Brandy and Rum Duty Debate in House of Commons
Tuesday March 19 in a Commons committee chaired by Mr Steele the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed a plan to modify import duties on brandy and rum linking the changes to the broader consolidation scheme. He urged duty reductions to five shillings per gallon for brandy and four for rum, while Sheridan pressed concerns about home made spirits and illicit trade. The exchange included warnings from Lord Penrhyn and responses about contraband and foreign imports as the committee passed the resolutions unanimously.
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Norwich election voided and copper coin protest si ghted
London dispatches report the Norwich election voided with both candidates set to contest again. A London deputation protests bale copper coin circulation to Mr Pitt. Parliament debates poor laws and Portugal wine import order while Bristol petitions against bare copper coin. A Dutch embassy conference at the Hague signals possible accommodation with the States General. Spain plans duties on cochineal exports. Irish Commons report on the French Treaty prompts an address to the king while timber planting bills gain support. A new comedy Seduction debuts at Drury Lane and Love and War at Covent Garden. A stone coffin is found at a cathedral while Abbots Wigmore’s tomb is linked to March 1937.
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Reckless Parishioner Seeks Blasphemous Revenge at Melt House
In Sherborne on March 12 a man of disreputable character, intoxicated, cursed his parish and declared he would finish his horse engine model and wed a whore, then put her name on his parish before dying a terrible death. Furnace workers found him moaning and speechless near the furnace.
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Notables discuss taxes and future plans amid royal crisis
London notes reveal the Notables debating the land tax change and a 119 million demand to stabilize the King's finances. Princes of the Blood secede as the assembly nears dissolution. Other items mention East India Company thanks to Pitt, a French frigate engagement at Leghorn, New York unrest and a fatal city fire in January. A Manchester birth ends well. Also listed: Benefit Lottery tickets.
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