Theatre notices and fire insurance meeting in London 1774
The advertisement lists a June 15 theatre bill at the Theatre Royal Hay Market with Foote and Mrs Jewe plus a new dance The Merry Lasses and Cross Purposes. It also notes a June 11 Sun Fire Office notice for a July 1 General Quarterly Meeting to claim fire losses and details offices in Bank Street Cornhill and Craig's Court Charing Cross for fire insurance across Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Royal
Hay Market
Foote
Jewe
Grub
Wilson
Gardner
SUN
Bank-street
Cornhill
Royal Exchange
London
Forencon
Fice
Craig’ S Court
Charing Cras
Great Britain
Movements of Turkish Forces and Imperial Appointments
Reports from Vienna and Berlin detail Turkish corps crossing the Danube under Generals Suworrow and Karkinsky, Neuperg’s death and Lichtenstein becoming governor, Harsch receiving Neuperg’s regiment, and royal appointments in America and the Caribbean. Also noted are court actions, maritime orders, and a daring park robbery report from Greenwich with polite thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersbourg
Suworrow
Karkinsky
Danube
Vienna
Neuperg
Prince Charles Lichtenstein
Count Xavier Harrach
Berlin
Potzdam
Magdeburgh
Pomerania
Prussia
Prince Frederick
Brunswick
St. James’s
Madeira
Ashburnham and
Union
Clavering
East Indies
St. Famers
James King
St. George
Caiie of Windsor
Walter Harte
Richard Heanah
St. Austel
St. Blazy
Cornwall
Whitehall
Funey
Thomas Oliver
Massachuset’s Bay
America
Andrew Oliver
Thomas Baker
Ashton Warner Byam
Grenada
the Grenadines
St. Vincent
Tobago
Walter Robertson
Island of Tobago
Wise kings govern by laws not will and pleasure
The text argues that rulers who govern by permanent laws enjoy a solid foundation, while arbitrary power is unstable and dangerous. Kings who allow legal limits live in peace, whereas tyrants are prisoners of state surrounded by guards and fear every stranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.S
Mayrith 1774 Humble Servant Letter
WATKIN WILLIAMS signs as a gratefully faithful and obedient humble servant in a dated 1774 communication, presenting formal address and ceremonial language typical of colonial era correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkin Williams
For let at Leale or otherwise in Hertfordshire
Property advertised for letting at J King’s Langley Hertfordshire with brick-walled gardens an orchard and thirty acres of closes including two grassed acres and a three mile trout river fishery right. House and stable for four horses, out-houses, water, and trees. Inquiries to Mr Bull carpenter at King’s Langley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. King’s Langley
County of Hertford
Hertfordshire
London
Hempsted
Watford
Bull Carpenter
King’s Langley
Sale of Jonathan Brunt estate at Rushton Spencer
Bankruptcy sale of a messuage and 18 acres in Rushton Spencer near Congleton to be sold at the George Inn Leek by order of the assignees. Property includes Well Leach and Long Leach fields with outbuildings. Interested parties may inquire through Bakewell attorneys Hoyland Sheffield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Brunt
Haddon
B.kewell
Oerby
Chapman
George Inn
Leek
Stafford
Rushton Spencer
Richard Biddulph
Congleton
Macclesfield
Cheadle
Auction sale of estates at Rose and Crown Saffron Walden
