Theatrical Intelligence at Theatre Royal Haymarket
The two act comedy Tus CONTRAGT was staged at Theatre Royal Haymarket with Commodore Captern Bannister Colonel Lovemore Sprightly and Maria. Roles by Gardner Palmer Whitefield and Essex received praise while the plot centers on old contracts and a staged reconciliation ending in mutual betrothal and comic machinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Royal
Hay, Market
Commodore Captern
Bannister
Colonel Lovemore
Parsons
Capt. Sprightly
W. Palmer
Mr. Whitefield
Colorel
Mills Eleanor
Severa
Capt
Sprightly
Maria
Spightly
Eleanor
Dr. Franklin
Defouches
Gray notes on Garrick stage departure and mourning
A lyrical lament over Garrick quitting the stage and departing forever. The author pleads forgiveness for the artful tribute while praising Garrick as the bosom lord of drama, invoking Melpomene and Thalia and recalling classic roles as mournful evidence of his loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrick
Melpomene
Thalia
Niobe
Miles
Bach
Richard
Old Lear
Hamlet
Macbeth
Gay Ranger
Kitely
Abel
Felix
Benedict
Don John
Saul
Sinin
Aamir
Variety Song Fragment from Mos Sherborne at Vauxhall Gardens
The text presents a fragmentary verse titled Variety with lines about singing at Vauxhall Gardens by Mos Sherborne. It references a changing scene like a bird skimming the air and uses refrain style about variety and joy. The garbled OCR mentions love, smiles, and wandering, evoking a stage or music hall vibe with a self referential refrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barran
Mos Sherborne
Vauxhall Gardens
Postscript on the Protestant Dissenters and church state tyranny
A reader responds to a May letter, arguing that Dissenters are not numerous or virtuous. He accuses Dissenters of tyranny, hypocrisy, and attempts to overturn church and state from the Reformation to today. He warns the gentleman to temper self-praise and accept government lenity with humility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fariy
Sch
America
Congress
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Haymarket
London
J. Price
Perfumer
Notage
Leadenhall-street
F. Newbery
St. Paul's Church-yard
J. Grosvenor
Perfumier
Ned
Turnsite
Holborn
Ay Rothwell
New Bond
Ambassadors trade concerns and royal court moves in London
London reports detail Count Welde ren and Lord Germaine's five hour conference over Dutch illicit trade ferrying prohibited goods to Americans, amid dispatches from Sir Joseph Yorke. Other items note royal renovations at Windsor, court entertainments, Capt Cooke’s South Seas voyage, and a life-saving incident attributed to Dr Clowes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Welderen
George Germaine
Joseph Yorke
Marne
Peterburgh
Tan
Versailles
America
Paris
de Monsalembert
de Rouffignic
Luxembourg Palace
Se. Lbatsp
Rouf
Fignac
Montalembert
Windsor
Tus Ctle
Kew
Haymarket Theatre
Cooke
Resolution
South Seas
Gravesend
Lord Mansheldts
Westminster-hall
Duchess of Kingston
Yeas
Whitechapel
Hay-Market
Clowes
Humane Society
Henley
Iabout
Beaumatis
Four Crosses
Denbighstire
Ellis
Remarkable Combat and Crimes in a 18th Century Journal
A collection of items from a local paper notes a dramatic claim about pregnancy accusations, a fatal kitchen gun accident at Morton near Manchester, two highway robberies near Suthy-heath, a security stop in the Borough of Ryegate, a marriage at St Margaret's Westminster, a memorial obituary for Walter Barnes, and a fire devastates a Maidstone stable. The report verbatim preserves the era's tone and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Manchester
Suthy-heathiby
Luther
Irgéon
Ryegate
Surry
Smitham
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminster
Richard
Drury
Elys
Miss Vandeput
Queen-square
George Vandeut
Shafton
Dorser
Walter Barnes
Canterbury
Funes
Bearsted
Maidstone
Webb
Lenham Fair
Joseph Farthing Credits Dr Bateman Drops For Cure
Joseph Farthing of Sherborn Dorset declares he suffered ten years of rheumatic pain in thighs knees and head until August 1772. He states use of Dr Bateman's Pectoral Drops brought immediate relief and recovery, and attests the cure in a public notice with witnesses Noake and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Farthing
Sherborn
Dorset
Dicey and Co
Dr. Bateman
Noake
N. B
Cure Report for Bateman Pectoral Drops in Lancashire
Ruth Willas of Cabus near Garstang describes severe rheumatism and six weeks of bed care ending after using Bateman Pectoral Drops. She testifies the first dose eased her and the remaining two cured her fully, urging others with similar illness to seek the remedy. Testimonies note other women relieved after a single line and invite inquiries to Parkin in Lancaster and Mrs. Fenton in Kendall for further cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ruth Willas
Cabus
Garfang
Lancashire
Bateman
Dicey and Co
John Bell
Ruth Willas
Lancaster
G Parkin
Jackson
Teleman Recovers Send Off to Batrawwittis
Teleman receives a warm farewell from Batrawwittis and A Kentiin Gi as the team departs for the event.
Burials and Stock Prices Amid Market Notes
Fragmented financial snippet lists various stocks and bonds with percentages and prices. Mentions Bank shares, India entries, South Sea bonds, and a lottery ticket, with scattered figures like 133a, 1624, 4 per cent, and 3 per cent. The unreadable OCR yields a chaotic catalog of securities and rates from a historical market page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ditta
Confolk
Bank Dito
Bank
Bil's
Bank Long Ann
Trial of Elizabeth Dowager Duchess of Kingston
The entire evidence in the trial of Elizabeth Dowager Duchess of Kingston is published in this issue. The document includes proceedings dates in Westminster before the House of Peers, a defense copy, and short-hand notes by Mr. Gurney. Published by order of Her Grace, sold at Fleet Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Kingston
House of Peers
Westminster
Ferfelf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gardner
Miss Platt
Mr. Garrick
Postscript
Gtennar Evening Post
Houfhold
Bartolozzi
Margaret Rudd
Maay Lovett
Boileau
Beck
Coe
George Colman
Drury-Lane Theatre
John Rubrick
A.M. de
Trump
Green
Nathaniel Spinckel
A.M
Sarum
P. Rivington
Bible and Crown
St Paul’s Church-yard
Church of England
Samo
Bhoudd
London Directory
Wetmintter
Southwark
Royal Exchange
Union
Rothiermrhe
Thames
Limehouse
Shereets
Oxford-street
T. Lowndes
Pleet-street
Bockfellers
5T&ge
Lomdorn
Great-Britain
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