News Notes on Trade Talks and European Affairs
Dispatches from Paris discuss a proposed commercial treaty between nations as Lord Sydney publicly questions the Hastings diamond affair. Reports from Utrecht Amersfoort and Vienna describe regional tensions, royal movements, and a major Wilmington fire that devastated part of the town with heavy property loss.
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Prince of Mecklenburg
Oxford
Earl of Harcourt
Newnham
Count D'Adhemar
Paris
Duke of Dorset
Madrid
Algiere
Wilmington
Carolina
Vienna
Empire
Hungary
Bavaria
the Hague
Republic
London Packet
Cavendish Square
Dublin Irish Funds Exchange July 1786 Debentures and Bonds
Folio-style report lists Irish funds and securities in Dublin with figures for debentures and government bonds. Details include 6 and 5 percent seals, city bonds, and several per cent rates, with references to exchequer payments and par values.
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Yin
Dublin
London
Banik
Pitto Loar
Foygan Vstads
Ieee
Oka
Ballath Office
Ann
Seri
Public schooling urge for poor children in industrial regions
The article argues for public schools and training houses to teach seven year old and younger children useful labor in cotton and other trades. It cites a West of England pattern where children labor in one building while receiving two hours daily instruction, earning scarce wages. It highlights a silk handkerchief dyer employing House of Industry children, showing potential benefits for public utility and imitation by other manufacturers. It also reports crime and local incidents from Quarter Sessions and market events, including trials, sentences, and robberies, with brief notes on outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Tugzelt
iThottely
Denia George
John Lyons
Hugh Maguire
John Lawson
Richard Gilbert
Dorsett Street
Judith Conway
Timothy Dyna
Thomas-street
Margaret Galbraith
Stillorgan
Fragmentary Notice From Waterford and Tipperary Courts
A garbled notice references property claims and charitable subscriptions, naming Waterford Blackfriars and Clonmel as conduct points. It mentions Mrs Goingels, a widow and children, support for a Bed Infant Hospital, and various court-related dates and juries in the King's Bench, Exchequer, and county circuits.
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King's Bench
Waterford
Blacktuare
Blackfriars
Limerick
St. Bvanch Abbey
Hartison
County
Tipperary
Inside Parliament House of London and the way to its Chambers
A detailed, antiquated tour of the Parliament complex near the Abbey describing the paths from Westminster Hall to the Commons and Lords chambers. It notes routes through Bt Stephen's Chapel, the Speaker’s passage, the King’s Bench, and the Lobby, with references to the Painted Chamber and the Lords’ access routes via Palace Yard and the State Coach Portico.
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Thail
Parliament House of London
Palace Yard
Westminster Hall
Bt. Stephen's Chapel
Reigi I Haug
Westminter Hall
Kings Reich Court
House of Commons
Westminster
House of Lords
Hout
Lelieve
Siegal
Psinet
Atong & Bai
The Lords House Rooms And Pallage Described In London
A vivid antiquarian account details the House of Lords in London with mentions of the Lords, the Lord Chancellor, bishops, and a grand throne room. The narrative notes the layout including doors, corridors, windows, tapestries, a large fireplace, and canopies. The writer contemplates the need for expansion, contrasting with London’s greater building scope, and questions whether more rooms or improved access could enhance the House’s functionality. The piece ends with observations on space, funding, and an official keeper’s remarks about existing accommodations.
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Iit
Epee
Bargorhereshie
Bina-Cplindden
London
Lord Mountmorres
Stolen Mare Reward Offered for Recovery and Thief
Strayed or stolen on the 3rd July a brown mare with white blaze and hind feet above the fetlock, heavy tail, white on her belly, and a heavy cattle. Reward of one guinea to informer who aids Dawson of Kilcock and two guineas for the thief, rewards paid on consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ab Bros
Agee Dawson
Kilcock
Masters and Wardens of the Guild of Mirth Dublin
Brethren of the said Guild are required to appear at the Pholfel on Monday the 17th July instant at twelve o'clock noon, for a quarter day meeting dated this 3rd day July 1786.
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Ove Ballin
Norris Drops Medicine Drops of Fame On Royal Exchange Sale
A damaged fragment from an 18th century ad notes Norris’s Drops a famed medicine advertised from the Royal Exchange to printers for sale. It promises treatises on the medicine and invites application for copies, with city delivery details obscured by the OCR.
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Horris
Royal ExchaNge
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Ay D . A
Petersburgh
Thig Courts
Parisy
Netherlands
Utrecht
Ametes Forther
Aiiver
Wyk
Morning Herald
Sydney
Hattings
Major Scott
Hasting
Lord Sydney
Thad
Lord Sydneys
Hutra
Eppéard
Haktiogs
Aftings
Mr. Lattings
Scotty
Hastings
John
Scott
Dublinirish Funds
Mie Turd
Guild of
Acchus Kc
James Brady
Car
Canon
Lorre
Grea
Cacy
Crogoat
Mt Uch
de. Norriss
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