Debate Over Window Tax Pledge and New Coinage
A parish meeting in Down and other communities debated reinstating the window tax, citing a solemn pledge to abandon it after peace. Local figures urged Parliament to honor the pledge, while some warned against a tax tied to parish value. The article also outlines new coinage standards, detailing sovereign weights and silver content as the old standards shift to fix the currency.
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Tullilish
Down
Hawthorpe
American Commerce Delivers Trade Figures from Savannah
The Boston Advertiser reports exports to the United Kingdom from Savannah detailing October 1415 shipments and 1816 totals. It notes bales of cotton and barrels of rice, with hogsheads listed, and questions whether such trade supports a balanced commercial intercourse.
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Boston Advertiser
Savannah
United Kingdoms
STATE TRIALS IN DERBY COURT FULLY UNDER WAY
Derwent reports Judges Richards Abbott Dallas Holroyd arrived for the Derby trial. Proceedings opened with court readings, arraignments, and juror challenges. Prisoners including Jeremiah Brandreth and others pleaded not guilty as the crowded court adjourned after long preliminary business and witness arrangements.
Fever Reports From Dungannon Dispensary and Hospital
The Dungannon Dispensary quarterly report covers July 1 to October 1 1917 detailing patients under treatment admitted numbers cured or remaining, typhoid cases with outcomes, and fever hospital admissions and discharges. A smallpox death is noted among a fever case.
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Ie Dungannon
Dungannan
Tha
Newry Fever Hospital
Limerick Freer
Techinetane
Blige
Clonmel
John Ab, Phillips
Assassination Case of M Fualdes Reheard in Cassation
An assassination case involving M Fualdes led to appeals from death and life imprisonment sentences. The Court of Cassation at Paris annulled Rhodes Tribunal proceedings over improper witness oaths, ordering potential retrials in Toulouse. Rumors grow as deposits by witnesses spark speculation about the crime in nearby Mhrodez.
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M. Fualdes
Assize Court
Rhodvs
Court of Cassation
Paria
M. Loiavau
M. Girault Duplensis
Rhodes
Hopking
Toulouse
Vntavitanta
Mhrodez
Hesedy
Howe Wamada
Bane
Manson
Fualdea
Buscal
Missunner
Trial details unfold in accusation of Bancal and Manson
Witness accounts describe a murder plot with Bancal arranging cover for crimes including the abduction and murder of a child. The case ties to the Manson family circle and suggests Leblanc Grelet as a potential target. Investigators expect further discoveries as shadows of Rhodes intrigue emerge.
War Rumors and Naval Moves Shadow 19th Century Markets
A vague report of war between Russia and Turkey unsettles markets with a drop in English funds then partial recovery. Balt ic naval preparations loom. General Benningsen’s Turkish frontier army rises to about 80 000 effective men as fortresses are provisioned. Mediation by England seems possible if it is not entangled in the Ottoman Lonian Islands dispute. Government hints at hiring two or three coppered transport ships and tendering conveyance for 800 troops from Portsmouth to Malta, raising questions about their purpose in the Mediterranean.
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Bardh
Cross
Torrow Morching
Grand Jury
Crown Court
Miss Priss
Reader
Crown
Jeremiah Brandreth
Mr. Cross
William Wilkes
Church Broughton
John Sherton
John Pempest
Buriey
Samuel Wilder
Fewall
Thomas Archer
Harton
Robert Eaton
Osliton
Ita
Crosa
Watson
Anthony Martin
Bancal
M. Fualdes
Naise
Mariane Manson
Madame Manson
Madelaine Bacal
Madelaine
Grelet
Discassina
Fualdes
Rhodes
Wladime Manson
Madelaine Bancal
Russia
Turkey
Baltic
Jain
Czerny George
Benningsen
Alexander
Egland
Lonian
Ali Padig
Europe
Livya
Unigon
Portsmouth
Malta
Parga
Improving Condition of the Country
A northern commercial tour reports widespread employment and booming demand. In Glasgow Liverpool Birmingham Sheffield Nottingham and other towns workers are scarce. Manchester shows strong demand with few goods left unsold. Firearms demand in Annington linked to South America also rises as trade rebounds, boosting public order and confidence.
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Liverpool
Gimmingham
Sheffield
Nottingham
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