Majority for Lord Sandwich Delays Committee Actions
The majority for Lord Sandwich deferred the committee of ways and means and the supply to Friday, postponing those parliamentary actions.
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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 23, 1782
Page
3
The majority for Lord Sandwich deferred the committee of ways and means and the supply to Friday, postponing those parliamentary actions.
Yesterday General Conway gave notice of moving a question on the American war Friday next to obtain information from the Minister. The House call adjourned to next Wednesday. Reports include fleet movements from Cadiz and Jamaica, Lord Cornwallis praised by Washington, and trials at Old Bailey and Common Pleas with several merited verdicts.
In Skipton parish, Stephen Exigg a blacksmith turned farmer aged 107 and Eleanor Lowcock a widow aged 103 are noted for longevity. The document also mentions a recent incumbent buried with four widows whose combined ages exceed 400 years. Stock listings include Bank Stock and various 3 percent bonds with figures from 1775 to 178? and percentages around 4.
Bristol dispatch lists arrivals from Bath and Cork with names of passengers and ships, notes marriages and deaths in Bath, Salisbury, and surrounding counties, mentions a public sermon schedule, and advertises Doctor Georgssenners treatments and quack remedies at No. 34 Queen Street Bristol with free advice for the poor on select days.
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