered with various prices. Rape seed noted. Market figures appear from the Corn Market in Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
Lane
Stock Prices and Bank Notes in South Sea Decline
Old market report lists prices and parities for stocks and bank shares. Mentions South Sea, India bonds, naval bills, and various confols with percentages and notes of 3 percent. References dates and places in a fragmented 18th century style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ann
South-Sea
Old Ann
Ditto
India Aan
India Bonds
Pr. Navy
C. Bilts
Oakdife
Bank Long Ana
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Boston
Botton
William Smith
Lincolnshire
John Newton
David Evans
Paoli Rosheiti
T. Davis
Rufel-street
W. Strahan
I. Cadell
Strand
Times
T. Carnan
St. Paul's Church-yard
J. Walter
Charing
Great-Britain
Robert Henry
Edinburgh
T. Cadell
Britain
Postscript
Drury- “Lane
Pandolfa
Mr. Davis
S. Seacroft
Globe, Charing-cross
Philip Furneauxt
Furneaux
Justice Blackstones
Lord Mansfield
House of Lords
Pricess
Mr. Maitt Aire
Price
J. and
F. Rivington
St. Paul's Churchyard
W., Johnston
Ludgate-street
T. Longman
Paternofter-tow
the Strand
Homeri Ilias, Gr
A Sal
Horatius
Virzilius
Terentius
Juvenalis
Persius
Ovidii Opera
Museo Anslicanz
Livii Hittoria
Cesaris
Quintus Curtius
Velleius Patercalus
Lucius Florus
Ceornelius Nepos
Hittoria
Sallufius
Conaenes & Ortiones
Grecum
N.B
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