Remarkable Spanish Liberal Leaders Scrutinized in Detail
An intricate critique profiles Galiano and Arguelles, tracing their roles in Spain’s political upheaval, their talents, flaws, and evolving stances. It praises Galiano’s eloquence and strategic skill, notes his failings in party ties, and contrasts Arguelles’s radical persistence with his humble origins and unwavering constitutionalism.
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Calians
Europe
Tie
Sweden
Maglind
Spain
Spa- Hich
Brazil
Gibraltar
Ela
Cadiz
Riego
Leon
Madid
Talon Ie
Galiano
Ifo
Gme
Tribune
Tit Galiang
Ulis
Arguelles
Sesifle
Ais Lo
Sagacious gull and 18th century society snippets
Tax New Pare details the en thronement of Pope Leo XI and clerical retirements. A gull raised in Charlotte near Templeogue astonishes its owner by returning after two days to its former master. Anecdotes include Garrick and the Countess of Coventry, plus speculation on John Vame's rise to Earl Marchemont and vast estates.
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Leo XI
Elis Holiness
Severini
Rivcci
Riese
Ased
Leron
Charlotte Ne
Firrhouse
Templeogue
Mublin
Virginia
Crisp
Murphy
Coventry
Mr Garrick
Simon
Ble
Garrick
Mr Mursphy
Medearek
Firginas
John Vame
Marchemont
The Confessional Tale of a Barrister’s Brief
An old comical piece recalls the early years of a young barrister, his strained finances, and the ritualized ritual of briefs. It follows a clerk’s entrance, the sacred fee, coffee house consultations, and the tense anticipation before a King’s Bench case, ending with memory of a tense courtroom day.
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Prom Knight
British Museum
Efe
Johnson
Biid
Adun
London
Ile
King’s Bench
Aylen's Coffee House
Westminster Hall
Jones
Willams
Pharr
Xithy
Anak
Anil Thibo
Bolton Speer
Orturly
Bite’s Bench
Arkbes
Courtroom Ordeal Described in Ireful Testimony
A crowd fills the court as a speaker recalls an intimidating moment under scrutiny from seventy learned friends. The witness describes tremors and trepidation, yet notes an unexpectedly forceful delivery, followed by the harsh verdict against their side and a muted postcase newspaper account.
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Vnhere
The Paper Trade Seizures and Irish Engine Duty Debate
The notice reviews seizures of paper near Dublin over alleged excise breaches and traces Ireland’s engine duty history from Hanoverian times. It argues the 12s per cubic foot levy, a compromise, was undermined by excise officers, threatening the Irish paper trade and its manufacturers who paid duty on engine capacity rather than actual output.
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Dublin
House of Hanover
Ireland
England
Conmisienees of Excise
Excise
Imelf
Will of Mr Ricardo details large Canterbury estate
Probate records reveal a late will dated April 4 1820 with Mrs Ricardo receiving 4000 pounds and life interest of 4000 pounds per year. Unmarried daughters receive 20000 pounds each, married daughters 5000. residuary legatees include sons Osman David and Mortimer with extensive properties across Bromesberrow Worcester Gloucester Kent Herefordshire and other estates. Executors Francisco Ricardo and the deceased's brother Francis Ricardo named with Mrs Ricardo under special trust.
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Province of
Canterbury
Wilig
U P Brook Street
Mia Ricardo
Alvo
Ricard
Bromesberrow
Worcester
Gloucester
Osman
van Hay
Bromesherrow
Wat Paree
Gascomb-park
Brinsop Court
Herefordshire
David
Hadlow Place
Berrow
Kent
Mortimer
Stock Exchange
Osman Ricardo
Francis Ricardo
Ricardo
Sano Trust
Extraordinary births and a two calving cow tale in Cheshire
A Lombard era tale recounts John Jackson of Bol lington Cheshire describing a marriage in 1762 to Betty Brown and a second wife with five children. He claims twenty-two children born in twenty years and forty six weeks with a cow calving yearly. The parish baptism yielded 35 children in Presbury Church. Nearby Lumley held a Renters camp meeting with weather sermons and loud yells. A disastrous explosion at William Pit, Whitehaven, killed thirty-nine people and seventeen horses, with unclear causes and safety breaches noted.
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Bollington
Cheshire
John Jackson
Betty Brown
Presbury
John
Abrahan
Isaac
Jacob
Johns
Presbury Church
Sham
Stockport Advertiser
Tuk Raytens
Lumley
Sikffield Mekoray
Carasraoray
Worrenavex
William
Whitehaven
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Nastano
Angeeriles Lagowrina
Rlo Jeacan
Fae
Duhaies
Venellos
Fia
Shah i
Nisuvdlimas
Thoaught
Arguelbes
Valdes
Garcia Heereras
Arguetes
Letus
Holy Alliance
Arguelley
Empecinado
Napoleon
MR Ricardo
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