To be sold by auction at the Rose and Crown Saffron Walden on the 28th instant at three o clock in the afternoon if not disposed of by private contract. Estates include a capital farm house with arable and pasture land and a lease at a very inadequate rent to Mr Lawrence Warnes with 6 years to come from October last. The other farm is let to Mr Mumford at will. Rents not raised in 50 years. Details from Woofe Fiske Saffron Walden the Rose and Crown Hocker Hill and Peter Walley Threadneedle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Inn
Barton On
Irene
Rysiie
Barton Blount
County of Derby
Barton Park
John Holland
Thomas Webb
Thomas Statham
Derby
Ashborne
Uttoxeter
Burton On Trent
Nathaniel Lister
Armitage Park
Lichfield
John Fletcher
Mr. Harrison
Storey Stratford
Bucks
Rose and Crown
Saffron Walden
Henham
Elfenhan
Essex
Bishoys Stortfor
Hetford
Lawrence Warnes
Mumford
Woofe
Fiske
Crown
Hocker-hill
Peter Walley
Threadneedle
Iron Furnaces to be Sold at Chester Coach and Horses Inn
Auction notices announce the sale of iron furnaces including Dovey Furnace Cardigan with twenty two years unexpired, wheels bellows and gearing, and Conway Furnace Denbigh with five years to run. Lands and tenements appurtenant, water carriage advantages and timber prospects noted. Interested parties should contact Mr Lecke in Middlewich, Cheshire Mr Witham Bridge at Conway Furnace and Mr Nathaniel Higgins at Dovey Furnace to view premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Denbigh
Lecke
Middlewich
Cheshire
Witham Bridge
Conway Furnace
Nathaniel Higgins
Dovey Furnace
Wisdom and rights urged for a king’s prudent rule
A letter urges Solomon to seek wisdom to govern justly, linking wise rulers with prosperity and defender of liberties. It contrasts a wise king’s use of ministers and listening to subjects with the dangers of misrule and corrupt advisers, noting the importance of liberty and prudent policy. The dispatch from Paris recounts a royal audience with a miller, a comparison to Henry IV, a Corsican plot on Ascension Day discovered by a Corsican girl, and news of Medway under Admiral Mano preparing to sail to the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Paris
Choifi
Latte
Henry IV
Corsica
Medway
Mano
Mediterranean
Sar Peter Denis
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London Gazette
Northern Circuit
Fuflice Geeld
Juflier Bis & Joe
City of York
Guidhall
Yorkshire
York
Durham
Newcastle Upon Lyne
Northumberland
Newcattle
Cumberland
Carslisle
Westmoreland
Appleby
Lancashire
Castle of Lancaster
James
Aldus
Charles Macklin
Macklin
Elizabeth Darley
George Vincent Langworthy
Lord Camden
Lord Mansfield
Greenwich
Yelleraay
Gil
Tts
Benj. Stow
Middlesex
Anthony Bacon
Aylesbury
Trinity House
Peter Bennet
Edward Snape
Farrier
Ad Troop of
Horse Guards
Marshal Farrier
Robert Harcourt Jones
Merchant Taylor School
St. John’s College
Oxon
Chelsea
Edward Fairfax
Amelia Wailing
Dundas
India
Johnstons
New Bondicreer
Sharpe
Lackley
Oxfordshire
St. Alban’s
Sarah ‘Loovey
Kcadilly
Malpas
Hofier
Red Lionstreet
Holborn
Abank
Smithfield
Bailie Bridge
Rowell
Wheelwright
Hockney
Mary Webrman
Readby Fareham
Winder-court
Snand
County of
Montgomery
Mayrith
Aul Guillaudeau
Silver-Lion
Calais
France
Europe
Veicester Infirmary
Mb Thomas Lee
Nir Ketle
Vinestreet
Piccadilly
Cvere
Vase
J. Buckland
We Bowyer
F. Rivington
Hawes
Clarke
Fling
Gwen
Te Callen
S. Crowder
Dilly
J. Dodsley
Corbett
H. Raid Vin
T. Cadell
E. Johnston
T. Davis
T. Lowndes
W. Nicoll
S. Blacon
G. Robinson
J. Ridley
W. Otridge
T. Evans
W. Bayley
Cockspur Street
Skthwell
New Bond
F. Ewbery
St.aus Church-yard
J. Price
Bdia-Boue
Leadenhall-sirves
Price Ge. Die Box
London Evening Post
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