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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 05, 1786
Page
1
A long excerpt discusses monetary policy, national wealth, and international trade with references to Holland disturbances and debates on lowering interest rates. It cites civic figures, colonial Britain, and Queen Anne era rhetoric, including passages about duty to Great Britain and prosperity.
The fragment describes historical addresses to King Charles I from Coventry and Shrewsbury inhabitants, a Sunbury monarch’s visit, and a grant offer for clergy and a Protestant privilege. It references Parr of Shropshire and long life praiseful appeals, with ceremonial fervor and crown responses.
Rev Mr Gibert, envoy to the King of Great Britain, arrived with the Navigation and Commerce Treaty between Britain and the Mott Christian King signed at Versailles last month. The event follows royal congratulations on Princess Fredericks birth and the Dowager Queen’s return to Wendertburgh.
Fragmented OCR shows a notice listing individuals from Kenetton Hull to surrender on dates in October and November at venues in Southampton and Liverpool. Names include Thomas Frost, Calhoun, John Nowlan, and William Calvert with addresses in Titchfield Burnle don Liverpost and Waterfirest.
Fragmentary OCR notes list Emerson Tidy of W weal in France and others such as John Mithowem of Sunderland and Scottie, with references to Chapel-court and Guildhall. It mentions a certificate to be granted on or before Oct. 24 for Lewis Pantin of Southampton Street in the Strand.
Tuesday night the Duke and Duchess of Milan and Princess Albani attended the theatre for Mrs Siddons in Belvidera. Her acting and dress drew praise while Mr Bentley and Mr Aicken received commendation for their parts. The audience applauded as they left. Frazee Preserved was chosen in honor of the Milanese duke with connections to the republic.
The concert featured Mrs Billington and Rubini with Handel and Sacchini airs, praised for captivating singing and exemplary musicianship. Performances by Cramer and Cradill highlighted a bustling service with varied numbers, while weather and attendance noted as favorable and well received.
The third subscription concert under Lady Young patronage featured Haydn and Webb selections. Gray displayed brilliance in a concerto finale and variations while Miss Abrims impressed with two Italian airs. Salamon led the band with selections and the audience enjoyed Webb and Billington encores.
The column compiles scattered reports: old world politics and culture with references to monarchs universities and poets, plus local church and village happenings. It notes a Sunday Schools anniversary in Painswick, a deathbed scene of farmer Phelps, a devastating Hereford Cathedral fire and a grand mausoleum near Eltham, alongside arrival notices from Dublin and Cape locations and storm damage near a Kent town.
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