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Varied 18th Century entertainments and a piracy alert
The notice describes SADLER's WELLS evening performances with songs dances and Harlequin acts by ROSOMAN and WILKINSON, with box tickets and wine. It also reports a late 18th century ship lighter robbery near Cherry Garden Stairs, offering a Twenty Guinea reward for the offenders via attorney CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON. An exiled narrative segment follows detailing a distressed narrator and moral reflections on virtue and parental reconciliation with MR MEANWELL. A medical endorsement praises Dr Fothergill cortex use with various ailments. A political discussion covers Malta Ottoman threats, Knights of Malta, and European power moves, previewing future analysis on Turkey Austria and Prussia.
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Sadler’s Wells
WIRE
Mathews
Sturges
Richards
Cherry Garden Stairs
Rotherhithe
Christopher
Robinson
Innholders-Hall
Dowgate-Hill
Fothergill