The Theatre at Westminster Presents The ELECTION
A fragment from a Westminster show review notes the second part of a farcical piece titled The ELECTION. It reports expectations of a lively audience split over applause and silence as managers plan staged audience reactions. It cites midsex freeholders resolutions opposing slavery in rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Myndsy Bh
Kent
Avis
Pydants
Freeholders
Middlesex
Livery hall debate on common hall power at Guildhall
Intelligence from London reports a common council meeting at Guildhall discussing whether to convene a common hall of the Livery. Debates centered on power, with aldermen split. 72 votes for opposing the request and gz against. The list of commoners who attended is provided, and Newcastle house purchase plans for the Lord Chancellor are noted along with military and crime news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guildhall
Court of Common-Council
Wmn
Beckford
Barlow
Trecothick
Wmn Stevenson
Robert Alsop
John Kirkman
Thomas Thom
Hallifax
Harley
Eig
John Shakespear
Brackley Kennet
James Tomlinson
Edward Farmer
Thomas Cockfedge
John Banner
William Plomer
Jeremiah Morell
Joseph Partridge
Francis Hilton
John Nicholson
Robert Holder
Gabriel Leckey
Joseph Stevenson
John Webb
Chrit
Helyland
Char. Buston
John Hitchcock
Stephen Tyers
WW. Chamberlayne
James Mottley
Wm. Richardson
Richard Townsend
Thomas Sainsbury
James Boddington
William Lem
John Partridge
Humphrey Jones
Samuel Baughin
James Sharp
George Cooper
John Piper
Jacob Wrench
Henry Voyley
Mar. Thompson
Joseph Speck
John Veck
Samuel Freeman
Thomas Turvill
Moks Alnut
John Cotterell
John Gould
George Bellas
Sy Goffrey Wilson
Stephen‘ Camm
Hiegens Eden
Thomas Burn Ord
Joseph Downs
Wiiliton Bisop
Prick Shrubb
Robert Winbolt
James Stacey
Thomas Baker
William Whipham
William Foole
William Webb
Willian Dawson
Richard Dixon
John Anderson
Arthur Beardmore
Stephen Unwin
Nathaniel Thomas
Kenrick Peck
John Shove
Newcastle
Foot Guards
Conway
Dragoons
Canterbury
Northampton
East Kent Regiment of Militia
John Sawbridge
Newgate
Bow-street
Robert Cowan Kellet
Mr. Kellet
Montreal
Major Rogers
Common Council
Earl of Spencer
St. James's Street
Northamptonshire
Earl of
Richard
Postscript era notes on liberty in London and New York
A condensed report covers a New York meeting to inspect European imports, celebrations after the repeal of the Stamp Act, marriages in New Jersey and at-home town notices, and varied London items. It notes fevers, medical remedies, political tensions, public misdeeds, arrests, and local entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New-York Marth
Sons of Liberty
Edward Smith
Earl of Chatham
Marquis of
Rockingham
Gen
Conway
Col
Barré
Bourke
Alderman Wilkes
Elizabeth Town
New Jersey
Col. Templer
Lady Sinclair
John Sinclair
Bart
James O’hara
Tyrawley
Millar
Efa
Westminston
Elizabeth Airay
Airay
Lerkenwell-Green
Gun
Angel-court
Westinfir
Perrons
Dr. Bateman
Crugr Dicey and Co
Bow Churchyard
London
Radclifft
Lincolnshire
Kent
Essex
Norfolk
N.B. At-Dicey
Fragmentary notice from BUC LOR BEE appears debt related
A damaged or partial newspaper line references debt and a street location with unclear names. The readable fragment hints at a legal or financial notice and that the text originates from the BUC LOR BEE publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicanfion
Yas Street
King Bladud's Hotel—Bath project with grand hotel rooms
Fragmentary note describes a Bath hotel start funded by 4002 pounds, with rooms totaling 105 by 42 feet and other dimensions. An eight or twelve building complex provides 72 apartments for nobility and gentry. Managed by a renowned London wine merchant.
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Osat Teepee Patais
Wood
Bath
King Bladud’s Hotel
Inflamatory papers spark talk of birds and kites in town
A reader notes distrubed inflammatory papers at the town’s west end and likens noblemen to birds of passage due to frequent travel. The report ponders Newcastle House in Lincoln’s Inn Fields as a potential Lord Chancellor residence, highlighting high official incomes and housing costs.
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Newcastle-house
Lincolns-inn-fields
Walpole era liberty remark echoes in London gossip
Middlesex Journal notes Queen Caroline’s gate closure suggestion to Walpole and his quip on liberty, plus social chatter at St James's Coffee House. Theatre listings from Covent Garden and Drury Lane include Tempest, As You Like It, Jane Shore, and The Recruiting Officer with benefits for actors. Financial notices, poems planned for Poets Corner, and a call by Londoners to meet at the Half Moon Inn Cheapside to seek redress for perceived political invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Old Bailey
Fleet Street
Scotland-yard
Whitehall
Grosvenor Gate
Kensington Gardens
Hyde Park
St. Clement Danes
Crown and
Strand
John Fielding
Fleet Lane
Newgate
Addle Hill
Poultry Compter
Middlesex Journal
Robert Walpole
Caroline
St. James's Park
St. James’s
George Smart
George Usreabout
Drury-Lane
Holland
Miranda Mys
Baddeley
the Hermit
Hurst
Mr. Frans
Touchstone
Mr. King
Rosalind
Barry
Mr. Fawcett
Mrs. Johnston
Covent Garden Theatre
Jane Shore
Lord Hastings
Mr. Powell
Yates
Eich
Fred
Cato
Alsie
Meniter
Parlianet
Legion
Sir Fletcher Nertax
Ty Feay
South Sea d
Diuo
India
Long Ann
London
Cheapside
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Patriots
Monnine Parens
London and
Rigby
Thomas Dundas
Stirlingshire
Savile-row
Cockpit
Treasury
Gammon
Flanders
Brentford
Wilkes
Luttrell
Westminster- Hall
atAshley
England
Holbett
N.B
Goffurgeon
Pall m4
St. Alban’s Street
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