Repeal of the Shop Tax Debate In Parliament
R Fox moves to repeal the Shop Tax arguing it harms shopkeepers and fails to reimburse costs. Cases from Bath and London illustrate uneven burden and price raising by retailers unless fully absorbed. Sir John Miller and others oppose the tax as partial and oppressive, urging independent peers to join in repeal. The discussion likens the tax to a hidden house tax, with merchants barely recouping costs and some facing ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Fox
London
Westminster
Bath
Jervoise
John Miller
John
Great Britain
Treasury Bench
Shop tax debate stirs Lords and Commons over revenue
In a heated session members argued the shop tax was unjust oppressive and harmed competition. Sir John defended the tax citing revenue needs and fairness while Pitt and others urged repeal or modification amid petitions and varied concessions. The House passed the Declaratory Bill after divisions and rejected a rider limiting duration to the East India charter.
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John
Pitt
Mr. Fox
Alderman Newnham
Lord Hood
B. Hammett
G. P. Turner
Sawbridge
Alderman Watson
Whit
Sheridan
the East India Company
Abolition of the Slave Trade Considered In Two Views
The writer addresses a public letter on abolishing duties on foreign imports and a warehouse law, then shifts to critique the African Line Trade. He argues against the popular zeal for abolition, examining political and commercial impacts on the nation and urging cautious reflection before policy.
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Newgate
Bretheren
Turpin
David
Tyburn
Abolition Debate and Slave Trade Controversy
The text argues against abolition by citing historical data on private slave voyages, cargo values, and slave mortality, contending Britain would lose trade and workers. It questions claims that slave trade spurs African warfare, defends Christian influence and humane concerns, and ends with a highwayman anecdote from Newgate.
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Great Britain
Wests Indies
Europe
America
Africa
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
West Indies
Barbanty
West-Indies
Medicine and Ale Sold at Small Street and Quay Street
Medicine and ale are sold by J Rudhall at the Printing Office on Small Street and at H Brown’s Medicine Warehouse at the Right Hand Corner of Quay Street facing the head of the quay Bristou. Ale may be had by applying to the Newsmen.
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Medicin &E .S, KG
Small-street
H. Brown
Medizinad
Quay-street
Bristou
DALBY CARMINATIVE EFFICACY FOR CHILDHOOD BOWEL DISORDERS
A 1787 testimonial from William Fawkner claims extraordinary relief for a month old child with griping pains bloody stool and convulsions after using Dalbys Carminative. The author states rapid improvement and lasting safety for infants and notes similar efficacy for cholera fluxes and cholicky complaints in adults.
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Dalby
Totalby
William. Fawknerb
Brass-Founder
Sheerlane
Dr James’s Power and Cephalic Snuff Advertised for Fevers
A colonial advertisement promotes Dr James’s Power as a remedy for puerperal and childbed fevers, colds in lying-in, musk-fever, and general inflammation. It claims rapid relief, occasional recovery in delirium, and urges stock of genuine powder. Also touts Cephalic Snuff for headaches and deafness, plus an Oriental Cordial praised for stomach and bowel disorders and cholicky pains. It cites a London Gazette treatise as validation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fames
James
Great Britain
London Gazette
Haymans Maredants Drops Review Ad 1787
In a testimonial from November 1785 a patient reports a violent knee pain and leg sores that caused swelling and inability to close the waist. After using Haymans Marchants Drops from October to eight bottles, the patient claims full recovery and urges others with similar disorders to try the remedy. The note is witnessed by 6Tam and signed by Willis & Fuller, with Joseph Poore as bookseller and vendor at Newbury.
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Hayman
Marlbro’-street
Newbury
Berks
Willis & Fuller
Joseph Poore
Opo Del Doc Promises Relief for Rheumatism and More
An old advertisement touts Dr. Steers Opodeldoc as a remedy for rheumatism cramps sprains and various pains including headaches burns and scalds. It warns against imitations with F Newstry’s stamp and promotes its use for horses as well for back injuries saddle galls and cracked heels. The text notes the stamp authenticity and broad therapeutic claims.
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London
F. Newstry
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Gommons
Tuurnspay
Iit
Liverpool
Bristol
Lancaster, Chester
South America
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Antigua
Leeward Islands
Tairapatage
Agricola
Felix Farley
Bristol Journal
The
Boyne
William
Moses Keane
Hamilton
Keane
Keaney
Vv. Hayman
Steers
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