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CG-NH.766.011
7 Mar 1766:21 (506)
This is to acquaint the ladies and gentlemen, that Mr.
Powell, the original fire-eater, will perform in a large
commodious room, at the Bull, in High-street, on Monday next
the 28th inst. January, and every evening during his short
stay. He has had the honour to exhibit, with the utmost
applause, the greatest performances that were ever attempted
by mankind, before most of the nobility and quality of the
first rank in this Kingdom. He intends to sup on the
following articles.
1. He eats red hot coals out of the fire as natural as
bread.
2. He licks with his naked tongue red hot tobacco pipes
flaming with brimstone.
3. He takes a large bunch of deal matches, lights them
together, and holds them in his mouth 'till the flame is
extinguished.
4. He takes a red hot heater out of the fire, licks it with
his naked tongue several times, and carries it round the
room with his teeth.
5. He fills his mouth with red hot charcoal, and broils a
slice of beef or mutton on his tongue, and any person may
blow the fire with a pair of bellows at the same time.
6. He takes a quantity of rosin, pitch, bees wax, sealing
wax, brimstone allum, and lead, melts them all together over
a chaffing dish of coals, and east the said combustibles
with a spoon as if it were a porringer of broth (which he
calls his dish of soup) to the great and agreeable surprize
of all the spectators. With several other dishes not here
mentioned, it is allowed by all that have seen him, that he
is not be equalled in the present age. He also performs
several new invented, curious fancies by dexterity of hand,
if desired, much superior to any performances of this kind
ever exhibited in these parts. Admittance one shilling.
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