Notable misadventure mars wedding tale in Nottingham
An account from a London Evening Post column depicts a chaotic Nottingham scene where a wedding ceremony goes awry after a stumble. Spindleshanks falls, causing injury and embarrassment, the ceremony is halted, and later the narrator recounts medical and social reactions to a mysterious illness sweeping the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening
Merges
London
Meres
Honestus
North America
Philadelphia
Pechapy Ambition and Fleeting Hopes Revealed in Papers
A fragmentary verse scene portrays Pechapy with grand aims, mocked for seeking scraps from corrupt papers. The speaker warns that bold impudence could win favors if Pechapy fails to secure them, otherwise risking loss of bed and wealth.
London Preacher Appointed at Chapel Royal Tomorrow
Letters from France report strengthened fortifications along the Breton coast and Vilaine mouth as a guard against renewed war. Debatt of Gambia shares advices, Vienna notes Count Daun’s death, and Pitt’s fears reach Walpole at Hayes. Merchants go to Westminster. Indigo prices rise and oatmeal stays moderate. A Hamburg merchant marries Dolly Bode. highway robberies occur in Uxbridge and near Newington while a coal barge sinks near Irongate Chain. Several ships sail, some wrecked, with cargo imports and exports listed amidst wartime travel. Deal reports several ships sailing to Guinea, Jamaica, and Lisbon.
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Ewer
Landaff
Chapel Royal
St. James's
France
Belle Island
Bretagne
Vilaine
Debatt
Gambia
Vienna
Leopold Daun
Pitt
Hayes
Walpole
Westminster
Port Glasgow
Scotland
Virginia
Holland
Harrison
Dolly Bode
Swithin’s-lane
Uxbridge
John Fielding
Pott-chaife
Newgate
Edwards
Newington
Kennington-common
Elliott
Sessions House
Baily
Ironga'e Chain
Bayonne
Newfoundland
Balast
Amsterdam
Cornelius Vis
Ireland
Campvere
Johanna Elizabeth
Jacob Klinkert
Surinam
Channel
Vis
Bremen
Geert Steegmaster
Isle Ameland
Stockholm
Marseilles
Basque Road
Lord Camden
Speaker
Pigott
East Indies
Barilla
Spain
Streights
India
Genoa
Dublin
Deal
Mangles
Guinea
Leghorn
York
Webb
Dunn
Jamaica
Chorley
Marshall
Barbadoes
Britannia
Bambridge
Lisbon
Bacchus
Hall
Oporto
Cross Oak
Theatres and Market Notes at Covent Garden and Drury Lane
The fragment lists theatrical bills for Covent Garden and Drury Lane with performances including Samson Arcaferre and The Clandestine Marriage. It also notes high water times at London Bridge and a table of bank stocks and international exchange rates with many city and country names mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covent-Garden
Samson
King's Theatre
Hay -Market
Arcaferre
Drury-Lane
Covent - Garden
Loveless
Mr. Ross
Novelry
Woodward
Snap
Shoter
Amanda
Ward
Midas
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Bpindlebanks
Mr. Saygiace
Sally
Gordian
Spindleshanks
Burc
London Evening Post
Vera Bonafottingham
Spire
Myres
Printer
Garth
Locke
Tristram Shandy
Nottingham
P. S
Oligorocynicus
Momus
Alva
Imo Domus
London Evening~Post
Tate and Brady
Jec
LonodDon
Raliouns Bank
South Sea
Ann
Per Co. Bk Red
Dicto India
Oichalt Bk An
St. Jamess’s
Navy
Long Ann
Vhange, &e.Madrid
Bilboa
Hs Genoa
Venice
Porto
Silvre
Ind
Whitechapel
Mexico
Course of Amsterd
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Hamburgs
Sir Charles Beaufort
Distin&ion
England
T. Lowndes
Fleet-Street
Nicoll
St Paul’s Church-Yard
the Admiralty
Pallisfer
Miquilon
James Cook
Josiah Woodward
Archbishop Tritietson
Asalfon Prospett
T. Longman
Pater-nofter-Row
Isaac Barrow
Caratacus
Claudius
Rome
Grignion
John Hamden
Ravenness
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